Balneario Baños de Molgas

Balneario Banos de Molgas is a historic mineral spa in the Maceda valley of Galicia, where bicarbonated spring water has been channelled for bathing since Roman times in a landscape of granite hillsides, oak forests, and ancient stone bridges that defines the rural character of Ourense province. The spa lies within reach of the Ribeira Sacra, the most dramatically beautiful wine region in Spain, where vineyards have been carved into the near-vertical walls of the Sil and Mino gorges on slopes that can exceed seventy degrees, requiring hand harvesting by workers suspended on ropes from the cliff tops above. A stay at Banos de Molgas paired with a boat trip through the Ribeira Sacra canyons and a glass of native Mencia on the riverbank represents Galicia's thermal heritage at its most authentically embedded in the landscape that created it.