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Terraced open-air hot spring pools among trees in Beitou, Taipei

Taipei/Taiwan

Beitou Millennium Hot Spring

Public open-air hot pools in a wooded valley inside Taipei.

Bathing
Outdoor

Millennium Hot Spring is Beitou's public bath: six terraced open-air pools of acidic green sulphur water, in a valley of trees twenty minutes from central Taipei.

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Why visit

Genuine hot spring bathing inside a capital city, for the price of a bus fare.

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The water

Thermal water

Source
Geothermal Valley spring
Mineralisation
Acidic sulphate, rare hokutolite-bearing
Character
Strongly acidic green sulphur water from the Geothermal Valley above the bath.

Facilities

  • Thermal pools
  • Outdoor pools
  • Cold plunge

History

Beitou was developed as a hot spring resort under Japanese rule from 1896; the public bath opened in 2000.

Practical information

Swimsuits and caps are required. The bath runs in timed sessions with clearing periods between them.

Official website

Getting there

Metro red line to Beitou, then the branch line to Xinbeitou; a five-minute walk through the park.

Location

Taipei, Taiwan25.1367, 121.5106View on Balnevia map

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