Balneario Medina del Campo

Balneario Medina del Campo is located in Medina del Campo, a historic market town in Valladolid Province, Castile and León, Spain — a place of extraordinary historical significance as the commercial capital of 15th and 16th-century Castile, whose annual fairs attracted merchants from across Europe in the most important international trade fairs on the Iberian Peninsula, and where Queen Isabella I of Castile — co-sponsor of Columbus's voyage — died in 1504. The bicarbonate mineral waters offer gentle mineral bathing in a town whose history as a centre of commerce, banking, and political power during Spain's golden age of exploration gives it cultural depth far exceeding its modest present-day size. The imposing Castillo de la Mota — the Gothic castle where Isabella was held prisoner and where Cesare Borgia was imprisoned — looms over the town as a dramatic reminder of the medieval power and intrigue that make Medina del Campo one of Castile's most historically extraordinary thermal destinations.