Balneario de Manzanera

The Balneario de Manzanera was born in 1929 in the Paraíso valley, at km 2 of the Abejuela road, around the El Salvador spring, whose waters were declared of public utility that same year. It reopened in 1951 and finished the works of the original project in 1958. Today it is a three-star hotel with the Starlight Hotel badge, in a pine-wood valley 22 km from Galáctica, about 28 minutes by car.

Two buildings and 68 rooms

The main building, almost a hundred years old, has 55 renovated rooms, single, double and family, looking onto the hotel's poplar avenue and gardens. Another building, 150 metres away, adds 13 more rooms and has its own parking. All have a full bathroom, telephone, hairdryer, wifi, a window with a balcony, a memory-foam mattress, safe, television and heating. The website does not mention air conditioning: if you need it, ask.

What a night costs in 2026

The 2026 price list gives the price per night including taxes, lower from the second night. In a double room for two, with buffet breakfast, €159 for a single night and €132 a night if you stay longer; with half board, €209 and €182; with full board, €249 and €222. The single with breakfast costs €107 and €93. Children aged 0 to 2 do not pay if they share a room with two adults, and ages 3 to 10 get a 30% discount.

If you come for the water, the programmes with accommodation include treatments, a bathrobe and a medical consultation: the one-night Thermal Experience costs €138 per person with half board, and the +55 Programme, Sunday to Friday outside August and long weekends, €464 per person for five nights on full board.

Water, salt and sport

The thermal centre is in the main building, with a lift from the rooms. It has an active thermal pool, halotherapy, sprays, a vaporarium, showers and hydromassage baths, as well as mud packs, massages and beauty treatments; to use it you must bring a swimsuit, flip-flops and a cap. Outside there is a covered, heated outdoor pool, a glazed terrace, a café, a library, a chapel, a children's playground, padel, a five-a-side pitch, table tennis, petanque and mountain bikes. The parking is covered. The website says nothing about pets: ask before going with a dog.

The sky from the garden

The hotel is a member of the AstroAras astronomical association and organises its own astronomical observations and events, with no fixed calendar published. From here you go to Galáctica's night observation at 20:00 and are back before eleven. By day, the spa has restored four walking routes through the valley, among them a 14.3 km one to Torrijas along the river, and the village of Manzanera keeps its medieval wall and the Baroque church of El Salvador. For eating there is its El Paraíso restaurant, with a menu at €25 on weekdays.