Balneario Borines
- Location
- Borines, Piloña, Asturias, Spain
- Water type
- bicarbonate
- Temperature
- 38 °C
- pH
- 8
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Balneario Borines is a historic mineral spa in Priesca in the Asturian valleys of northern Spain, drawing bicarbonated and ferruginous spring water that has been channelled for wellness use since the nineteenth century in a landscape of apple orchards, dairy farms, and chestnut forests that define the green, maritime character of Asturias as completely as the sun and cork oaks define Andalusia. Asturias is the land of sidra, the naturally fermented apple cider that is served in the escanciado style, poured in a high arc from bottle to glass to oxygenate the drink — a ritual performed with casual virtuosity in every sidrería from Oviedo to Gijón and constituting one of the most charming and participatory food traditions in Spain. The ferruginous bicarbonated waters of Borines, appreciated for their invigorating mineral character, flow in a valley of the Pre-Cantabrian mountains where the combination of ocean air, apple orchards in spring blossom, and the thermal tradition of the Asturian interior creates a wellness experience with the particular flavour of the green north of Spain.