Carr. 546 Interior Final, Coamo 00769 Puerto Rico

This popular resort of hot sulphurous water is located six miles south- southwest of the town of Coamo on the eastern edge of the river of that name. It is the only of its kind in Puerto Rico . Legend says that these springs are the Fountain of Youth Don Juan Ponce de Leon sought. According to that same legend, the Puerto Ricans Indians told this that source " lay well west " for which he sailed to foreign lands in search . Thus accidentally discovered Florida , where he eventually met his death not suspicious the fountain of youth that had sought the " west " , but in his beloved Puerto Rico .