Hotel Balneario Pozo de la Salud

El Hierro


Right next to the famous Pozo de La Salud, Spain's westernmost hotel builds on the well's established healing reputation with an impressive choice of therapies – from thermal baths (€13) to reflexology (€38), Ayurvedic massages (€52) and hot-volcanic-stone treatments (€53). Bright, uncluttered, contemporary rooms surround a leafy courtyard (the best enjoy sea views) and treatments are open to all (book ahead).


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Nearby El Hierro attractions

1. Pozo de la Salud

0.05 MILES

El Hierro's famed Pozo de la Salud (Well of Health) was long known for miraculously healing local cattle, but has been recognised for its mineral-rich…

2. Mirador de Bascos

0.84 MILES

Around 500m north of El Sabinar, this lookout point looms over the western end of El Golfo but is often veiled in cloud and was off-limits to visitors at…

3. Playa de las Arenas Blancas

1.25 MILES

Curled into the isolated western end of El Golfo, just off the HI500 6.5km northwest of Sabinosa, this spectacularly positioned swathe of blonde sand…

4. El Sabinar

1.44 MILES

Sculpted by nature into wild shapes that look frozen in time, the beautiful and surreal wind-twisted sabinas (juniper trees) that grow across the hillside…

5. Ermita de Nuestra Señora de los Reyes

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Made all the more intriguing by the long history and strong tradition behind it, this whitewashed, rust-roofed, pine-fringed 18th-century chapel conceals…

6. Playa del Verodal

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At the far western end of the island, this curious volcanic red-sand beach, 1km off the HI500 (and signposted), backs up to a majestic rock cliff. It's…

7. Bodega Soterana

3.79 MILES

While this expertly run bodega on the western edge of Los Llanillos may be a newcomer on El Hierro's blossoming wine scene, its volcanic-soil vines date…

8. Charco Azul

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Worked into its distinctive form by ancient lava flows and the pounding Atlantic waves, the 'Blue Pond' is a pristine natural cove with calm natural…