Ixtapan de la Sal, Mexico Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

If you continue north on Hwy-55 from Grutas de Cacahuamilpa, the next possible stop is IXTAPAN DE LA SAL , not a very attractive town by Mexican standards but a long-established spa whose mineral-rich waters are supposed to cure a plethora of muscular and circulatory ills. Bathing in Ixtapan's pools is really the only reason to stop and this can be done either among the slides and fairground-style rides at the Spa Ixtapan , at the very top of Juárez (daily: pools 7am–7pm, aquatic park 10am–6pm; US$11), or more cheaply in the centre of the old town at the Balneario Municipal , corner of Allende and … more »