- Bathing temperature
- 34°C
- Bathing
- Indoor / Outdoor
- Established
- 1826
- Accommodation
- Hotel on site
The Baños de Panticosa lie in a glacial cirque above the Tena valley, developed as a formal spa in the nineteenth century and celebrated in Spanish literature and painting. The historic buildings — casino, chapel and bathhouses — stand around a small lake ringed by 3,000-metre peaks.
Balnevia view
Why visit
The altitude and the architecture: few European spas sit this high, and the walking straight from the door into the Pyrenees is exceptional.
Recommendations
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The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Panticosa granite springs
- Mineralisation
- Nitrogenous and sulphurous granite waters
- Character
- A group of springs at 1,636 m in the Pyrenean cirque above Panticosa.
Location
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