The charms of the Central region are many and Oliveira do Hospital is one of the treasures that makes it unique. A place of enormous natural beauty, with river beaches, hiking trails and mountain villages, it is also home to the Aqua Village Resort Health & Spa, a five-star hotel that invites you to contemplate and enjoy the surrounding nature.
“The space of tranquility at Aqua Village Resort is ideal for those who value well-being and Nature”, announces the hotel, distinguished with several awards, including the Best Thermal Water Spa in the World at the Haute Grandeur Global Excellence Award, in 2020.
Aqua Village Resort Health & Spa
An outdoor swimming pool, another with hydrodynamic thermal water and a third, semi-covered, equipped with a hot tub, all heated, join the river beach on the River Alva, reinforcing the connection to water, an omnipresent element at Aqua Village Health Resort & Spa. Much sought after for getaways for two, the hotel is also, in the colder months, a destination for families.
In this context, Spa Sensations has a wide range of options, including therapeutic immersions, sensory showers and well-being massages, which also include treatments aimed at “future mothers”, for parents and children and others exclusive to the youngest, from babies to teenagers. They come with fun names, such as “Sleeping Beauty” (€75) or “Little Prince” and one of the proposals and a Vichy shower with jets of thermal water that runs over the body and causes some tickles.
For adults, in addition to various massages, various body or face treatments are available, such as “Vichy with Therapeutic Muds” (€115), which “combines the anti-inflammatory effect of therapeutic muds with the benefits of thermal water”.
Aqua Village Health Resort & Spa
You can just leisurely walk through the Spa Circuit, or book an Aqua Spa Day (€120), which includes a Spa Circuit, relaxing massage and lunch at the resort’s Bistro Bar. It is worth remembering that Spa Sensations has won, in recent years, the trophies for Best Medicinal Spa in Europe, Best Thermal Spa in Europe and Best Luxury Spa in Portugal.
For those looking for a moment of true communion with Nature, the destination is the banks of the River Alva. It is in Gotas do Choupal, suspended drop-shaped structures installed in the treetops, that the Dolce Aqua Experience takes place. What is it? A calming experience in which creams and oil based on local honey are used.
Aqua Village Health Resort & Spa
Andreia Marques
About Aqua Village Resort Health & Spa (Avenida Principal, 1, Caldas de São Paulo, Oliveira do Hospital. Tel. 238249040) recommended in the Boa Cama Boa Mesa 2025 Guide, it can be read: “The emblematic drops, suspended in the poplars next to the Alva river since the first day, await the company of a good book or a relaxing massage. This is just the gateway to a complete experience, which passes through the award-winning Spa or the pool bar, before to return to one of the 30 apartments (from €160), where the jacuzzi and the privacy of the balcony invite you to relax. At the Roots restaurant, regional cuisine takes on new life.”
Aqua Village Resort Health & Spa
JOAO MACHADO