Central Highlands Sights
El Salado (the Salty One)
El Salado (the Salty One) Review
Baños is Spanish for "baths," and there are several thermal springs in town. The town's official name is Baños de Agua Santa (Baths of the Holy Water), but no miracles have ever been attributed to the springs. The best of the bunch is a series of pools called El Salado. Its six rough-hewn pools, next to a fastmoving stream, overflow with mineral water of various temperatures. The pools are refilled each morning at dawn.
- Address: 2 km (1 mi) outside Baños on Vía al Salado, Baños
- Cost: $2
- Hours: Daily dawn--dusk
- Location: Baños
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