Balneario Vichy Catalán

Balneario Vichy Catalán stands in Caldes de Malavella, Girona Province, where one of Spain's most famous mineral water brands was born in 1881 when Dr Josep Modest Furest began bottling the naturally carbonated bicarbonate spring water that had been part of a thermal tradition since Roman times. The thermal establishment's grand Belle Époque architecture, including its ornate pavilion and thermal pool hall, creates one of Catalonia's most elegantly preserved 19th-century spa environments. The naturally warm and strongly carbonated waters of Vichy Catalán are internationally recognised as a premium mineral water, and the balneario continues to offer residential stay programmes alongside its bottling operation. Set in the gentle hills of the Costa Brava hinterland between Girona city and the Mediterranean coast, Caldes de Malavella provides an ideal base for combining thermal bathing with Catalan cultural exploration.