Thermal tourism can be enjoyed all year round, but it is a good option for winter and to take a break. The Termas de Luro and Termas de Médanos are the options offered by the Villarino district of Buenos Aires with sports activities, mud therapy and relaxation in hotel complexes that have a spa and huge pools in natural landscapes just over 450 meters from Alto Valle. Look how much it costs.
Located in the southwest of the province of Buenos Aires and 45 kilometers from the city of Bahía Blanca, that municipality of 30,000 inhabitants It honors with its name the naval pilot Basilio Villarino, explorer of Patagonia in the 18th century.
In that district,Tourists can enjoy two thermal parks: Termas de Luro, located at kilometer 809 of national route 3, and Termas de Médanos, on national route 22, at kilometer 737.
Luro hot springs
They flow from a depth of 968 meters and that is why it has the exceptional temperature of 70 degrees. Studies carried out by the Universidad del Sur, gave that the age of the water that comes out of the spring is approximately 920,000 years.
Due to their chemical characteristics, their waters are considered hypermarine and physical, hyperthermal; extraordinary for its preventive, palliative, relaxing, restorative, toning and anti-stress effects, the official added.
Those who travel along route 3 can stay at the hotel that uses the hot springs as a place to rest or to relax.relax and enjoy the hot springs, the landscape and the river.
The hotel complex has a thermal spa that includes three indoor pools at different temperatures, whirlpools, a static waterfall and a hydrothermal sauna; open-air hostel with five thermal pools at different temperatures, mud therapy sector, among other services such as different types of massages, bicycle rental, guided walks and private access to the Colorado River beach, which acts as a boundary between this municipality and the province of Río Negro.
The water temperature ands of 74 degrees with a high content of chlorinated calcium, magnesium, ferruginous and brominated iodine salts which give it an important therapeutic action and its characteristic reddish color.
Exposure to the Luro Hot Springs helps improve skin conditions, respiratory tract problems, bone problems, and acts as an anti-allergy and antibacterial agent.
Price of a room for one person: which includes the pass to the entire Thermal Complex, Spa and descent to the Colorado River and other services such as use of towels, American breakfast from 7:30 to 10:30, garage and bathrobes $65,900 and for two, $104,900.
There are many tourist attractions very close to the complex: Fortín Mercedes, Laguna La Salada, Bodegas Al Este, La Chiquita beach, Salinas Chicas, Regionales and much more. This complex is open daily. Those who want to know them can do so by accessing www.termasdeluro.com or by contacting 291-649-3194, by WhatsApp at 5492916493194 or by email at [email protected].
The Termas de Médanos complex
It is located in what was formerly a booster plant for the Presidente Perón gas pipeline, inaugurated in the mid-1950s and which gave rise to the Gas del Estado company in the region.
The drilling of the spring well was carried out by the state company YPF at a depth of 1,174 meters and more than 50,000 liters per hour flow from it at 74.3°.
As time went by, the gas pipeline was insufficient for the demand and, a few years later, it became obsolete and with it the Médanos booster plant, but the well continued to produce water. ANDIn 1994, a group of local businessmen bought the property and developed a tourist complex that put Médanos on the country’s thermal map, until it was finally inaugurated in 2009.
“It is a property of 18 forested hectares, with all the necessary infrastructure to enjoy with the family, a natural landscape, wild animals, birds, llama otters and fish,” highlighted Laura Córdoba.
This complex It has six covered pools with different temperatures and an artificial thermal lake formed by a peninsula and an island that can be explored walking along its banks or across bridges or on a fun kayak ride.
It has a camping space with showers with hot water 24 hours a day from the same spring. Like the Luro hot springs, its waters are relaxing, restorative and anti-stress.
Those who want to know them can do so by accessing at www.termasmedanos.com.ar or by calling 291-571-0284. They are open from Thursday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., the entrance fee per day and per person is: $7,000 per day per adult, $5,500 for retirees, $5,000 for ages 3 to 10, disabled $3,500 and children from 0 to 3 do not pay (they must wear a diaper). for water).
The cost of camping if you spend the night in a tent is $8,000 per day per adult, $6,000 for children from 3 to 10 years old, retirees $6,500 per day per person; $1000 in box or motorhome (per night, for the vehicle) in both cases includes the next day’s entry. The campsite has stoves, hot water 24 hours a day, and power lines. No need to reserve.
