Hotel Balneari Termes Victòria

Seven generations on Carrer de Barcelona

Termes Victòria is a spa with more than 300 years of history that the Anglí family has run since 1917; today the brothers Joan and Jordi, the seventh generation, are at the helm. It is on Carrer de Barcelona, in the historic centre of Caldes, two minutes' walk from the Font del Lleó, and from Barcelona it is about 25 minutes by car. It has gardens, terraces, reading rooms and a heated outdoor pool, as well as its two thermal-water areas.

Two waters under the same roof

Both are filled with water from the village's spring, which emerges at 74 °C. The Balneari Clàssic, for treatments and therapies, has operated since the 17th century. The Espai CEL, opened in 2019, is a seven-pool circuit in the old tanks where the water was cooled, under Catalan vaults, with two-hour sessions and only for over-16s; the page on the Espai CEL gives its hours and closures. The getaways on the website include access: from €141 for one night for one person with breakfast, or €258 for two.

Eighty rooms, from interior to family

A good part of the rooms has been renovated since 2017. All have air conditioning, television, telephone, safe, fridge, hairdryer, desk and free wifi. There are interior doubles, standard ones and ones with a mountain-facing balcony (these with bathrobe), singles, triples with a balcony and a family room for four, with two separate areas of two beds and a shared bathroom with shower. There are adapted rooms.

The Espacio Degustación buffet

The restaurant serves dishes in individual buffet-style portions, with meat and fish show-cooking, salads, rice dishes, pulses and home-made desserts; the price includes bread, water, wine and coffee. It costs €24 from Monday to Thursday, Friday at lunchtime and Sunday evening, and €37 on Friday evening, weekend lunchtimes, public holidays and their eves; children aged 3 to 12 pay €13 or €18, and under-3s do not pay. Lunches from 13:15 (13:00 at weekends) to 15:00, and dinners from 20:00 to 22:00 every day. Booking a table, the outdoor pool is free for a morning shift (9:30 to 14:00) or an afternoon one (16:00 to 21:30). It is open also to those not sleeping here.

Car and pets

The hotel car park is paid and has electric-car chargers. It admits pets with a supplement; the website does not publish the amount. At the entrance there are drinks and coffee machines open 24 hours.

If you come with children under 16, the Espai CEL is not for them: El Safareig admits from age 13, and from 3 in its Xip-Xap sessions.