6 hot springs
Hidalgo has 6 hot springs with their own page on Puebloteca, near the Pueblos Mágicos of Tecozautla, Mineral del Chico, and Zimapán. The closest to a pueblo is El Pathecito, 7 km from Tecozautla; the farthest out is Parque EcoAlberto, 40 km from Zimapán.
Most hot springs in Mexico are balnearios: family water parks built around a warm spring, with pools, slides and often camping or cabins. They fill up on weekends and holidays, so a weekday is much calmer.
Best months, when most of these towns are dry with comfortable afternoons: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec.
The Hot Springs 6
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El Pathecito · Hot springs · 7 km from Tecozautla
An old-school thermal balneario said to be the first in Hidalgo, beside the riverside Balneario Chichimequillas. -
El Géiser · Hot springs · 8 km from Tecozautla
A thermal park built around a steaming volcanic vent, with hillside pools, a zip line and the site of Latin America's first geothermal well. -
Manantiales Taxidhó · Hot springs · 8 km from Tecozautla
Rustic natural thermal pools around 38 °C among cactus and rocks, near where the river meets the Zimapán reservoir. -
Balneario Amajac · Hot springs · 12 km from Mineral del Chico
A hot-springs park past Atotonilco el Grande with thermal pools, slides, cabins and a hotel; a Comarca Minera geosite. -
Parque EcoAlberto · Hot springs · 40 km from Zimapán
A Hñähñu community park on the Tula River with thermal pools, a canyon with a suspension bridge and its famous migrant-crossing night hike. -
Grutas de Tolantongo · Hot springs · Cardonal
Warm turquoise river flowing out of a cave at the end of a deep canyon, with cliffside pools, a steam-filled tunnel and camping.
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Distances are in a straight line; roads add about a third.
Where to stay
The Pueblos Mágicos these places are closest to, each with hotels, food and getting-there notes.
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