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🇵🇹 Portugal · Trás-os-Montes (Alto Tâmega, Vila Real District)
Photo by Marta.i.sousa~ptwikiquote, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
🇵🇹 Portugal · Trás-os-Montes (Alto Tâmega, Vila Real District)
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⛰ Altitude
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⚗ pH
6.2
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🌊 Flow rate
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📅 Established
Vidago spring discovered in 1863; the current Balneário Pedagógico building, converted from the village's former railway station, opened in 2014
✓ Verified on 2026-07-30
The Balneário Pedagógico de Vidago opened in 2014 inside the converted former railway station of Vidago village, in the Alto Tâmega region. It draws on the same Vidago spring water long known for its high alkalinity — discovered in 1863 and bottled commercially since 1873. According to the certified analysis of the bottled product from the same source, the water is a naturally sparkling bicarbonate-sodium mineral water with pH 6.2, total mineralization of 2,816 mg/L, and bicarbonate as its dominant ion (1,972 mg/L). The facility offers therapeutic thermalism, massage and wellness treatments focused on musculoskeletal recovery.
| Bicarbonate (HCO3-) | 1972 mg/L |
| Sodium (Na+) | 628 mg/L |
| Calcium (Ca2+) | 83 mg/L |
| Chloride (Cl-) | 31 mg/L |
| Silica (SiO2) | 29 mg/L |
| Magnesium (Mg2+) | 14 mg/L |
The Vidago spring was discovered in 1863 and became a fashionable resort after consecutive visits by King Luís I in 1875–1877; its water has been bottled commercially since 1873. The Balneário Pedagógico building itself is a 2014 architectural conversion of Vidago's former railway station, incorporating a gallery with iron and glass elements recalling the site's railway past.
Phone+351 276 301 515
Websitebpvidago.pt
AddressRua João de Oliveira, s/n, 5425-352 Vidago, Chaves, Vila Real District, Portugal