Balneario Arnoia Orense

Balneario Arnoia, in the small municipality of Arnoia in the Ribeiro comarca of Ourense, draws on sulfate thermal waters beside the Arnoia river in one of Galicia's most celebrated wine-producing valleys — the Ribeiro appellation, where the indigenous Treixadura, Torrontés, and Loureira grape varieties produce aromatic white wines on steep granite terraces above the Miño and its tributaries. The naturally warm sulfate waters are part of a long thermal tradition, in a balneario setting that reflects the centuries-old Galician custom of combining thermal bathing with the pleasures of local wine and cuisine. The Ribeiro wine country of southern Ourense province, with its Roman road heritage, Romanesque bridge crossings of the Miño river, and the proximity of the thermal hot springs of Ourense city just upriver, makes Balneario Arnoia one of the most pleasurably located thermal destinations in inland Galicia.