Since reopening in early 2024, the hotel is outfitted with amenities, including a restaurant, bar and global desert vibe that shows influences from Mexico to Morocco. Its pools include the large, outdoor Mineral Pool (usually 98 to 101 degrees, open to hotel guests and day-pass holders); the cooler outdoor Solstice Pool (96 to 99 degrees); and the small, indoor Echo Room (102 degrees).
Besides the 20 guest rooms, the hotel rents out several guest houses, including one rambling mountain cabin known as the Lodge). All include access to the pools. The hotel (first built as a motel in about 1952) now serves as a nerve center to a tiny town alongside the Mexican border, surrounded by boulders, mountains and chaparral.
On weekend, in the candle-lit ruins of an old bathhouse down the street, the resort stages live music. The hotel’s owners have also revived a small lake next door that’s fed by the same spring and shaded by palm trees.
A Mineral Pool day pass costs $45 per adult on weekends or $35 on weekdays (guests over 21 only). All overnight guests must be at least 21, no pets permitted.
Room rates typically start at around $400 on weekends, $238 on weeknights.
