Termas de Taipas
- Location
- Guimaraes, Braga, Portugal
- Water type
- sulfurous
- Temperature
- 35 °C
- pH
- 5.2
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Rich in active gases or metals — a strong mineral character.
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Termas de Taipas is a historic thermal spa near Guimarães, Braga District, in the Minho region of northwestern Portugal, where sulfurous mineral springs have been known since Roman times in a landscape regarded as the birthplace of Portugal — it is near Guimarães that Portugal's first king, Afonso Henriques, established the nascent kingdom in the twelfth century. The sulfurous waters here emerge at temperatures suitable for balneotherapy, and the termas have served the health needs of the Guimarães region for centuries alongside the city's extraordinary medieval heritage, including the UNESCO World Heritage Historic Centre and the iconic Guimarães Castle. Bathing at Termas de Taipas connects visitors to both the therapeutic mineral spring traditions of Minho and the founding myth of the Portuguese nation, in a region of exceptional historical significance and cultural pride.