Balneario Palacio de las Salinas
- Location
- Salinas de Anana, Basque Country, Spain
- Water type
- sodium chloride
- Temperature
- 37 °C
- pH
- 7.3
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Dense, salty water — you float without effort.
Balneario Palacio de las Salinas in Añana, Álava, is one of Spain's most extraordinary spa-heritage sites, combining chloride-rich brine from prehistoric salt workings that have operated for at least 6,000 years — the Valle Salado, a UNESCO candidate site — with a 19th-century neoclassical palace turned luxury spa. The hyper-saline waters from Triassic salt deposits are enjoyed within a long thermal tradition associated with the comfort of the skin and well-being. Surrounded by the terraced wooden saltworks cascading down a valley where brine has been harvested since the Neolithic, this is a spa experience immersed in the deepest layers of European food and mineral heritage.