The resort has built an arrow-straight road, over 1km long, on the causeway which borders the northe
The resort has built an arrow-straight road, over 1km long, on the causeway which borders the northern end of the Mar Menor and juts out into the Mediterranean, almost meeting the northerly end of the La Manga strip. It is from this causeway road that one may view the pastime of mud bathing in the salt flats which lie on the other side of the causeway from the Mar Menor. These mud baths are called in Spanish Los Banos del Lodo.The mud at Lo Pagan is confined to a part of the salt lake known as ‘La Puntica’, and it has formed due to the climatic conditions of the area, long hours of sunlight and an extremely high salt content in the water. The sediment that has formed contains high levels of important minerals such as potassium, magnesium, calcium, fluorine, sulphur and chlorine and it has been discovered that applying it to the skin and allowing it to dry in the sun results in beneficial effects for many ailments.Source -- source link