Termas de São Pedro do Sul (Instituto AQVA, Balneário Rainha D. Amélia)
The wellness side of the São Pedro do Sul spa, run by the municipal company Termalistur in the Balneário Rainha D. Amélia, sells an hour-long thermal circuit without a doctor's visit. The sulfurous spring rises at 68.7 °C and feeds a dynamic pool, with a sauna and a vapor room in the same circuit.
Getting in
- Public transport
- Nearest train stations are Nelas or Mangualde on the Linha da Beira Alta, per the operator.
- Address
- Praça Dr. António José de Almeida, Termas de S. Pedro do Sul, 3660-692 Várzea
Entry, hours and rules
- Entry
- Circuito Sê como a água (thermal circuit), 60 min (Dynamic pool, circular shower, sauna and emanatory (vapor room))€25
- Circuito Afonsinho e Amelinha (children's circuit, 5 to 12 years), 60 min (Dynamic pool only)€10
- Sensações, AQVA Experiência Noturna (evening thermal session, seasonal program), 60 min (Dynamic pool, sauna and emanatory; evening slots)€20
- Hours
- Mon10:00-13:00, 15:00-19:00
- Tue10:00-13:00, 15:00-19:00
- Wed10:00-13:00, 15:00-19:00
- Thu10:00-13:00, 15:00-19:00
- Fri10:00-13:00, 15:00-19:00
- Sat10:00-13:00, 15:00-19:00
- Sun10:00-13:00, 15:00-19:00
- Swimwear and rules
- Swimming cap, swimsuit and slippers are compulsory in the thermal pool. Towel and bathrobe are provided free.
- Children
- 5 and over. From 5 in the thermal pool with a responsible adult; the operator sets 16 as the minimum age for its other wellness services.
- Tickets
- Timed entry slots, book ahead
- Official site
- termas-spsul.com
- Facilities
- Indoor poolSaunaSteam roomChanging roomsTowel hire
About Termas de São Pedro do Sul (Instituto AQVA, Balneário Rainha D. Amélia)
People were using this water more than 2,000 years ago, and stone pieces of the Roman bath, built early in the 1st century, can still be seen. King Afonso Henriques came in 1169 to recover from a leg broken at Badajoz and built a small chapel to São Martinho, still open to the public. The council decided in 1884 to replace the 300-year-old royal hospital with a modern bathhouse. Queen Amélia first bathed there in 1894, and a royal decree a year later renamed the spa after her. The area is a granite massif, geologists trace the water to an active tectonic fault, and sulfur gives it its smell.