Hotel Termas at the Balneario de Archena

A nineteenth-century thermal hotel

The Hotel Termas is the building with the most history at the Balneario de Archena: it was built in the mid-nineteenth century and keeps its neo-Nasrid corridors, a great dome and interior courtyards with skylights and arabesque walls. In the dome there is a Roman tombstone from the late first century, and the fountain at the entrance copies the one in the Court of the Lions at the Alhambra. Inside it has been refurbished and holds the quality seal of the Instituto para la Calidad Turística Española.

The rooms

There are 65, all non-smoking: classic doubles, exterior superiors, doubles with sitting room, three junior suites and rooms with one or two extra beds for families. They have air conditioning, a safe, a hairdryer and free wifi. Like the other two hotels in the complex, it has direct access to the thermal gallery where treatments are given, and staying here includes free entry to the Spa Piscinas Termales.

Eating and spending the day

The Termas dining room serves à la carte: breakfast from 8:00 to 11:00, lunch from 13:30 to 15:30 and dinner from 20:00 to 22:30. At weekends, on public holidays and during school holidays there is a mini club for children aged 3 to 11, and aqua gym and walking outings for adults.

Getting there

The spa is on the edge of Archena, on the carretera del Balneario, about 30 minutes from Murcia along the A-30 dual carriageway. There is paid parking at the complex and a regular bus from Murcia station (line 36), with some services leaving from or arriving at the spa itself.