Located in a park of the same name, tres ojos (three eyes) refers to its three underground lakes (there's actually also a fourth lake, right outside, surrounded by vegetation). Lago Azufre, is four metres (13 feet) deep, and so called ("Sulfur Lake") because of the whitish colour created by the minerals in the water. La Nevera ("The Icebox") is so called because of its cool temperatures, never receiving the light of the sun; you reach it by descending a stairway, and can navigate it by rowboat. The Lago de las Damas ("Lake of the Ladies") was back in the day used as a kind of spa, and frequented especially by women.
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