Hotel Horacio Quiroga

Hotel Horacio Quiroga is the only hotel at Termas de Salto Grande, on the shore of Parque del Lago, where the Uruguay River widens into the lake behind the Salto Grande dam. It is a resort in the full sense: rooms and suites in the main building, self-catering cabins along the water, pools of hot-spring water open 24 hours, a spa, restaurants, horses, a catamaran on the lake, and a water park 1,500 m away that guests use for free.

The water comes from the resort's own well, known as the Termas de Salto Grande, and every room and suite has a hydromassage tub filled with it. The name is the writer's: Horacio Quiroga was born in Salto in 1878.

The main building has four categories: Standard rooms, rooms in the pool wing (Ala Piscinas), junior suites with a second room with bunk beds and a kitchenette, and suites of about 50 m² with a king bed, a living room and a view of the lake. All sleep up to four, and all have the tub.

The Cabañas del Lago are 1,500 m from the main building and 300 m from the water park: one bedroom for four or five people, or two bedrooms for eight, with a family fridge, a microwave and an electric oven, and a private beach on the lake. They are self-catering, so breakfast and housekeeping are extras, and pets are allowed for a one-off cleaning charge of US$40.

The pools are open to guests 24 hours a day, and on a winter night the air over the lake is cold and the water is not. The spa does single massages and full treatment programmes.

The Parque Acuático Termas de Salto Grande belongs to the resort but is open to everyone: pools of hot-spring water, slides and a wave pool on the lake shore. Guests go in free as often as they like, with a shuttle from the hotel. Day visitors pay UYU 650 (about US$16), children of 4 to 10 and Salto residents UYU 520, under-3s nothing, every day from 10am to 6pm (the park's own price list, October 2026).

The restaurants do a buffet breakfast, half board or full board chosen from the menu, with children's, coeliac, vegan, vegetarian, diabetic and low-calorie options. The recreational programme is in the rate: horse riding, catamaran trips on the lake, sports courts, bicycles and a sauna. The resort also hosts conferences, weddings and fifteenth-birthday parties.