Fontcalda Sanctuary
The River Canaletes, as it passes the Fontcalda Sanctuary, narrows to form a small gorge with a spectacular landscape. The waters, which force their way between immense stone walls, form huge pools and natural swimming holes that tempt anyone walking in the area when it is hot.
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This place gets its name, la Fontcalda (“the hot spring”), from the hot thermal spring at the bottom of this narrow stretch.
Mineral-medicinal water flows from this spring at 25ºC - the waters contain chloride, calcium carbonate, magnesium sulphate and sodium chloride. There used to be an old spa here, a place of pilgrimage for those who believed in the healing, therapeutic qualities of the waters, with romeries (pilgrimages) that are still held today on the first Sunday of May.
