Balneario de Fuente Amarga

Balneario de Fuente Amarga is situated near Chiclana de la Frontera in Cádiz Province, Andalusia, a spa centered on the naturally occurring bicarbonate and sulphurous spring waters that emerge from the geological formations of the Bay of Cádiz hinterland — an area of extraordinary historical depth as one of the oldest continuously inhabited regions of Western Europe, where the ancient Phoenician city of Gadir (modern Cádiz) was one of the earliest Western European urban settlements and where the confluence of Atlantic and Mediterranean cultural currents created the distinctive Andalusian civilization that flourished under both Roman and Moorish rule. The setting near Chiclana places the balneario within easy reach of the magnificent La Barrosa beach, the Bay of Cádiz Natural Park, and the historic city of Cádiz itself — whose Constitution of 1812, the first Spanish liberal constitution, was a landmark in modern European democratic history. The spring waters here provide therapeutic mineral bathing in the heart of one of Spain's most historically resonant and scenically beautiful southern landscapes.