The Springs Resort, Pagosa Springs Colorado

The Spring Resort was great.  If you are into hot springs of all different temps then this is your place! It is pricey- we paid $244.00 -tax included- no meals- a night for a room in The Hertiage section (read between the lines- Heritage means old section-lol. It was clean, the beds were comfy, but for that much money I was expecting a better room. HOWEVER...once you go out and soak in the spring tubs and dip your feet in the river- you don't want to do anything in your room...the plus to the Heritage rooms is they are the closest to the spring tubs- so when the temp dips at night you are just steps from your room.

 

The only thing I found strange about The Springs was that there were no onsite restaurants-( there is a snack bar by the pool).  You must walk to town to get food.  I was told that the management wanted you walk to town for food so you would spend some money there and keep people employed in the town.  I think this is terrific. and because of this they have some really great small- non-chain- places to eat and shop.

 

http://farragomarketcafe.com/  This was my favorite- amazing salmon tacos- enough to feed two people. My husband had the lamb/beef gyro- again- enough for 2- and the prices were around $9.00

 

In the same strip center as Farrago was a small Wine Bar http://thebackroomwinebar.com/ that had good wine, great beet and goat cheese salad, and terrific lamb pizza.  There was also a sushi place in the strip.  They were closed Mon and Tues. All 3 of these share the same kitchen.  It is a great idea. The place has covered eating, space heaters, and a fire pit.

 

Most people walked across the bridge at The Springs to get breakfast -just look for the sign that says waffles.  There was free coffee in the lobby and we just ate some protein bars and apples for breakfast. I wish there had been a frig in the room for some yogurt.

 

We loved the store Handcrafted Interiors http://handcraftedinteriors.net/  They had the most unusual handmade one of a kind items. AMAZING ARTISTS!

 

I thought it was great that each pool was named and the temp was given

 

Being a ginger...lol..I appreciated the sun shades over many of the pools.

 

The kids and parents gravitated toward this pool at night where they would show g-rated movies on a large screen...soak and watch a movie- pretty cool

 

There is an 18 and over section for those people who don't want to see/hear /be with kids-lol

 

I loved the fire pit at night to warm up my tootsies- plus they lend you softy robes to wear around the resort.  Made me feel like a millionaire!

There is a cool walkway to a tub- when you walk on it you are ankle deep in warm water.

 



 

There are plenty of hikes around this area, but it was hot while we were in Pagosa so we chose to do a tubing on the river float  http://pagosaoutside.com/pagosa-springs-tubing/

$15.00 pp. got us 2 excellent tubes for 2 hours.  The company drops you off about a mile upstream.  You float down, carry your tubes back up to the store and hop on the shuttle bus for another run. The water was pretty low, so we had enough time for 2 runs.  It was super fun. The company has their act together!