Balneario de Lanjarón

Balneario de Lanjarón is a celebrated thermal spa complex in the village of Lanjarón at the entrance to the Alpujarras in the province of Granada, Andalusia, Spain, whose multiple mineral springs of different composition — including sulfurous, bicarbonated, calcic, and ferruginous types — have made it one of Spain's most comprehensively mineralized spa destinations and established Lanjarón as the 'City of Water,' famous both for its spring bathing tradition and its widely sold Lanjarón mineral water brand. The village sits at the foot of the Sierra Nevada — the highest mountain range in the Iberian Peninsula and home of Europe's most southerly ski resort — in the gateway position to the Alpujarra valley system where Moorish irrigation terraces, white villages, and mulberry-grown silk traditions survived the Christian Reconquista in a landscape of extraordinary beauty and complexity. The balneario's multiple spring types allow a range of bathing experiences offered within the Spanish sistema de balnearios framework, making Lanjarón one of the most mineralogically diverse of Spain's thermal establishments and a destination that has drawn visitors to the Sierra Nevada foothills since at least the Roman period.