Balance through minerals
The Balneario de San Nicolás draws on a spring that rises at the foot of the Cerro Milano, on a natural terrace, with the village behind it and the Sierra de Gádor in front. The water emerges at around 46°C, sulphated, calcic and magnesic, with traces of bicarbonates and iron.
This composition makes it especially helpful for rheumatism and joint pain, the respiratory tract and digestive problems. Its waters have been declared of public utility since 1928.
Mineral Signature
Timeline
A spring through the ages
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The Roman Legacy
The first baths were built in Roman times, right beside the spring at the foot of the Cerro Milano. From those centuries remain traces and pieces such as the Dama de Alhama, a marble sculpture found in 1984 that reminds us just how much these waters were already valued back then.
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The Breath of Al-Hamma
The very name of Alhama comes from the Arabic al-hamma (the baths or the hot water). It was the Arabs who moved the baths some 300 metres to their present site. The geographer Al-Idrisi mentioned the place in the 12th century, when bathing was at once hygiene, medicine and social life.
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The Modern Spa
The Balneario de San Nicolás began operating in 1877, on a ground floor that had existed since 1772. In 1928 its waters were declared of public utility, and throughout the 20th century the building was renovated and extended into the spa and hotel you can visit today.
The Rituals of the Sierra
A sensory immersion designed to harmonise body and mind.
Arab Baths
A thermal circuit with a mineral-medicinal water pool at around 37.5°C, bubble baths and showers, in the spirit of the old Arab baths that gave the village its name.
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Hydrotherapy
Hydromassages, pressurised circular showers and jets that work the muscles and joints, one of the classic uses of these waters for rheumatism and rehabilitation.
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Steam and Inhalations
A steam room, inhalations and aerosols that harness the thermal water for the respiratory tract, completed with rest areas facing the Sierra de Gádor, at 520 m of altitude.
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