Maison Palmera
The thermal basins at Las Aguas

Las Aguas · Thermal Spa

Carved into the rock
beneath the house.

The spring

The old house sits above a thermal spring the island's healers knew about long before the road was cut. We lined the basins in travertine. Otherwise we left the rock as we found it.

No. 01

41 °C

El Caldo

The hot basin. Lined in unpolished travertine. Limited to twelve minutes at a time.

No. 02

34 °C

La Tibia

The tepid basin. A long, shallow rectangle that holds the afternoon light.

No. 03

14 °C

El Frío

The cold basin, fed by the mountain spring. For the brave, or the very warm.

Treatment room with travertine walls
Orchid courtyard outside the spa

The menu

Four rituals. Very
few interruptions.

  1. 90 min

    El Descenso

    The long bath

    An unhurried circuit of the three thermal basins — hot, tepid, cold — with rest between. Cold hibiscus and salt almonds on the marble bench. Begins and ends with a quiet foot ritual.

    $180

  2. 120 min

    Mariposa

    Full-body ritual

    A slow body treatment with island herbs pounded into a warm oil. Finished with a scrub of local sea salt and the dried petals of the flame tree in the courtyard.

    $340

  3. 150 min

    Las Aguas

    Bath & body

    The thermal bath, followed by a 90-minute full-body treatment, followed by a pot of palo santo tea and a plate of fruit in the orchid room. The long afternoon.

    $480

  4. 60 min

    La Mañana

    Island facial

    Cold stones from the spring, a clay mask of volcanic silt and papaya, and a long neck massage. Designed to be followed by nothing at all.

    $220

Treatments are booked through the house. House guests enjoy the thermal baths at no cost, at any hour.

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