Font Salada – a natural spring in the heart of the Marjal

The Marjal nature reserve

If you are exploring the natural park “The Marjal” just outside of Pego, you might stumble upon  Font Salada in the natural park.Located in La Marjal Oliva-Pego natural park, Font Salada is a thermal spring whose crystalline waters range between 21°C and 24ºC throughout the year. This underground source of thermal waters has a high content of sulphurous salts which are recognised as beneficial against dermatological diseases. 

Located in the La Marjal Oliva-Pego natural park, Font Salada is a thermal spring whose crystal-clear waters range between 21°C and 24°C throughout the year.

This underground thermal spring has a high content of sulphurous salts that are recognised as beneficial against dermatological diseases.

Enveloped in beautiful scenery, the pool is a wonderful place to take the waters. As the spring’s name suggests (salada means ‘salty’), the waters are salty and boast a number of minerals that are said to have healing properties for the skin.

Beyond offering an incredible place to take a swim, Font Salada is connected to a lovely hiking route. The trail starts at the pool and continues to the source of the river Bullent, leading you deep into the natural park and treating you to some beautiful views.

Font Salada is just one of many sights that make Oliva such a beautiful and interesting place. Sitting on the shores of the Mediterranean, the town will embrace you in nature, history and beauty and is an incredible place to visit.

Font Salada – A natural spring in the heart of the Marjal

It is also known as «Ullal del Burro» Ullal in Valencian, is an underground spring and burro is donkey, so loosely translated it is “Donkey spring”. According to the legend; a farmer from the town of Pego left his donkey at the Fuente Salada because the animal was sick and, was no longer useful to him. Instead of killing the donkey, he spared it and decided to let it spend the last days of its life in this spring. A while later, the farmer returned to the Fuente Salada. He discovered that it was alive and healthy from the baths it took in the waters of the spring. From that day Font Salada became a local attraction.

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