Wellness Tourism Club

Wellness
Tourism Club
Propositions
This catalogue contains propositions put
forward by members of the Wellness
Tourism Club. The prices quoted in the
catalogue are per person and VAT included,
except where otherwise indicated. The
Catalan Tourist Board accepts no responsibility for price variations in the published
propositions.
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Catalonia is Wellness
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Wellness Tourism: the benefits
of the water Spas
Spa towns
Wellness centres
Medical and health centres
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Wellness Tourism Club
Propositions Catalonia
Barcelona
Costa de Barcelona
Costa Brava
Costa Daurada
Terres de Lleida
Pirineus
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Spring, Santa Coloma de Farners
Catalonia is Wellness
Catalonia is blessed by a gentle Mediterranean
climate and a natural environment that combines
the beauty of mountain landscapes and the bright
light of beaches. The abundance of mineral water
springs throughout the territory and the confluence
of cultures constitute the basis of a millennial tradition
in care for the body and health. Those of you who
visit Catalonia in search of wellbeing will find a whole
gamut of possibilities ranging from major XIX-century
spas adapted to modern times and spa towns
to innovative wellness centres, urban spas and
internationally recognised medical centres.
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Termes Orion facilities, Santa Coloma de Farners
Wellness tourism: the benefits of the water
Catalonia is one of the main tourism
destinations in southern Europe. An ever
increasing number of tourists decide each
year to take advantage of its generous
health and wellness offer.
The catalan tourist establishments responsible for improving
people’s state of health are spas, spa towns, wellness centres
and medical and health centres, each of which combine the
pleasures of relaxation and recreation with personalised health
attention.
Balneari Font Vella, Sant Hilari Sacalm
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The River Aiguamoix
Thermal waters are especially recommended for improving
circulation, for post-operational rehabilitation, for muscle
contraction and for respiratory problems. They also contribute
to relaxation and to restoring energy thanks to the properties of
the minerals contained in these waters. On the aesthetic side,
you will find a gamut of therapies ranging from skin toning,
which provides firmness, moisturising and elasticity, to slimming
treatments. After a stay at these establishments, improved
general health and appearance are guaranteed.
Spas
Our spas are fruits of the Roman tradition
and passion for hydrotherapy.
The main characteristic of spas, also known as ‘thermal
resorts’, is their waters, the main properties of which are their
temperature and their mineral composition. Hydrotherapy
provides both the body and the mind with great benefits.
What’s more, it offers a wide variety of therapies that improve
the outward appearance of both men and women.
Given Catalan society’s interest in hydrotherapy, the end of the
xix century witnessed the emergence of establishments
conceived exclusively as body care centres and as places for
recreation and relaxation. Many are still fully operational,
outstanding examples being the Hotel Balneari Termes
Orion —in Santa Coloma de Farners— and the Hotel Balneari Vichy Catalan —in Caldes de Malavella. Other
establishments have maintained the spirit and the essence of
that period while making it compatible with modern services.
Examples would be the Balneari Estació Termal de Caldes
de Boí, the Hotel Balneari Font Vella —in Sant Hilari
Sacalm— and the Balneari Titus —in Arenys de Mar.
In these and other spas adapted to modern times, excellent
service combines with comfort and mouth-watering cuisine to
achieve optimum recovery of the body and the mind.
Adapted to modern times, Catalan spas complete health
and wellness services with exquisite cuisine
Caldes de Boí Thermal Resort
Caldes de Malavella. Vichy Catalan Spa
Spa towns
Many Catalan towns have made thermal
and medicinal-mineral waters a philosophy
and a way of life.
The spa tradition lives on today in towns such as Benifallet,
Caldes d’Estrac, Caldes de Malavella, Caldes de Montbui, La
Garriga, Sant Climent Sescebes, Sant Hilari Sacalm and Santa
Coloma de Farners.
Spa towns, as we know them today, maintain the benefits
of thermal waters and have diversified their services with
state-of-the-art technology to adapt them to current needs. All
these establishments employ specialists who will advise you as
to the best treatment or therapy for improving your physical and
mental health to ensure that your stay will be an unforgettable
experience.
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Wellness centres
‘Wellness centres’ include thalassotherapy
establishments, spas and recreationalthermal centres, all of which use water
—both fresh and salt— as the basis
for their treatments, although invariably
supplemented by other techniques,
therapies and services.
Thalassotherapy centres provide preventive and healing
therapies that focus on aesthetics and health through the
application of seawater and the climate of wellbeing it creates.
The essence of thalassotherapy may be found at centres like
the Ra Beach Hotel & Spa in El Vendrell —housed in a former
sanatorium— and the modern Hotel Colon in Caldes d’Estrac.
Wellness and spa
Wellness and spa
Spas are all those establishments that use running water for
treatments, therapies and relaxation systems in the form of
swimming pools, jacuzzis and saunas. Some also offer physical
exercise facilities, beauty centres and alternative activities like
yoga, meditation and ayurveda.
Recreational-thermal centres provide facilities and services
similar to those of spas, and there are those that have thermal
and medicinal-mineral waters declared of public utility.
They combine health, relaxation and wellness with doses of
recreation in the form of bubble benches, hydromassage beds,
against-the-current rivers and colour therapy.
Berga Resort facilities
Medical and health centres
Catalonia has a network of centres
that apply hydrotherapy as a means
of enhancing health or beauty.
These are medical and health centres that apply running water
to treatments of the human organism. At these establishments
you will find baths, all kinds of massages, water jets,
circular showers and algae or mud treatment. Their health
quality is guaranteed by modern benchmark facilities on a
European scale which, in combination with excellent attendance, have made them centres of acknowledged international
prestige.
The city of Barcelona offers most in terms of health and
wellness tourism, thanks to which the Catalan capital has
become an international reference point in this discipline.
The Barcelona Centre Mèdic is very highly regarded in Southern
Europe thanks to its comprehensive range of services and to
the fact that it employs the best doctors in each speciality and
is endowed with the most advanced technology.
Stream near Susqueda ▶
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Associació Balneària
Promotion of the medicinal properties of spas
Name of the entity
Swimming pool and medicinal water services at Vallfogona
© Associació Balneària
Health tourism
Title of the proposed activity
Nature and culture as complements to wellness
Establishments belonging to the Associació in Catalonia are many and varied, given
the different properties of the mineral-medicinal waters that flow from our springs.
This variety contributes to generating health tourism at spas as an alternative to
conventional tourism. Furthermore, spas are normally located in natural settings with
wide scope for cultural activities, thanks to which they constitute an attractive option
for those who seek family, sporting or business tourism.
Associació Balneària
Where in Catalonia?
The Associació Balneària was constituted in 1984 to
spread word about the properties of the millennial
mineral-medicinal waters of spas and to promote this
kind of establishment. By contributing to boosting the
spa sector through its history, evolution and current
situation, our aim is to persuade an ever-increasing
sector of society to enjoy the positive effects of the
treatments provided by spas.
Languages
Catalan, Spanish,
English, French
and Russian
Offer price
As from
20 €
Lleida
Girona
Catalonia
Barcelona
Tarragona
Price, conditions and season of the activity
All year round.
Contact each centre
for facilities and
timetables.
Location of the firm and site of the activity
Contact
+34 932 183 699
Tel:
E-mail: info@balneario.org
Website: www.balneario.org
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Description of the activity
Contact and further information details
Wellness
Tourism Club
Propositions
Wellness Tourism Club, affiliated to the Catalan Tourist Board, is
responsible for promoting Catalonia as a health tourism destination
through firms, entities and organisations linked to this sector. The Wellness
Tourism Club encompasses spas, hotel-spas, wellness centres, medical
centres, associations and tourist boards. On the following pages you will
discover the propositions that the Club members place at your disposal to
enable you to enjoy wellness to the full.
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Catalonia
The thermal centres and spas scattered throughout Catalonia are
sources of physical and emotional health as well as of relaxation,
wellness and tension relief. Catalonia has a long spa tradition, fruit of the
exploitation of medicinal-mineral waters since a long time ago. The new
wellness and spa complexes constitute a diversified network of highquality facilities. Forget your daily routine and everything that causes you
stress and leave your worries behind: you are in Catalonia, and here you
have everything you need to care for your body and let your imagination
take flight and relax your mind!
Val
d’Aran
Girona
Lleida
Barcelona
Tarragona
Pirineus
Costa
Brava
Catalunya Central
Terres
de Lleida
Costa
Barcelona
Barcelona
Costa
Daurada
Mediterranean Sea
Terres
de l’Ebre
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Spa in Caldes d’Estrac
Spa in La Garriga
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Wellness treatment in a thermal pool
The Els Comtes spring in Santa Coloma de Queralt
Balneari Prats, Caldes de Malavella
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Associació Balneària
Promotion of the medicinal properties of spas
Swimming pool and medicinal water services at Vallfogona © Associació Balneària
Health tourism
Nature and culture as complements to wellness
Establishments belonging to the Associació in Catalonia are many and varied, given
the different properties of the mineral-medicinal waters that flow from our springs.
This variety contributes to generating health tourism at spas as an alternative to
conventional tourism. Furthermore, spas are normally located in natural settings with
wide scope for cultural activities, thanks to which they constitute an attractive option
for those who seek family, sporting or business tourism.
Associació Balneària
Where in Catalonia?
The Associació Balneària was constituted in 1984 to
spread word about the properties of the millennial
mineral-medicinal waters of spas and to promote this
kind of establishment. By contributing to boosting the
spa sector through its history, evolution and current
situation, our aim is to persuade an ever-increasing
sector of society to enjoy the positive effects of the
treatments provided by spas.
Languages
Catalan, Spanish,
English, French
and Russian
Offer price
As from
20 €
Lleida
Girona
Catalonia
Barcelona
Tarragona
All year round.
Contact each centre
for facilities and
timetables.
Contact
Tel:
+34 932 183 699
E-mail: info@balneario.org
Website: www.balneario.org
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Consorci de Viles Termals de Catalunya
Spas with waters declared as beneficial to the public
View of Caldes d’Estrac — Detail of a thermal spring in Caldes de Montbui © Consorci de Viles Termals de Catalunya
Spa towns, earth and water
The added value of the attractions of each town
Catalonia is Spain’s main spa destination, and the goal of the Consorci is to maintain
the quality level of our establishments and to promote our own trade mark.
Accordingly, the 9 spa towns belonging to the consortium place the therapeutic
and preventive properties of their mineral-medical waters at the disposal of visitors
while introducing them to other local tourist attractions such as the cultural heritage,
the natural setting, leisure activities, fêtes and traditions.
Offer price
Where in Catalonia? Consorci de Viles Termals
de Catalunya
Consult the prices of
each establishment
All year round.
Contact each
establishment for the
facilities they offer and
prices.
Lleida
Girona
Catalonia
Barcelona
Tarragona
The Consorci de Viles Termals de Catalunya comprises
the towns of Benifallet, Caldes d’Estrac, Caldes de
Malavella, Caldes de Montbui, El Vendrell, La Garriga,
Sant Climent Sescebes, Sant Hilari Sacalm and Santa
Coloma de Farners. These towns joined forces in 2008
to promote the values of health tourism linked to
thermal water treatment and to constitute a mark that
combines quality and tradition.
Contact
Languages
Tel:
+34 937 910 005
E-mail:
info@catalunyatermal.cat
Website: www.catalunyatermal.cat
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Catalan, Spanish,
English, French,
German and
Russian
Nextel
Health tourism
Detail of a Nextel massage booth — Thermal-water swimming pool © Nextel
Salus Experience
Thermal water treatment at a centre of your choice
You may benefit from health treatment at any of the Nextel spas or thalassotherapy
centres. You stay at 3-star or 4-star hotels which offer breakfast and access to
thermal facilities or alternative water treatment services. The Salus Experience Plus
offer provides you with the opportunity to enjoy a mid-week or weekend half board
stay: the ideal Christmas gift, an attractive option for birthday and other celebrations
or a potent business incentive.
Nextel
Where in Catalonia?
A wholesale travel agency founded in 1995, Nextel
covers the health tourism sector market. It publishes a
catalogue featuring over 200 spas or thalassotherapy
centres throughout Spain, although it pays special
attention to Catalonia, with 34 associated centres.
The agency also plays a prominent role at the main
tourist and business events linked to this sector.
Languages
Catalan, Spanish,
English, French,
German, Russian
and Chinese
Offer price
50 €
Lleida
Girona
Catalonia
Barcelona
Tarragona
All year round.
Weekdays.
20 € supplement for
Salus Plus.
Contact
Tel:
+34 902 365 001
E-mail: carles.marti@nextel.travel
Website: www.nextel.travel
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Barcelona
With a population of over one and a half million, Barcelona is a
cosmopolitan city at the vanguard of Europe as a whole. At the same
time, it preserves its own identity traits, based on aspects such as
Modernism, Olympism, peace culture and social progress. Find your
inner peace in the heart of a bustling urban conglomeration, a unique
and far from paradoxical experience!
Barcelona
Barcelonès
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Detail of the roof and tower of Casa
Batlló, by Antoni Gaudí
Barcelona from the Park Güell
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Sunset on the beach
Wellness and spa
Sailing boats leaving the Port Olímpic
de Barcelona
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Aqua Urban Spa
Traditional water culture adapted to the needs of today
Swimming pool at Aqua Urban Spa © Aqua Urban Spa – Joel Ventura Garcia
The source of wellness
Thermal waters at the service of health
We offer a two-hour thermal circuit in which the client is given the personal
assessment of a therapist. The circuit includes a pediluvium, a therapy pool, a Turkish
bath, Roman baths and a circular shower with essences. The circuit is adapted
to people suffering from fibromyalgia, psoriasis, specific muscular pains or heavy
leg syndrome, who obtain optimum benefits from it, and concludes with a relaxing
aroma-therapeutic massage using essential oils and a glass of fresh fruit juice on
a thermal deck chair.
Aqua Urban Spa
Where in Catalonia?
Awarded the best urban spa prize, Aqua Urban Spa
subscribes to a philosophy based on an exclusive
concept of global wellness for men and women. Its
team of professionals take as their reference point the
importance that ancient civilisations assigned to water.
This traditional wisdom has been updated and
perfected with state-of-the-art facilities, techniques
and products.
Languages
Catalan, Spanish,
English, French
and Russian
Offer price
79 €
Barcelona
All year round.
Contact the centre for
availability of facilities.
Barcelona
Contact
Tel:
+34 932 384 160
E-mail: info@aqua-urbanspa.com
Website: www.aqua-urbanspa.com
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Costa Barcelona
The Costa Barcelona regions harbour sites of exuberant nature, family
beaches and cultural gems of exceptional artistic value. The interior,
for its part, is a crossroads of ancient traditions. On this occasion, we
propose that you visit the health and wellness facilities of this part of
Catalonia in the hope that you will enjoy the many different ways to relax
in the vicinity of the big city. A genuine pleasure for the senses!
Barcelona
Vallès
Oriental
Maresme
Vallès
Occidental
Alt Penedès
Baix
Llobregat
Garraf
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Recreational pool in movement © Silence Spa
Objects on display at the Museu Thermalia, Caldes de Montbui
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Sitges at nightfall
Wrap-around showers at Silence Spa
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Barcelona is much more
Diputació de Barcelona
Natural wellness in Barcelona
Restoring balance with thermal waters
In the province of Barcelona, anyone who wishes may take advantage of the thermal
establishments scattered throughout the territory, all conceived to foster physical
and mental wellness and to restore personal balance. If, moreover, clients place
themselves in the hands of professionals in the fields of relaxation and health and
of experts in nature therapy and healthy lifestyles, they will feel rejuvenated and full of
the energy they need to face the challenges of everyday life.
Pirineus
Catalunya
Central
Water provides physical and mental benefits © Diputació de Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona
Costa
Barcelona
www.barcelonaesmoltmes.cat
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Hotel Bernat II ****
The departure point from which to discover the coast
Spa at Hotel Bernat II © Tania López
A relaxing weekend
A break from daily routine
The Hotel Bernat II offers a two-night stay comprising bed on the Friday, full board on
the Saturday and breakfast and lunch on the Sunday. Beverages with the meals are
included in the price. Furthermore, the programme is completed with a one-hour
session in the wellness area during which guests may enjoy all the services at their
disposal: the spa, the hydromassage pool, the Finnish sauna, the steam bath and
the sequential bithermal showers.
Offer price
Where in Catalonia? Hotel Bernat II ****
164 €
Until May 26.
The price is for a
double room.
Consult the website
for offers and prices
during other seasons.
Calella
Barcelona
Costa
Barcelona
This 4-star hotel stands in the residential area of Calella,
a stone’s throw from the beach and 5 minutes’ walk
from the town shopping centre. Its location between
Barcelona and Girona makes it the perfect base from
which to make excursions all over Catalonia. To round
off your sortie, Calella has a long pedestrian promenade
with a host of establishments to meet all your shopping
needs, while being the ideal place to take a stroll.
Contact
Languages
Tel:
+34 937 665 961
E-mail:
booking@hotelbernat.com
Website: www.hotelbernat.com
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Catalan, Spanish,
English, French,
German, Russian
and Dutch
Silence Thalasso Spa ***
A recreational-health treatment sports centre
Overall view of the Silence Thalasso Spa © Silence Spa
A relaxing escape
Disconnect from your daily routine
The Resort Hotel Sant Jordi Wellness - Thalasso Spa offers you a relaxing stay,
which includes half board (buffet breakfast and supper) and a circuit at the Silence
Spa, a space for relaxation in the midst of new sensations. Located in a privileged
setting, in the Maresme, 50 km from Barcelona and Girona, 80 metres from the
beach and 5 minutes from the shopping centre.
Silence Thalasso Spa ***
Where in Catalonia?
A water centre where clients get away from everyday
stress and relax in the midst of new sensations,
aromas and colour therapy. Its 1,200-square-metre
facilities include jacuzzis, Finnish sauna, steam baths
with colour therapy, bithermal showers, nebulisation
tunnel and ice fountain. With the Olympic swimming
pool and the Creu Groga medical centre, the spa
constitutes a sports and health tourism centre.
Languages
Catalan, Spanish,
English, French,
German and
Russian
Offer price
41€
Calella
Barcelona
Costa
Barcelona
All year round except
July and August.
Check in advance for
room availability.
Contact
Tel:
+34 937 690 001
E-mail: silencespa@silencespa.com
Website: www.silencespa.com
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Costa Brava
The beaches of the Costa Brava have welcomed world-famous
celebrities, lured by their transparent waters and by natural surroundings
that have managed to preserve their genuinely Mediterranean character
almost entirely intact. From one end to the other, visitors will find oases of
peace in the form of health and wellness facilities such as spas, centres
with medicinal-mineral waters for physical and spiritual comfort.
Take a break and disconnect on the Costa Brava!
Girona
Alt
Empordà
Pla de
l’Estany
Gironès
Baix
Empordà
Selva
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Thermal waters in Sant Climent Sescebes The Platja Gran at Tossa de Mar
Thermal spring in Caldes de Malavella
Indoor pool at the Balneari Termes Orion, Santa Coloma de Farners 29
Wellness in the regions of Girona
Patronat de Turisme Costa Brava Girona
Connect with your mind and your
senses
The presence of thermal and mineral-medicinal waters in the Costa Brava and Girona
Pyrenees areas has been known and exploited since since a long time ago. At the
health centres, the heirs to this culture devote themselves to restoring and balancing
energy with the aid of the most suitable therapies. Massages, saunas and baths in the
thermal waters that gush forth from the depths of the volcanic subsoil are just some of
the options that await us at the centres specialising in relaxation and wellness.
Pirineus
Relaxing massages © Arxiu d’Imatges Patronat de Turisme Costa Brava Girona
www.costabrava.org
www.spa.costabrava.org
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Costa
Brava
Girona
Hotel Balneari Font Vella ****
Relaxation and wellness in capital letters
Views of the spa and its surroundings © Balneari Font Vella
Disconnect at the Font Vella
A thermal circuit where you forget about the daily stress
The package consists of a one-night stay with breakfast in a Junior Suite-type room
and access to the thermal circuit. The circuit offers a variety of services, all designed
to provide maximum wellness: a swimming pool heated to 36 degrees, jacuzzi,
tropical showers, thermal beds, a polar bath at 12 degrees, essential oils shower,
contrast showers, bucket showers, foot bath with river pebbles, Turkish bath, Finnish
sauna and ice fountain. The spa provides a dressing gown and slippers.
Hotel Balneari Font Vella ****
Where in Catalonia?
The 4-star Hotel Balneari Font Vella was opened in
2008 with the intention of becoming a benchmark
relaxation and wellness centre, noted for its mineralmedicinal waters and its Junior Suites. The hotel has
30 rooms with views of the natural surroundings,
shared out between a former xix-century modernist
mansion and a large brand-new building.
Languages
Catalan, Spanish,
English, French,
German and
Russian
Offer price
150 €
Girona
Sant Hilari
Sacalm
Costa
Brava
All year round.
Check in advance for
room availability.
Contact
Tel:
+34 972 868 305
E-mail: info@blanearifontvella.cat
Website: www.balnearifontvella.cat
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Hotel Balneari Prats ***
A holiday or weekend destination
Swimming pool and restaurant at the Hotel Balneari Prats © Balneari Prats – L.Fuster
Heated outdoor swimming pool
Take a plunge into warm thermal water
The Hotel Balneari Prats suggests that we begin with a bathe in the heated outdoor
swimming pool. The natural thermal water of this facility remains at a constant
temperature of 32 degrees. By bathing in this water, clients benefit from the
properties of its minerals and oligo elements, which have positive effects on the
organism and state of mind. Lying in the middle of the garden, it is the meeting point
for water lovers, who may enjoy a swim all year round, regardless of the season.
Offer price
Where in Catalonia? Hotel Balneari Prats ***
10 €
All year round as from
February 4.
Girona
Caldes de
Malavella
Costa
Brava
Housed in a historical building in Caldes de Malavella, a
town noted for its thermal waters, the hotel has 31
completely refurbished rooms with 32-inch flat screen
TV sets, a fridge, air conditioning and free Wi-Fi
connection. Some also have a jacuzzi. Facilities,
conceived for clients’ relaxation and wellness, include
the heated swimming pool, the garden and the
restaurant.
Contact
Languages
Tel:
+34 972 470 051
E-mail:
info@balneariprats.com
Website: www.balneariprats.com
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Catalan, Spanish,
English, French
and German
Hotel Balneari Termes Orion ***
Health and relaxation in a natural setting
Views of the Hotel Balneari Termes Orion and its surroundings © Balneari Termes Orion
Relax thermal
A stay conceived for wellness
The package consists of a two-night half board stay at the Hotel Balneari Termes
Orion and includes one three-hour session per person at the Magma thermal centre,
where you benefit from the mineral-medicinal bicarbonated, saline, fluoridated and
silicated waters, which gush from the subsoil at a temperature of 42 degrees. The
offer also includes a bathe in the thermal pool, a Scottish shower and an aromatic
massage.
Hotel Balneari Termes Orion ***
Where in Catalonia?
The establishment offers a wide range of personalised
thermal treatments and quality cuisine in a welcoming
family atmosphere. The hotel is housed in a completely
refurbished colonial-style neoclassical building in which
history and the avant-garde stand side by side. The
mineral-medicinal properties of the thermal waters
provide a health experience for the entire family.
Languages
Catalan, Spanish,
English, French,
German and
Russian
Offer price
230 €
Girona
Santa Coloma
de Farners
Costa
Brava
All year round.
Price per person in a
double room.
Room price: 460 €
Valid from March 8 to
December 22.
Contact
Tel:
+34 972 840 065
E-mail: info@termesorion.cat
Website: www.termesorion.cat
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Hotel Balneari Vichy Catalan ***
A spa in inland Costa Brava
Façade of the Hotel Balneari Vichy Catalan © Hotel Balneari Vichy Catalan – Dpt.Comercial
Thermal cuisine tasting package
Enjoy the spa with the accent on gastronomy
The programa degustació consists of one whole day for two people at the spa with a
taste of thermal cuisine. It includes one night in a double room, a tasting-menu supper,
a buffet breakfast, a thermal circuit with one bamboo massage per person and use of
the gym and the outdoor pool. Moreover, guests are provided with a dressing gown
in the room and have free access to both the car park and the Internet.
Offer price
Where in Catalonia? Hotel Balneari Vichy Catalan ***
229 €
All year round.
From Wednesday to
Saturday.
Girona
Caldes de
Malavella
Costa
Brava
The Hotel Balneari Vichy Catalan is housed in a
neo-mudéjar building, one of the gems of XIX-century
Catalan Modernism, and its facilities allow guests
to relax and even hear the silence. The spa offers a
comprehensive range of thermal programmes and
treatments and an innovative cuisine based on thermal
cookery methods.
Contact
Languages
Tel:
+34 972 470 000
E-mail:
reserves@vichycatalan.es
Website: www.balneariovichycatalan.com
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Catalan, Spanish,
English, French
and Italian
Silken Park Hotel San Jorge ****
Wellness in a setting with added value
Views of the Silken Park Hotel San Jorge — Winter Spa © Hotel Silken Park Hotel San Jorge
San Jorge Special
A day beside the sea
The package includes accommodation in a double room with sea view, a buffet
breakfast, a visit to the spa with a 30-minute treatment and supper for two at the
Winter & Summer Flavours restaurant. With a seating capacity for 220, the
restaurant offers traditional dishes prepared from local ingredients and adapted to
contemporary tastes. In summer guests may savour the chef’s specialities on a
terrace overlooking the sea in the shade of Mediterranean pines.
Silken Park Hotel San Jorge ****
Located on the Costa Brava, the hotel has modern
facilities such as the swimming pool overlooking the
sea and the terrace, as well as the Winter & Summer
Colours Spa. The establishment is ideal for people
in search of holidays in peace and quiet. For those
who want a combination of rest and sport, the area
abounds in facilities for golf, horse riding, cycling
and hiking.
Languages
Catalan, Spanish,
English, French,
German and
Russian
Where in Catalonia?
Offer price
260 €
Girona
Platja d’Aro
Costa
Brava
All year round except
June, July, August and
September, Easter
Week and the New
Year.
Price per room.
Contact
Tel:
+34 972 652 311
E-mail: hotelsanjorge@hoteles-silken.com
Website: www.parkhotelsanjorge.com
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Costa Daurada
The Costa Daurada comprises elements as diverse as the vineyards of
El Priorat, the Roman heritage of ancient Tarraco, the fine-sand beaches
of the Baix Penedès, the medieval legacy of Montblanc, the golf courses
on the coast and, as tourist reference points, the cities of Tarragona and
Reus. In an area recognised worldwide for the beauty of its landscapes
and an all-year-round benign climate, fully equipped health and wellness
facilities are also available waiting to welcome visitors in search of total
inner peace. Come and relax on the Costa Daurada!
Tarragona
Conca
de Barberà
Alt Camp
Baix
Penedès
Priorat
Tarragonès
Baix Camp
◀
Hotel spa Le Méridien Ra
Massage with stones at a thermal centre
in Montbrió del Camp
Fountain in the Plaça Major Mud therapy
Fish in the thermal spring on
El Vendrell beach
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Estival Park Salou ****
All you need to enjoy your holiday
Aquum Spa in Salou © Estival Park Salou Hotel
Aquum Spa
An idyllic world of relaxation and wellness
Escape, space, splendour, luminosity, peace and serenity are words that define
Aquum Spa, an establishment committed to the relaxation and wellness of its clients.
It is a facility governed by a new concept of rest and relaxation, based on the
properties of seawater as a source of health. In a setting of permanent harmony
inspired by the oceans, Aquum Spa offers one dozen-or-so treatments applying
a range of therapies that last approximately 50 minutes each.
Offer price
Where in Catalonia? Estival Park Salou ****
65 €
All year round.
Price per treatment..
Tarragona
Salou
Costa
Daurada
This hotel complex is located in the very heart of the
Costa Daurada. It offers a wide gamut of
accommodation options: double rooms, duplexes or
apartments with a capacity for between 3 and 6
people. It has a wellness centre with treatment booths,
massages and wrapping complemented by the
Aquum Spa, a facility of over 3,000 m2 where clients
may relax thanks to the application of water.
Contact
Languages
Tel:
+34 977 371 200
E-mail:
info@estivalpark.es
Website: www.estivalpark.es
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Catalan, Spanish,
English, French,
German and
Russian
Gran Palas Hotel *****
Benchmark accommodation on the Costa Daurada
Spa facilities at the Gran Palas Hotel © Gran Palas Hotel
A sensorial getaway
Experience new sensations in the thermal facilities
The escapada sensorial programme organised by the Gran Palas Hotel includes
supper at the Moss restaurant and one night’s accommodation in a classical room
with buffet breakfast. As well as receiving a gift of welcome in their room, clients may
enjoy access to the Spalas, the hotel’s thermal spa and fitness facility. Here they
may choose a 90-minute sensorial suite in one of the centre’s 5 rooms. Parking at
the hotel is free and late check out is available until 6 in the evening.
Gran Palas Hotel *****
Where in Catalonia?
With views over the Mediterranean and characterised
by sober minimalist architecture, the 5-star Gran Palas
Hotel stands near the La Pineda beach in Vila-seca.
It offers personalised service and luxury facilities
including first-class rooms, a 4,000 square-metre spa,
interior gardens, the Moss restaurant, an outdoor pool
and a conference room with capacity for one
thousand people.
Languages
Catalan, Spanish,
English, French,
German and
Russian
Offer price
170 €
Tarragona
Costa
Daurada
La Pineda
As from October and
until May 30. From
Sunday to Thursday.
Discounts for children.
Price per person in a
double room.
Contact
Tel:
+34 902 370 808
E-mail: pgarcia@granpalashotel.com
Website: www.grouppalas.com/granpalas
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Hotel Termes Montbrió ****
A spa in the centre of the Costa Daurada
Aquatonic in Montbrió — Façade of the Hotel Termes © Termes Montbrió
A romantic getaway
Falling in love with spas
The escapada romàntica consists of 2 nights’ accommodation with breakfast at the
Hotel Termes Montbrió, access to the Aquatonic thermal recreational facilities and
supper with cava at the Sequoia restaurant, which specialises in local market cuisine.
At Aquatonic’s over 1.000 m2 of thermal waters, clients may benefit from a number
of thermal treatments: sheet waterfalls, hydromassage jets, circular rapids, microbubbles and grottoes with Greco-Roman baths.
Offer price
Where in Catalonia? Hotel Termes Montbrió ****
As from
140 €
All year round except
from December 5 to
19.
Tarragona
Montbrió
Costa
del Camp
Daurada
The Hotel Termes Montbrió is the only establishment
on the Costa Daurada with a modern spa and a
four-hectare botanical garden. It provides a wide range
of recreational and cultural options, such as the Priorat
wine route, the Port Aventura theme park, the
beaches of the Costa Daurada, the Parc Natural del
Delta de l’Ebre, the nightlife of Salou and the
monumental heritage of Tarragona.
Contact
Languages
Tel:
+34 977 814 000
E-mail:
reserves@rocblanchotels.com
Website: www.termesmontbrio.com
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Catalan, Spanish,
English, French
and German
A family relaxation destination
Patronat Municipal de Turisme del Vendrell
Thermal spring © Patronat Municipal de Turisme del Vendrell
Baths of pleasure and health
Medicinal waters in the spring of El Vendrell
In El Vendrell, which has been a spa town since 2004, it is quite normal to see people
of all ages bathing in the spring of Coma-ruga to take advantage of its medicinal
properties. This spring rises in the Bonastre massif and wells up spontaneously on
the beach. The shallowness and constant temperature —between 18ºC and 21ºC—
of the water make the spring the ideal place for young and old alike to engage
entirely safely in hydrotherapy all year round.
Patronat Municipal de Turisme
del Vendrell
El Vendrell is blessed with a major historical and cultural
heritage that provides scope for family, thermal, cultural,
gastronomic, beach, sporting or relaxation tourism.
Outstanding among its many museums are the Museu
Deu and the Vil·la Pau Casals. A further added attraction
is its intense musical activity, with a wide range of
concerts and recitals throughout the year.
Languages
Catalan, Spanish,
English, French,
German, Dutch
and Russian
Where in Catalonia?
Offer price
Free
El Vendrell
Tarragona
All year round
The spring water,
declared medicinalmineral, is an effective
remedy against pains
in the joints.
Contact
Tel:
+34 977 680 010
E-mail: turisme@elvendrell.net
Website: www.elvendrellturistic.com
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Terres de Lleida
The regions grouped together under the designation ‘Terres de Lleida’
extend throughout the western sector of the Central Depression around
the city of Lleida, a prime territorial reference point, and the lower stretch
of the River Segre, from which channels branch out to irrigate the crops
in the area. Agriculture configures a landscape of towns and cities whose
lifestyle is more easy-going than that of major urban concentrations.
Relax in the health and wellness centres of the Terres de Lleida, they will
astonish you!
Lleida
Noguera
Segarra
Pla
d’Urgell
Urgell
Segrià
Garrigues
◀
The Camarassa reservoir
The Montsec range ▶
Canal d’Urgell. Les Borges Blanques
Rocallaura spa
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Pirineu and Terres de Lleida
Patronat de Turisme de la Diputació de Lleida
Harmonise the body and the senses,
enjoy wellness tourism!
An experience conceived for personal relaxation
The Pyrenees and Terres de Lleida offer a wide range of spas and thermal centres
where you may relax with traditional though innovative treatments and natural
therapies for the five senses, thereby attaining inner balance and total wellness
through the combination of physical exercise, healthy diet, contact with nature and
periods of relaxation.
Val d’Aran
Pirineus
Lleida
Spa in the Lleida Pryenees © Hotel Castell Ciutat
Terres
de Lleida
www.aralleida.cat
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Pirineus
The mountains that form the Pyrenees constitute a privileged natural
setting from which you may contemplate Catalonia from the heights.
The valleys, on the other hand, harbour an astonishing legacy, fruit
of perseverance on the part of those men and women who generated
a lifestyle intrinsically linked to the relief. The Pyrenees today constitute a
dynamic territory with a host of activities to be discovered. The pure
mountain air is the ideal context in which to engage in health and
wellness tourism. Take time out to discover it!
Alta
Ribagorça
Pallars
Sobirà
Cerdanya
Ripollès
Alt Urgell
Garrotxa
Pallars
Jussà
Berguedà
Solsonès
Girona
Lleida
Barcelona
◀
Open-air spa at the Hotel Muntanya & Spa
Heated pool at Berga Resort
Caldes de Boí. The thermal springs
On the way to the Spa de Cerdanya Resort
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Balneari Caldes de Boí
Health and leisure in the heart of the Pyrenees
Outdoor pools at Balneari Caldes de Boí © Hotel Propia
A healthy experience at Caldes de Boí
Accommodation, supper and thermal circuit
The package comprises a one-night’s stay in a superior double room with views
over the Vall de Boí, supper at the Manantial restaurant and a thermal circuit for two
people. As an added value, it also provides you with the opportunity to enjoy outdoor
activities in the area around the spa, such as hiking, rafting, TR3SC routes, canyoning
and parapent parachuting.
Offer price
214 €
From April to October.
Price for two people.
Check for room
availability at long
weekends and on
bank holidays.
Where in Catalonia? Balneari Caldes de Boí
Caldes
de Boí
Pirineus
Lleida
The spa comprises two hotels located 1,500 metres
above sea level hard by the Parc Nacional
d’Aigüestortes and the Romanesque churches of the
Vall de Boí. It has 37 alkaline, chlorated, sulphated,
fluoridated and sodified water springs. Thanks to its
location and the properties of its waters, it provides
opportunities for health stays (respiratory, rheumatism,
dermatological and nervous-system treatments) and
leisure tourism
Contact
Languages
Tel:
+34 973 696 210
E-mail:
reservas@caldesdeboi.com
Website: www.caldesdeboi.com
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Catalan, Spanish,
English, French,
German and
Russian
Berga Resort
The Mountain and Wellness Center
Spa facilities © The Mountain and Wellness Center
Admission to the water circuit
Free per person and stay
Included in your stay we offer free admission per person (from the age of 5) to our
exclusive water circuit, a unique fun experience that introduces both children and
adults to the world of wellness. The family stay at the Berga Resort may be in the
campsite, in a bungalow or in a caravan and provides you with the opportunity to enjoy
a wide range of activities. The price of accommodation includes admission to the
sports facilities, to the covered children’s play park, with monitors, and to the open-air
children’s play park in the midst of the mountains.
Berga Resort
Where in Catalonia?
Located in the foothills of the Pyrenees only one hour’s
drive from Barcelona, Berga Resort is a family sports
tourist complex ideal for relaxation, engaging in sport
and improving your health. It includes the Wellness
Center with its water circuit and the Spaizen with
treatments and massages, sports facilities with heated
indoor swimming pools, bungalows to rent, camp site
and motor homes. Perfect for a family sortie.
Languages
Catalan,
Spanish,
English, French
and German
Offer price
As from
59 €
Pirineus
Berga
Girona
Lleida
Barcelona
Until June 20 and as
from September 15.
Enquire into Promo ’13
conditions.
Contact
Tel:
+34 938 211 250
E-mail: bergaresort@bergaresort.com
Website: www.bergaresort.com
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Cal Marti, rural accommodation
Disconnect from the pace of city life
Overall view of Cal Marti © Cal Marti
Wellness in the midst of nature
At the service of relaxation with a capital ‘R’
Cal Marti offers a restorative wellness session at its facilities, consisting of a lukewarm
shower, a jacuzzi, a Finnish sauna, a path of sensations and a Turkish bath, all located
in a former farmyard that preserves its welcoming rustic character. Music, colour
therapy and aromas contribute to enhancing clients’ sense of wellness and inner
calm.
Offer price
20 €
All year round.
Price per person.
Maximum five people
per session.
Where in Catalonia? Cal Marti, rural accommodation
Pirineus
Guixers
Girona
Lleida
Barcelona
Cal Marti stands in a privileged setting in the foothills of
the Catalan Pyrenees, specifically in the Busa-BastetsLord area of natural interest. The accommodation
facilities have been awarded four ears of wheat by the
Generalitat de Catalunya, and from them guests may
contemplate views that induce a state of relaxation.
Enjoying the wellness space is a supplement to a
tranquil stay in contact with nature.
Contact
Languages
Tel:
+34 630 976 850
E-mail:
info@calmarti.cat
Website: www.calmarti.cat
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Catalan, Spanish,
English, French
and German
Cerdanya Resort Hotel Muntanya & Spa ***
Accommodation and cuisine in La Cerdanya
Outdoor pool with view of the Hotel Muntanya & Spa © Hotel Muntanya&SPA – Joma Garcia
Feel the nature on your skin
Rest and discover the natural surroundings
The hotel has designed a package consisting of a 4-night half board stay in a
‘Pirineus’-type room. Guests are welcomed with a glass of cava and a selection of
services: an anti-stress massage using Pyrenean flowers, ochre mud treatment and
a Thermospa bath, a ‘relax the face and the mind’ massage, a guided excursion, two
admission tickets to the panoramic spa circuit, a Fantashistory (an iPad route with
characters from legend as guides) and assessment on over 100 GPS-guided routes.
Cerdanya Resort Hotel Muntanya
& Spa ***
A family hotel located opposite the Vall del Cadí, the
establishment has comfortable, well-equipped rooms,
a heated outdoor pool, a wellness centre, a spa circuit,
a gym, padel tennis court, rockodrome and mini club
for children aged between 2 and 12. The restaurant
serves Pyrenean cuisine in buffet lunches and suppers.
Languages
Catalan, Spanish,
English, French,
German and Dutch
Where in Catalonia?
380,50 €
Pirineus
Prullans de
Cerdanya
Girona
Lleida
Barcelona
Offer price
All year round
except August, long
weekends and bank
holidays.
Price for double room.
Contact
Tel:
+34 973 510 260
E-mail: info@prullans.net
Website: www.prullans.net
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Associated Entities
Below you will find information on entities associated with the Health
and Wellness Tourism Club of the Catalan Tourist Board. These entities
contribute knowledge, expertise and other values to health and wellness
tourism.
Girona
Lleida
Barcelona
Tarragona
Check-up Barcelona Centre Mèdic
Comprehensive check-ups geared towards prevention
The specialists at Barcelona Centre
Mèdic are fully aware that a health
problem often need not arise if a checkup is carried out in time. In the light of this
knowledge, the Centre offers complete
medical examinations conducted in the
city’s best hospitals by a team of fully
qualified professionals. The Centre
adapts to the needs of each individual
client, who receives the results of the
examination the day after it is carried out.
www.bcm.es
The medical team © Enric Mayolas
Barcelona
Barcelona
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List of entities
Catalonia
13
Associació Balneària
Consorci de Viles Termals de Catalunya
Nextel
15
16
17
Barcelona
19
Aqua Urban Spa
21
Costa Barcelona
Diputació de Barcelona Hotel Bernat II ****
Silence Thalasso Spa ***
Costa Brava
23
25
26
27
29
Patronat de Turisme Costa Brava Girona
Hotel Balneari Font Vella ****
Hotel Balneari Prats ***
Hotel Balneari Termes Orion ***
Hotel Balneari Vichy Catalan ***
Silken Park Hotel San Jorge ****
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32
33
34
35
Costa Daurada
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Estival Park Salou ****
Gran Palas Hotel *****
Hotel Termes Montbrió ****
Patronat Municipal de Turisme del Vendrell
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41
Terres de Lleida
43
Patronat de Turisme de la Diputació de Lleida 45
Pirineus
47
Balneari Caldes de Boí
Berga Resort
Cal Marti, rural accommodation
Cerdanya Resort Hotel Muntanya & Spa ***
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Associated entities
Check-up Barcelona Centre Mèdic
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