Hotsprings are loved and enjoyed by people all around the globe. Most of them are located in tourist heavens where the scenery is just breathtaking, and it’s been reported that dipping in hotsprings is therapeutic, beautifying, and soothing to the soul.

The Yangmingshan National Park in Taipei is an internationally renowned natural habitat. There are magnificent sights to enjoy all year round. Did you know that in this single park people can enjoy numerous “post-volcanic” sights and sceneries such as the beautiful sulfur crystals, the hissing puffholes, the steaming smokes, the kaleidoscopic volcanic rocks, and, of course, our main attraction, the gorgeous liquid that mother earth has given us – hotsprings.

Have you ever been to the Park to take good, long looks at flowers, and walk over to Chenshan Park for a nice, free hotspring dip? Have you ever taken an early dip in the Mahdsu Cave, enjoy a fruitful breakfast, some refreshing tea, and just relax the morning away? Have you ever been to Yangmingshan late into the Fall and admire those Mon grass that are “so red they burn the mountains down”, and afterwards take a nice, comfortable dip in the natural hotspings of Coldwater Pit?

When the dead winter comes around, the hotsprings of Yangmingshan is an even better place to go for Taipeinians than any other time of year. Whether it is just your cold feet, or your entire freezing body, when you dip in the warm hotsprings, a whole season of coldness is melted away.
“Hotspring dipping” is a healthy and fun activity for young families, and a wonderfully suitable pastime for retired elders. What is most exciting about the hotspring of Yangmingshan is that she is so close to Taipei that our residents simply think of her as our beautiful neighbor. Indeed, located just minutes away from Metropolitan Taipei, it is fair to call Yangmingshan what past generations have always called her -- Taipei’secret back-garden.”