ACCOMMODATIONS AND THERMAL TOURISM 64 Thermal tourism 72 Hotels 99 Farm tourism 130 Campings 134 Apartments THERMAL TOURISM The Basque Country offers the pos- years, we are witnessing the rebirth sibility to enjoy the endless benefits of thermal tourism with new centres of seawater and of the many springs equipped with modern facilities. There existing here. Relaxing health resorts, we can enjoy treatments to rest body thermas and spas complete the tour- and mind. Some of these centres were ism offer of our villages and cities. built over the ruins of old palaces lo- cated at the seashore and most of The spa tradition goes back to cen- them offer the possibility to walk and turies, when there already were 11 make excursions through the sur- spas in Gipuzkoa only. During the last roundings. 64 www.euskaditurismo.net ÁLAVA • MARQUÉS DE RISCAL Services WINETHERAPY SPA***** The star treatment is the ‘Gran Face Treat- Calle Torrea, 1 ment Caudalie’, which includes a com- 01340 Elciego plete cleansing, face sculpting, a facemask Tel.: 945 180 880 / Fax: 945 180 881 and the application of an exclusive cream www.marquesderiscal.com [email protected] made of anti-ageing actives, besides mud massages in back, hands and feet. Anoth- er of their treatments is a hydro massage The spa of the City of Wine has followed bath used to eliminate fluids and to acti- the latest trends echoing wonders of vate circulation thanks to water tempera- wine therapy. The Vinothérapie Caudalie ture, causing pores open so that the skin Marqués de Riscal spa is in the hands of absorbs wine’s active substances. We can Matilde Cathiard and Bertrand Thomas, also stand out the massages with essential two French experts in wine’s benefits who oils and with superfine grape pip. opened their first centre ten years ago in the outskirts of Bordeaux. Rooms: 43 Nº of places: 79 BIZKAIA • TERMAS DE MOLINAR P* massages, and use a variety of techniques, including mud therapy. Bº Molinar, 17 - Bajo 48891 Karrantza Harana / Valle de Carranza Services Tel.: 946 806 002 / Fax: 946 806 400 The spa is fitted out with thermal pools, www.casavicentepallotti.com marble baths to which water comes up di- [email protected] rectly from the springs at 29-31 ºC, show- ers with various temperatures and pressure Located on the western edge of Bizkaia, levels, steam baths, inhalation room where in Carranza Valley, Termas de Molinar of- you can inhale thermal hydrogen peroxide fers visitors the chance to enjoy the excel- and footbath (foot hydro-massage). lent therapeutic qualities of its waters, in a peaceful rural setting. At the Carranza Rooms: 60 Spa they perform underwater and shower Nº of places: 106 Accommodations and thermal tourism 65 HESPERIA SPA AREATZA*** people. An ideal place for business and leisure stays. Areatza, s/n Tel.: 946 572 705 Services www.hesperia-balnearioareatza.com [email protected] The spa offers a complete range of pro- grammes, and the very best treatments for Located on the side of Gorbeia Natural relaxation. Its mineral-medicinal waters Park, the hotel sits in Areatza, 20 minutes are especially recommended for treating from Bilbao. It consists of 65 rooms with skin problems and rheumatism. bathroom, television, heating and mini- fridge. In addition, it is also equipped with a coffee-bar with terrace and a magnifi- Rooms: 65 cent restaurant with a capacity of over 150 Nº of places: 123 • AISIA ORDUÑA**** Services Plaza Foru, s/n On the first floor: hydromassage, body 48460 Urduña-Orduña wrapping and peeling rooms, beauty sa- Tel.: 945 384 550 / Fax: 945 384 551 lons, massage rooms, steam bath, sauna www.aisiahoteles.com and shower with alternating tempera- [email protected] tures. The hotel-spa is a neo-classical 18th cen- On the lower floor: swimming pool with tury building, constructed by Carlos III as mineral-medicinal waters with underwater a “customs house” to control the entry of massage jets, jacuzzi, hot and cold water merchants and goods between the port of pool with bubble chairs. Bilbao and Castille. It has now been turned into a hotel fitted out with all the very latest Rooms: 42 health and beauty techniques. Nº of places: 78 • AISIA LEKEITIO HOTEL Services TALASOTERAPIA*** It offers many services with seawater at 34 Santa Elena, s/n degrees, seaweed wraps, mud, Jacuzzi, 48280 Lekeitio sauna… etc., to provide energy, health and Tel.: 946 842 655 / Fax: 946 243 500 www.aisiahoteles.com beauty. It is equipped with a thermal sea- [email protected] water swimming pool, aquabell and niaga- ra baths, afussion shower and jet shower. There are many other services available, Located by the shore of the Cantabrian such as kinesiology, feet reflexology, lymph sea, the thalassotherapy Hotel Aisia Lekei- drainage and craniosacral therapy. tio was built over the remains of the Urib- arren Palace and the Austro-Hungarian Rooms: 42 empress went into exile in it. Nº of places: 79 66 www.euskaditurismo.net • BARCELÓ AVENIDA SPA**** Services Avenida Zumalakarregi, 40 It includes an indoor swimming pool, spa, 48006 Bilbao sauna, steam bath and hydrothermal Tel.: 944 124 300 / Fax: 944 114 617 shower. It provides beauty treatments such www.barceloavenida.com as massages with milk and honey, marine [email protected] lime, kelp, as well as treatments for oste- opathy, Vichy shower and Scottish shower. The Barceló Avenida hotel is strategically It has a gymnasium with a cardiovascular located in Bilbao and is easily accessible. and toning room, spinning room and so- Its innovative design and its 2.100 m2 of larium with towel and hammock service. facilities have made it a new benchmark not only for meetings and business trips Rooms: 189 but also for leisure tourism and relaxing in Nº of places: 359 the city. • THERAQUA SPA Services Amistad, 2 It is equipped with a hydromassage pool 48930 Las Arenas, Getxo and different pressure jets for neck, lumbar, Tel.: 944 661 859 / Fax: 944 661 863 abdomen, legs, calf muscles, feet, vertical www.theraquaspa.com Jacuzzi with thermal baths, vichy cabin, jet, footbath, cold water pool, Scottish shower, Urban spa that combines different spa shower with essential oils. Besides, it offers services with beauty. This is a harmonious massages and beauty treatments. atmosphere where you can rest your body and find peace of mind in the city centre. • LASAI SPA cabins for massages, wrappings, peelings and all the necessary elements to provide Lersundi, 17 beauty treatments. 48009 Bilbao Tel.: 944 238 138 / Fax: 944 236 025 The centre offers a “Relaxing Circuit”, www.lasaispa.com consisting of Jacuzzi, filiform shower, swimming pool, Turkish bath with aromas Services and infrared armchairs. 90 min. circuit, Jacuzzi, sauna, waterbed, thermal steam 32 Euro/person, towel and bathrobe in- bath, shower alternating temperature, cluded. • SPA MIRÓ**** Services Alameda Mazarredo, 77 Jacuzzis, baths and cold water treatments. 48009 Bilbao Likewise, there are also a wide range of Tel.: 946 611 880 / Fax: 944 255 182 massages: shiatsu, sports massage, anti- www.mirohotelbilbao.com stress, therapeutic, zone therapy… This is [email protected] / [email protected] the ideal place to vanish from the city crow. The Spa at the Hotel Miró is exclusively free Rooms: 50 for hotel guests. Nº of places: 94 Accommodations and thermal tourism 67 • SPA HUSA JARDINES DE Services ALBIA**** Thermal hydro-aesthetics services such as Turkish bath, Jacuzzi, body exfoliation, San Vicente, 6 seaweed wrap treatment… Besides, there 48001 Bilbao Tel.: 944 354 140 / Fax: 944 354 142 is a room for face and body beauty to en- www.hotelhusaspajardinesdealbia.com joy every type of massages (relaxing, anti- [email protected] cellulites, special for mothers-to-be, circu- latory, osteopathy…). Physiotherapy and The spa is located in a four-star hotel in the rehabilitation services also available. middle of Bilbao’s business area. Rooms: 138 Nº of places: 258 • URA SPA-GIMNASIO Services It offers a water therapy circuit consisting of Pérez Galdós, 32-34 48013 Bilbao 96ºF water streams and a relax-area with Tel.: 944 020 831 / Fax: 944 020 830 Roman thermal baths and ambient music. [email protected] Medical and esthetical treatments, such as chocolatherapy -with anti-cellulite, reaffirm- A 2,000 square-metres urban spa in Bil- ing, anti-age and moisturizing effects- and bao’s city centre. massages with exotic herbs that stimulate our metabolism. Besides, it has a fitness centre equipped with modern installations. • QI SPA Scottish, three stations with essential oils, Vichy...), as well as a footbath and relaxa- Zaballa, 4 (esquina Juntas Generales) tion area with chromotherapy, heated deck 48901 Barakaldo chairs, music and infusions. Tel.: 944 048 048 www.qispa.com On the other hand, Qi Spa offers person- [email protected] alised programmes with the latest tech- nologies (chocolate therapy, wine therapy, Services aromatherapy, chromotherapy and mu- These include a hydrothermal swimming sic therapy), apart from a complete pro- pool at 35 degrees, cold water pool at gramme of massages, numerous body 15 degrees, Turkish bath, sauna, vari- and face care treatments (seaweed wraps, ous showers (nebuliser, cube, bithermal mud...) yoga, taichi and pilates courses. • AISIA DERIO HOTEL SPA*** Services Parque Tecnológico de Zamudio, Parcela 806 Relaxation circuit: this offer lasts for about 48160 Derio an hour and combines jacuzzi, sauna, infra- Tel.: 944 317 680 / Fax: 944 317 681 red massage bed, steam bath, shower with www.aisiahoteles.com alternating temperatures, as well as rooms [email protected] for massage, wrapping, peeling and every- thing you need to be able to provide beauty The Aisia Derio Hotel has been built meet- treatments. ing the ecological criteria and the princi- ples of bioconstruction and solar energy Rooms: 38 use.