Hot springs in Mexico
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Hot springs/Mezquital Valley

Traditional hot springs · 40 °C

Centro Vacacional Ajacuba

Ajacuba, Hidalgo

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

Centro Vacacional Ajacuba
Still from the reference video.

The water

In the pool
38–42 °C

like a very hot bath

As it leaves the ground
50–55 °C

hotter than a hot tub

Mixed. A blend of volcanic and sedimentary inputs

Why it surfaces here

Southern fault of the Tula basin.

Falla Meridional. Mexico's densest thermal corridor: from a 95 °C vent to a plain full of pools.

Watch it before you go

  • A donde ir: Aguas termales en hidalgo Centro Vacacional Ajacuba. · Ando viajero

  • "Ajacuba, el Corazón Termal de Hidalgo" · Noticiero Retrovisor

Within 50 km

Straight-line distance. Driving time is calculated on the route.