If you have an area of intense volcanic activity, it is quite natural to think about hot springs. Pucón is not different, having the Villarrica volcano as the most active in South America. The region has an endless number of hot springs and they are one of Pucón's main attractions. I decided to give it a try and do it in the end of my stay, after all the exhausting activities. This turned out to be a good decision, as the weather got worse in the last days. I tried two different hot springs.
Los Pozones are the most popular (cheap as well), where we went at night. It has a lot of people and it is a party place, with four thermal pools, at around 40ºC. It was excellent to relax and the place looked nice, but...
The next day it was cloudy and I heard about these other springs, called
Termas Geométricas. The description was "a dream place in a forest" and since the weather was bad, I decided to go. It took us almost two hours to get there, it was a nice tour of the region, as we passed by two other towns in the way. The place was in fact out of this world. It was built by a chilean architect and won a prize for best ecologic project. It has 17 pools, distributed along a wooden pathway bridge, that goes up a beautiful gorge with a small river and waterfalls, between a humid green forest. There was less people as these springs were more expensive and less accessible. As soon as we got there, it started to rain. If the scenery was already amazing, the rain gave it an etherial touch, as the temperature difference created a thin mist above the pools. We spent the whole day there, moving from one pool to another, feeling the comfort of the 40ºC water on our body and the cold rain on our heads.
"Trust me, it's paradise..."
If you have an area of intense volcanic activity, it is quite natural to think about hot springs. Pucón is not different, having the Villarrica volcano as the most active in South America. The region has an endless number of hot springs and they are one of Pucón's main attractions. I decided to give it a try and do it in the end of my stay, after all the exhausting activities. This turned out to be a good decision, as the weather got worse in the last days. I tried two different hot springs. Los Pozones are the most popular (cheap as well), where we went at night. It has a lot of people and it is a party place, with four thermal pools, at around 40ºC. It was excellent to relax and the place looked nice, but...
The next day it was cloudy and I heard about these other springs, called Termas Geométricas. The description was "a dream place in a forest" and since the weather was bad, I decided to go. It took us almost two hours to get there, it was a nice tour of the region, as we passed by two other towns in the way. The place was in fact out of this world. It was built by a chilean architect and won a prize for best ecologic project. It has 17 pools, distributed along a wooden pathway bridge, that goes up a beautiful gorge with a small river and waterfalls, between a humid green forest. There was less people as these springs were more expensive and less accessible. As soon as we got there, it started to rain. If the scenery was already amazing, the rain gave it an etherial touch, as the temperature difference created a thin mist above the pools. We spent the whole day there, moving from one pool to another, feeling the comfort of the 40ºC water on our body and the cold rain on our heads. "Trust me, it's paradise..."
4 comments:
Que lugar mágico... Fez-me pensar no Japão, já vi fotos de construções semelhantes lá.
Tás-te mesmo a tratar bem lol
Mágico é a palavra certa. Eu fechava os olhos e imaginava-me num país tropical :p
Trato-me bem, mas só pq me mexo, porque estes lugares estao bem ao alcance de todos. O mal da gente é que n se mexe! :)
MOVE THAT ASS!
Já agora, lembrei-te de te pedir que tragas um pouco de lugar mágico, sff. Não preciso de muito.
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