38.13° N · 1.30° W · Ricote Valley and the Archena Spa
A day ticket gives access to the covered Termalium pool, the outdoor Termal Activa pool with views over the valley and a children's pool. The water comes from the spa's own spring at about 32 °C.
Who offers it
Independent companies: you book with them, on their terms. Prices are as they publish them and may change.
The Balneario de Archena sells a day ticket to its thermal pools to anyone not staying there: you arrive, change and bathe as much as you like until closing time.
The water comes from the spa's own spring, mineral-medicinal, at an average of 32 °C.
On the booking page of its website, general admission costs €25 from Monday to Friday and €33 on Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays and long weekends in low season (in November 2026), and €27 and €33 in high season. According to the 2026 price list, children aged 3 to 11 pay a reduced price, those aged 0 to 2 go in free, there is a family rate for four or more people and an evening ticket for the last three hours, which is not valid on Saturdays or long weekends.
It is open from 10:00 to 22:00, and from 27 June to 5 September until midnight. The Termalium closes for maintenance from 9 to 18 December 2026 and the outdoor pool from 11 to 22 January 2027.
A swimming cap, swimwear and flip-flops are compulsory throughout the pool area. Towels or bathrobes are brought with you or hired at the entrance, and it is worth bringing a padlock for the lockers (they sell them at the entrance). Food and drink may not be taken in. Under-18s must always be accompanied by an adult. The ticket is valid all day as long as you do not leave; if you leave, you can get back in by showing a receipt for at least €15 per person from its restaurants, cafés, thermal gallery or beauty centre.
From Murcia it is about 30 minutes along the A-30 dual carriageway towards Archena; the spa is on the edge of the town, on the carretera del Balneario. Parking at the complex costs €2 an hour and €8 a day (from the fourth hour the full day is charged). Without a car, Interbus line 36 links Murcia bus station with Archena, and some services leave from or arrive at the spa itself.
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They are compulsory, and this way you do not pay for them at the entrance.
From Monday to Friday excluding public holidays, the ticket costs €8 less.
The last three hours before closing have a reduced rate, except on Saturdays and long weekends.
Questions
From €25 on weekdays and €33 at weekends in low season 2026, according to the booking website.
Yes. There is a children's pool, under-2s do not pay and under-18s must be with an adult.
Swimwear, a cap, flip-flops and a towel or bathrobe. A padlock for the locker.
Yes, by showing a receipt for at least €15 per person from the spa's restaurants or cafés.
The website sells tickets online; at long weekends and on weekends it is the safest option.
Geocaliahttps://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/region-of-murcia/ricote-valley/things-to-do/archena-thermal-pools
