3 hot springs · within 60 km
There are 3 hot springs within 60 km of Morelia in a straight line, an hour or a little more by road. The closest is Huandacareo, 33 km away; the farthest, Los Azufres, is 56 km. They are listed under the Pueblos Mágicos of Cuitzeo and Angangueo, which make good bases.
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, Mar, Apr, Nov.
The Hot Springs 3
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Huandacareo · Hot springs · 33 km from Morelia · Near Cuitzeo
The hot-springs town of the lake: a cluster of family balnearios with warm thermal pools, open all year. -
Araró · Hot springs · 45 km from Morelia · Near Cuitzeo
A hot-springs village at the east end of the lake, with family balnearios and the 17th-century sanctuary of the Señor de Araró. -
Los Azufres · Hot springs · 56 km from Morelia · Near Angangueo
A steaming volcanic field in the pine forest above Ciudad Hidalgo, with hot sulfur pools, mud baths, lakes and cabins.
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Distances are in a straight line; roads add about a third.
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