La Toja Thermovital is real soap - not whipped full of air and filled with chemicals and detergents. I enjoy the fresh, clean aroma that fills the room.

The original name for this famous soap is "Sales de La Toja." La Toja is named after the tiny island off Galicia where it was founded. The story is told that a sick donkey was abandoned by its master on the island of La Toja and given up for dead. The owner returned to the island some time later and found the animal in good health. The miracle was attributed to the therapeutic hot springs of La Toja and the idyllic island became a famous spa where some guests still come to take the waters and immerse themselves in mud baths.   (more info)

La Toja Thermovital is real soap - not whipped full of air and filled with chemicals and detergents. I enjoy the fresh, clean aroma that fills the room.

The original name for this famous soap is "Sales de La Toja." La Toja is named after the tiny island off Galicia where it was founded. The story is told that a sick donkey was abandoned by its master on the island of La Toja and given up for dead. The owner returned to the island some time later and found the animal in good health. The miracle was attributed to the therapeutic hot springs of La Toja and the idyllic island became a famous spa where some guests still come to take the waters and immerse themselves in mud baths.

La Toja began making a bar of soap from the spa's mineral salts early in the 20th Century.  (less info)