Thermal wash-houses, Romanesque bridge and Santa Maria

What it is

A one-hour walk, at your own pace and without admission, through the places where Caldes de Montbui's thermal water still comes out onto the street. It starts at the Font del Lleó and takes in two public wash-houses, a medieval bridge and the main church.

The stops

• Safareig de la Portalera, on Carrer de la Muralla. It is filled with water from the Font del Lleó: they empty and clean it every day and it fills again at night. Put your hands in warm thermal water.
• Safareig de la Canaleta, from 1929, by Manuel Raspall and restored in 2005, with explanatory panels from Thermalia. You go down some steps from Carrer General Padrós.
• Romanesque bridge, on Carrer del Pont: two semicircular arches over the stream, on a road of Roman tradition.
• Church of Santa Maria: begun in 1589, opened for worship in 1622 and finished in 1714. It has a single nave 51 metres long and a Baroque doorway from 1701, one of the most highly valued in Catalan Baroque.

The two wash-houses are freely accessible on Monday to Saturday mornings. On Sunday, ask at the Thermalia tourist office whether they are open.

How to do it

Ask for the map at the tourist office, in the Thermalia museum, and set out from the Font del Lleó. Everything is a few minutes' walk. With a pushchair, the Canaleta has steps: leave it for last or look at it from above.