Hotel Balneario la Hermida

Hotel was acceptable, with clean rooms and ample breakfast. There is a feeling that it’s overdue a significant refurbishment, but comfortable stay overall. Important note: this might be a cultural difference, but the inclusive spa visit makes flip-flops AND swimming cap mandatory - if you don’t have your own upon arrival the hotel requires you to purchase both from the spa reception. This is somewhat unusual for a 4-star hotel in my experience, so worth specifically mentioning.

This is an excellent property in the Picos de Europa park. The best reason to book this hotel are the hot springs. You get one 40 minute session per night which is very relaxing after a day of hiking. These are natural hot springs flowing from the outside, with many different water massage areas, as well as a sauna, steam room, onsen, whirlpool and cold rinsing pool. They also have along outdoor pool if you want to swim. The second reason is the location. You are between Fuente De and Poncebos. There is no better location to reach each of these in 1 hour, plus Potes, Sotres and Bulnes. Covadonga lakes are another 30 min, but beware private cars cannot go to Covadonga. You need to leave your car at a parking lot and they have taxis to take you the rest of the way. Besides location and hot springs, the hotel is very good, comfortable bed, excellent staff and great breakfast. They don’t have a coffee/tea kettle in the room. You need to buy that at the bar, but the waiter brought it all the way to my room. I would only say that they need to completely renovate the bathrooms, they are very old

Well it was a celebration of our Anniversary as we were coming back from the picos de Europa I was exiting to try this iconic SPA. Thinking ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ hotel should be good enough.. but I’m afraid realistically speaking travelling around the world this place doesn’t meet the speciation of a four star hotel. I understand is a country stay but the SPA,trying others is nothing to get excited about.Very basic,my husband paid the circuit included £4 for a polisher hat. My dressing gown presented in a closed plastic bag was full of hols on one of the arms!! I was Shock!! I got an apology when I ask them about the standards of the hotel. The room full of stains on the wall (I don’t understand why they can’t have some basic standards.

Beautiful setting in a limestone gorge with a river flowing through it. Better than a white noise machine! There are hiking and mountaineering trails in the immediate vicinity. As a vegan, I appreciated that they included both a vegan and vegetarian option on the dinner menu. The thermal pools and the baths (balneario) were lovely. Don’t forget your bathing cap!

Awful dirty hotel. Staff very unfriendly. Beware of staying here

I love the mountain views, spacially at 10 in the morning from the hot steam cave pool.

Good