About The Wiesbaden
Hot Springs Hotel and Spa
In the San Juan Mountains
Luxuriate in a stay at our Ouray, CO hotel with hot springs and experience the natural mineral waters, which have been flowing from the San Juan Mountains for thousands of years. They range in temperature from 85 to 134 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Ute Indians who settled here and other tribes who traveled for days to reach the healing waters considered them sacred and deemed them "Miracle Waters" because of their curative powers. Still, today, the hot springs are used for ceremonial purposes.
The original structure of the Wiesbaden was built in 1879 and known as Mother Buchanan's Bath House. Several decades of colorful history followed. In the 1920's, Dr. C.V. Bates, MD, built the Bates Hospital and Sanitarium over the hot springs and enlarged the caves, which were known far and wide for their beneficial treatment of arthritis.
Over the past 50 years, the Wiesbaden has evolved into a small, personable spa frequented by people from around the world. A combination of minerals in the natural hot spring water and a massage in our spa is relaxing and enjoyable as well therapeutic.
