Caldes d'Estrac

Province: Barcelona | Shire: Maresme | Inhabitants: 2.783 | Extension: 0,9 Km2 | Altitude: 33 m

Caldes d'Estrac Maresme is a municipality which is popularly known as Caldetes. Its name comes from the Roman times, when they were known its hot springs and was called Aquae Calidae.

In fact, the hot springs of Caldes d'Estrac have always been the main attraction of this population, first by the Romans and later by the Arabs. But in 1820 when aware of the bathrooms that are closer to the know today. It is then carried out reforms in the Public Baths and become a prestigious house. This, together with the new communications make Caldes d'Estrac not delay in becoming one of the most sought-after holiday resorts and prestigious of the time.

In fact, many wealthy bourgeois nineteenth century with the prescription for a change of scenery took Caldes d'Estrac as a destination for their cures. This was becoming, little by little, the people in a spa center, as many of them also built their summer homes. This made the end of the century, "La Febre d'Or" touch of Caldes d'Estrac rebound and made him live a great heyday with cultural exchange. Was in Caldetes where were the "American" politicians and writers who were grown Catalunya. Among them we can stand out the presence of Apel ? les Mestres, Cinto Maragall Verdaguer or whose point of encounter an establishment called "Colon".

Caldes d'Estrac increasingly grows and twentieth century industrial bourgeoisie began to build their palaces and houses Modernist noucentistes, shaping the Passeig dels Anglesos. His wealth was maintaining or even increasing until the first quarter of the twentieth century the game was banned and closed Colon Casino.

But Caldes d'Estrac not just the world of the bourgeoisie. In this village also remained a legend that explains the powers of the hot springs to cure a village maiden name was Eleanor.

Walking through Caldetes quite advisable to wander through the rides where you can see the old mansions of the bourgeois who retain even today all its glory or visit Palau i Fabre Foundation in which you can see a major artistic background different Catalan culture references that shared moments in this population, which served them very often, a source of inspiration.

What to do

Fundació Palau

Caldes d'Estrac

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Balneari Titus

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Where to eat

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Where to sleep

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