Estrada Nacional 16
Termas de São Pedro do Sul
36600-692 VÁRZEA SPS - PORTUGAL
São Pedro do Sul
Tourist Information
Nested in the green valley of Lafões and framed by the mountains
of Arada, Gralheira and São Macário, São Pedro
do Sul is particularly known for its
thermal spa, with mineral and medicinal waters that were already used
by the Romans for their curing powers, and later also sought by Dom
Afonso Henriques, Portugal's first king (12th century), who would
give the town its first charter.
Nowadays, the thermal spa of São Pedro do Sul
has modern equipment and several leisure
facilities, being one of the most important of Portugal, with an average
of 25 thousand visitors every year. From its early period, the Roman
balneum and the Dom Afonso Henriques pool may still be seen and are
of great archaeological and architectural interest. Otherwise, the
county is rich
in terms of archaeology, visible in remains such
as the fortified settlement of Cárcoda, at the Arada mountain,
dating from the Bronze Age and the Roman period, or the settlement
of Senhora da Guia, at the parish of Baiões.
