Montanejos — Attraction in Montanejos

We went to visit this wonderful location because of the amazing pictures and film of pristine waters and paradisiacal remote looking spa that we had seen on social media. Also, mainly, for the promise of 25°C waters. *The place is beautiful - don't get me wrong - but everyone and their brother thought the same thing and had the same idea to visit it when we were there. Granted it was in the middle of August. *When we arrived there was absolutely no parking available nearby so we had to park far and then walk quite a bit to get to "Fuente de los baños" entrance and later to get back to the car (suggestion: come early!). *You pay a nominal 4€ (which in other natural -river- locations isn't expected- but they do the upkeep of the bathrooms at the site which is useful). Be aware that you are not allowed to bring a cooler - I am guessing so you have to buy the drink at the site if you want it cold. (You can bring food and drink but not the cooler). Once you walk down (5 mins) and reach the river's area (we were there at around 16h- since we got a bite to eat in the town) there was barely a spot to lay your towel. Suggestion: bring water shoes as it is pebbly both in the water and on the dusty "beach". Finally, it was time to get the "spa" experience! I did not have a thermometer on me, but 25°C it did not seem...it was the usual "river cold"...but hey! on a hot summer day, that's actually welcome! (I laughed when I found out the Med. Sea was at 27°C that day in Valencia). It is true that the people tended to congregate and swim (only free style as the water is not deep and you'd hit rocks on the river bottom if you tried crawl) so the water was a bit murky, but the further you went away (towards the stone gorge) the fewer the swimmers and found clearer waters. *Tip-as you swim away if you see a large crevice on the rock on the right (not the small one on the left wall) there is some vegetation that obscures a lovely rock formation inside the small cave covered with moss and cascading dripping water in a very zen way. Also, if you continue swimming down the gorge you'll see some canes growing at the end- go through them into a small pool like and deeper space....when I was there nobody was about and I got to enjoy it to myself for a bit. Suggestion: since this is a river, further down, near the town, by one of its hotels, there is a free entry to the river and barely any people, where you could set up camp with a cooler and everything...granted it isn't very deep for swimming but it's the same water! A wonderful feature of this location is that it has lovely paved footpaths that follow the river and you can enjoy a wonderful afternoon stroll. Is it worth the drive? As a one time experience and if you...

Montanejos in Castellón are known for their thermal waters, and we investigate a little more in their history, heritage and landscape we will discover that you have much to offer to the traveler. Deciding what to do in Montanejos is choosing between a large number of experiences capable of seducing very different visitors. We enter the Alto Mijares region prepared to record a large...

Montanejos ha cambiado mucho desde la última vez que fui. Hemos comprado las entradas para poder nadar donde están las fuentes árabes pero el paisaje lleno de plástico negro sujetado con piedras para evitar el crecimiento de las plantas decepciona bastante. No obstante ha sido un día estupendo con unos amigos geniales, cantidad de peces, libélulas de muchos colores, mariposas, mariquitas ha hecho que mi nieta lo pasara genial también. No se de quien habrá sido la idea de que no se pueden traer sillas (como si las toallas en el suelo no ocupase mas espacio que las mismas toallas) en fin.... todos se aglomeran al lado de las fuentes árabes pero quedarte a lo largo del río también es muy buena idea por la aglomeración de personas y que además no se tiene que pagar. Si vas no te olvides de ir al mirador que esta subiendo la carretera después del tercer puente ( muy cerquita). Enhorabuena por el trenecito que no para de subir y bajar a la gente...