- 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.
Balnevia view
Why visit
Genuine hot spring bathing inside a capital city, for the price of a bus fare.
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.
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Getting there
Metro red line to Beitou, then the branch line to Xinbeitou; a five-minute walk through the park.
Location
Recommendations
Millennium Hot Spring entry
Timed public sessions
Public open-air sulphur pools; swimsuit and cap required.
Beitou hot spring walk
Geothermal Valley and museum
Thermal valley, the 1913 bathhouse museum and the library.
Hot spring hotels in Beitou
Private spring baths in room
Ryokan-style stays a few minutes from the public pools.
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