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Going to the hot spring baths to improve our health is nothing new. The thermal tradition on the island of Grove A Toxa “La Toja” is a European reference in this area. The place names of this island “Toxa” and “Louxo” refer in their etymological origin to the hot springs of the island.

Account the legend that a donkey was the discoverer of the hot springs. This is how the considered best Spanish novelist of the s. XIX, Mrs. Emilia Pardo Bazán in 1899. A parish priesto groveHis donkey, sick with some skin ailment, was left on the island because he did not have the courage to sacrifice it. After some time and with the intention of burying the remains of the animal, he went to the island and, to his surprise, found the animal cured and frolicking in some mud. The clergyman observed that these muds were related to the donkey cure and thus the healing properties of these waters were discovered.

At present we can visit, in an enclosure at the entrance to the island of A Toxa “La Toja”, some donkeys that remind us of the origin of the discovery of the hot springs. In addition, a bronze sculpture at the foot of the Chapel of San Caralampio represents this friendly animal at the moment in which it frolicks in said waters. A few steps away we find the Shop-Museum of Salts and Soaps La Toja. This brand and its characteristic Magno soap, black in color and with a very characteristic smell, have been manufactured since 1905. To make the products, part of the island’s hot springs is still collected.

Knowing the difference between spas, SPAs and thalassotherapy is important when choosing our treatment.

“Balnearios”

The “balnearios” guarantee us treatments with mineral-medicinal hot springs. In the case of A ToxaGeologically, its terrain is formed by a granodiorite crossed by a fault that gives rise to several surthermal genencias captured in wells. Its waters are highly alkaline, of the sodium and lithic chloride type and flow at 41º C. Recommended for rheumatic affections (osteoarthritis, arthritis), respiratory (asthma, bronchitis, rhinitis, sinusitis), of the skin (soriasis, acne, dermatitis, etc.) and nervous system (stress, insomnia, depressive states). They are also effective for treating children with bone metabolism and growth problems. These treatments are applied in modern bathroom facilities, showers, jets, saunas, and inhalation and spray rooms. In A Toxa “La Toja” we count con dos spas: the one of the Grand Hotel La Toja and that of Hotel-Spa Isla de la Toja. Both also have a Thermal Club (several circuits and pools focused on leisure and relaxation). They are currently managed by the Eurostars hotel company of the Hotusa group.

Thalassotherapy

Thalassotherapy, offers treatments based on the benefits of sea water (water, mud, algae and other substances extracted from the sea). A Toxa has the Hotel Talaso Louxo La Toja that you take advantage of the properties of seawater in its marine park and in all the treatments they offer to improve our Health and Wellness like hot tubs, underwater jets, and seaweed wraps, among others.

SPA

The SPA, take advantage of benefits of water in general to carry out treatments relajación y bienestar. Spa, originally, is the name of a small Belgian town that has spa establishments, but SPA is also the initials of the Latin acronym Salus Per Aquam (health through water). In O Grove We have three SPA establishments: the Norat Hotel SPA, in the urban area of the municipality, the Hotel Forest Sea in the zone of Reboredo and Hotel SPA Mar Atlantico in the zone of San Vicente. In them we have relaxing treatments and circuits where water therapies are used without this water being thermal.