Grutas de Tolantongo
Turquoise thermal river and cliff-edge pools in a canyon in Hidalgo, Mexico.
Carlos Adampol Galindo / Wikimedia Commons
- Badetemperatur
- 36°C
- Baden
- Außen
- Unterkunft
- Hotel vor Ort
Warm mineral water emerges from a cave and tunnel at the head of the Tolantongo canyon and runs downstream as a bathable turquoise river, roughly 34–38°C. Terraces of small pools are built into the cliff face above it.
Balnevia-Sicht
Warum hingehen
Bathing in a moving thermal river, and in pools set into a canyon wall, at a scale and setting that has no real equivalent in Europe.
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Das Wasser
Thermalwasser
- Quelle
- Tolantongo cave and tunnel springs
- Charakter
- Warm carbonate-rich water, turquoise where it enters the river
Geschichte
The site is run as a cooperative (ejido) by the local community, which built and maintains the pools, bridges and lodging along the canyon.
Praktische Informationen
Cash is essential — card payment is unreliable and there are no banks nearby. Weekends and Mexican holidays fill the site; midweek is calmer.
Anreise
About 4h30 by car from Mexico City via Ixmiquilpan; the final descent into the canyon is steep and narrow but paved.