Where to take a swim? 1

Where to take a swim?

Refresh your stay with a dip.

Where to take a swim? 3

If you’d like to take a swim and refresh during your stay at “Donde Duermen los Pájaros (Tomás Hernández Molina)”, we offer a selection of the best nearby places to enjoy the water. Immerse yourself and relax in the finest natural surroundings in the area!

  • The Trail of the Cerrada del Río Castril (7 km away): The Castril River is an ideal spot for swimming and enjoying its crystal-clear waters. Surrounded by stunning scenery, this river provides a perfect natural setting to cool off and relax. How to arrive

  • Municipal Pool of Castril (7 km): The municipal pool of Castril is the perfect place to take a swim and enjoy a day under the sun. With well-maintained facilities and a family-friendly atmosphere, it’s ideal for all ages. Additionally, it features a snack bar where you can enjoy refreshments and snacks. How to arrive

  • Castilléjar Artificial Lake (17 km): The Castilléjar artificial lake is an excellent place to swim and enjoy a day of leisure. Its calm and clean waters make it a perfect destination to cool off and relax. It has a restaurant and beach bar. How to arrive

  • Fuencaliente, Huéscar (20 km): the complex is built around a natural water source converted into a swimming pool.The slightly thermal character (19 ºC) of its waters is due to its circulation through fractures and faults so common on this edge of the basin. They are waters of medium mineralization and sulphated bicarbonate calcium-magnesium. Its flow rate is up to 500 liters per second. It was famous in the 16th century, for establishing there, along with other places in Huéscar, the important wool laundries run by Genoese merchants. It is an ideal place to bathe and enjoy its natural hot springs. It has parking lots, avenues, grass areas, sports facilities, large terraces and restaurant service in the summer season. How to arrive

  • Fuencaliente Spring, Orce (34 km): It is located 1 km away. from Orce towards Galera. The complex has been built next to a spring of water conditioned as a swimming pool.The waters of Fuencaliente de Orce emerge in the plain of the Orce River and have a temperature of 21 ºC, as they circulate at sufficient depth to acquire a higher temperature than the ambient temperature thanks to the geothermal gradient. Currently, a series of infrastructures for public use have been built around the spring: there is a kiosk and restaurant that operate seasonally, and also a grass area and a picnic area. How to arrive

  • Zújar Spa (47 km): surrounded by nature, in an area famous for its thermal waters and excellent surroundings in the Negratín reservoir. The natural water from the Zújar Spa has unique properties that benefit the cardiovascular system, bones and more. It also offers a wide range of beauty treatments designed to revitalize your body and mind. From therapeutic massages to facial and body treatments. How to arrive

  • Zújar Natural Baths (44 km): just below the Zújar Spa we find the sulfur water baths, in the middle of nature, open 24 hours and free of charge. The average temperature of the hot spring is around 39º. This temperature depends a lot on the time of year you visit. Because? Because they are located next to a reservoir (the Negratín Reservoir) whose waters can cool the hot spring. These waters are considered, due to their composition, to have strong mixed sulphated mineralization. Its mineral-medicinal waters were declared as such in 1928, and are indicated for various pathologies. How to arrive