Gran Hotel La Toja

Gran Hotel La Toja is an iconic thermal spa hotel on the Isle of La Toja, a small island in the Ría de Arousa estuary of Galicia in northwestern Spain, where naturally occurring sodium, chloride, and iodine-rich mineral spring waters of exceptional concentration have made the island famous since the late nineteenth century. According to legend, the springs were discovered when a sick donkey left on the island was later found mysteriously recovered and full of vigor, with the mineral-encrusted spring water credited for the change — a story that launched one of Spain's most celebrated spa and beauty traditions. Gran Hotel La Toja, opened in 1907, has welcomed royalty, politicians, and celebrities across its history, and its mineral waters — used in baths, thalassotherapy rituals, and the famous La Toja cosmetic products sold worldwide — continue to define the spa heritage of this uniquely beautiful Galician island within a long thermal tradition.