Termas do Caravalhal
- Location
- Caramulo, Viseu District, Portugal
- Water type
- bicarbonate
- Temperature
- 38 °C
- pH
- 8
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Termas do Caravalhal is a thermal establishment in Gouveia, Guarda District, in the mountainous Serra da Estrela foothills of central Portugal, where sulfurous mineral waters emerge amid the granite landscape of one of Portugal's highest and most dramatic mountain ranges, designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The sulfurous springs here offer relaxing thermal bathing in a region celebrated for its Serra da Estrela cheese (Portugal's only PDO mountain cheese), the country's only ski resort, and the extraordinary glacially sculpted landscapes of the highest continental Portuguese mountains. These termas provide a restful retreat in a landscape of exceptional natural beauty, where the thermal mineral waters complement the clean mountain air and traditional pastoral culture of Portugal's most rugged highland region.