33 hot springs in Mexico · Hot springs in Mexico

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Villa Corona, Jalisco

Agua Caliente Parque Acuático

Geothermal water from the La Primavera caldera, an hour from Guadalajara.

37 °C · Water park

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Apazapan, Veracruz

Aguas Termales Carrizal

The Gulf slope: springs beside the Pescados river, where the Volcanic Belt reaches toward the sea.

36 °C · Spa & wellness

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Cuautla, Morelos

Balneario Agua Hedionda

The name doesn't lie: it smells of sulfur because the water comes off Popocatépetl's flanks.

29 °C · Traditional hot springs

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Santa María Amajac / Atotonilco el Grande, Hidalgo

Balneario Amajac

Surfacing at 44 °C through a basaltic fracture at the threshold of the Metztitlán canyon.

44 °C · Traditional hot springs

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Huichapan, Hidalgo

Balneario Chichimequillas

Water surfacing straight out of volcanic rock, with no concrete pool in the way.

37 °C · Natural pool

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Tequisquiapan, Querétaro

Balneario El Oasis Tequisquiapan

Deep-sourced thermomineral pools in the heart of Bajío wine country.

37 °C · Traditional hot springs

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Jamay, Jalisco

Balneario El Paraíso Jamay

Sulfurous waters from the lake basin, on Chapala's eastern shore.

37 °C · Traditional hot springs

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Ixtapan de la Sal, Estado de México

Balneario Municipal Ixtapan de la Sal

Thermomineral water and volcanic mud in the town that carries salt in its name.

38 °C · Traditional hot springs

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Tenancingo, Estado de México

Balneario San Pedro Tecomatlán

A spring rising through an andesitic fracture in the Tenancingo basin.

36 °C · Water park

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Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo

Balneario Te-Pathé

A Mezquital Valley classic, visited by the same families for generations.

37 °C · Traditional hot springs

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Silao, Guanajuato

Balneario y Hotel Misión Comanjilla

Sulfurous 42 °C waters rising through a deep fault in the Silao graben.

43 °C · Spa & wellness

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Ajacuba, Hidalgo

Centro Vacacional Ajacuba

It surfaces at 52 °C through a meridional fault and has to be cooled before reaching the pools.

40 °C · Traditional hot springs

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Tecozautla, Hidalgo

El Géiser

A volcanic vent firing 95 °C water above a hidden caldera, tamed into pools you can actually soak in.

40 °C · Geothermal phenomenon

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Ixtlán, Michoacán

Géiser Ixtlán de los Hervores

A natural geyser blasting 90 °C steam, with regulated pools alongside so you can watch up close.

40 °C · Geothermal phenomenon

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Zimapán, Hidalgo

Grutas de Xajhá

A rugged canyon above the Moctezuma river you enter with a guide, not on your own.

42 °C · Canyon & thermal cave

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Cardonal, Hidalgo

Grutas Tolantongo

The turquoise water isn't dyed: it's dissolved calcium carbonate that has spent millennia building the canyon's hanging pools.

37 °C · Canyon & thermal cave

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Tasquillo, Hidalgo

Hotel Balneario Tzindejéh

A hillside spring turned spa, overlooking the Tula river floodplain.

33 °C · Spa & wellness

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Jungapeo, Michoacán

Hotel San José Purúa

The spa of Mexican cinema's golden age, its original tubs still perched over the Tuxpan river fault.

34 °C · Spa & wellness

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Chignahuapan, Puebla

Hotel Termas de Chignahuapan

Surfacing at 50 °C from the Acoculco caldera, enjoyed amid cloud forest.

38 °C · Spa & wellness

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Cardonal, Hidalgo

La Gloria Tolantongo

Thermal waterfalls and travertine pools on the quieter side of the same canyon.

37 °C · Natural pool

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Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacán

Laguna Larga Los Azufres

A thermal lagoon and pools of boiling volcanic mud in the middle of highland forest.

39 °C · Natural pool

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Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo

Las Cuevitas Balneario Ecoturístico

Thermal caves and rock formations carved by the hot water itself, with no help from anyone.

36 °C · Canyon & thermal cave

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Tepalcingo, Morelos

Las Termas de Atotonilco

Mild bicarbonate waters in southern Morelos, for going to do absolutely nothing.

31 °C · Traditional hot springs

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Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacán

Los Azufres Rancho Viejo

Fumaroles steaming among pines at 2,800 metres: the country's most powerful geothermal field.

41 °C · Natural pool

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Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo

Maguey Blanco Parque Acuático

Ixmiquilpan's coolest option: for when you want to swim rather than sweat.

33 °C · Water park

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Tecozautla, Hidalgo

Manantiales de Taxidhó

A spring at the floor of a basaltic canyon, reached by dirt road carrying everything you need.

37 °C · Natural pool

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Tecozautla / Zimapán, Hidalgo

Manantiales El Aguacate

Thermomineral fissures in the Moctezuma canyon, for campers who want to be far from everything.

37 °C · Natural pool

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Silao, Guanajuato

Parque Acuático Agua Caliente Comanjilla

The same hydrothermal system as the neighbouring hotel, in family water-park form.

38 °C · Water park

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Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo

Parque Acuático Dios Padre

The Mezquital's largest park, fed by water that climbed kilometres up from a limestone basement.

38 °C · Water park

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Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo

Parque Acuático El Tephé

Slides and body-temperature pools fed by the valley's deep aquifer.

37 °C · Water park

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Jocotepec, Jalisco

Termas de San Juan Cosalá

A thermal spa on the Lake Chapala fault, with the lake in front of you.

38 °C · Spa & wellness

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Tequisquiapan, Querétaro

Termas del Rey Parque Acuático

Thermal aquifers of the Querétaro trough, steps from the town of Tequisquiapan.

34 °C · Water park

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Chilcuautla / Tlacotlapilco, Hidalgo

Tlaco Balneario

Surfacing above 40 °C from a fault trough in the riverbed, among the valley's hottest.

43 °C · Traditional hot springs