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Marble tubs and arched windows in a historic Hot Springs bathhouse

Hot Springs/United States

Quapaw Baths & Spa

Four communal thermal pools inside a restored 1922 Bathhouse Row building.

Bathing
Indoor

Quapaw is one of two working bathhouses left on Hot Springs' Bathhouse Row, with four tiled communal pools at graded temperatures beneath a mosaic dome.

Balnevia view

Why visit

It is the easiest way to bathe in the Hot Springs water inside the historic architecture, rather than looking at it in a museum.

The water

Thermal water

Source
Hot Springs Mountain springs
Mineralisation
Low-mineral, silica and bicarbonate
Character
Rainwater heated at depth over roughly 4,000 years, emerging almost free of sulphur odour.

Facilities

  • Thermal pools
  • Indoor pools
  • Massage treatments
  • Steam room

History

Bathhouse Row was developed from the 1890s and protected as a national park; the Quapaw reopened as a spa in 2008.

Practical information

Private baths and steam caves are booked separately from the communal pools.

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Getting there

On Central Avenue in downtown Hot Springs, an hour from Little Rock.

Location

Hot Springs, United States34.5145, -93.0546View on Balnevia map

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Quapaw communal pools

Four graded thermal pools

Day entry to the tiled pools beneath the dome.

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Bathhouse Row walking tour

Hot Springs National Park

Guided walk through the historic bathhouses.

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Hotels on Central Avenue

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