The Hot Spring Museum still keeps the big pool of its 1913 public bathhouse
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From Xinbeitou MRT Station, the walk uphill through Beitou Park takes you to the Hot Spring Museum, Thermal Valley and Plum Garden. From central Taipei, take the Tamsui-Xinyi Line to Beitou Station and change to the Xinbeitou branch line for one stop, about 20 minutes in all.
Beitou was developed as a spa and bathing resort under Japanese rule. The green-roofed, red-brick Hot Spring Museum in the park began as a public bathhouse completed in 1913. Further up is Thermal Valley, where the water is close to boiling and can only be viewed from the path.
There are three ways to bathe: a public bath, a private room booked by the hour, or a spring hotel. The water is sulphurous, in three types, white, green and iron sulphur, each with its own colour and smell. Thermal Valley produces green sulphur water, while most Beitou spa hotels use white sulphur.
Public baths are shared pools: shower before getting in, keep your towel out of the water, and test the temperature first. Sulphur springs run hot, and long soaks can make you dizzy, so get out, rest and drink water if you feel unwell.
The Hot Spring Museum is free, and shoes come off at the door. The ground floor keeps the old bathhouse's large bath, and upstairs is a tatami-floored hall.
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Beitou, Taipei
Spring City Resort Beitou: public bath & private hot-spring room
One voucher per person for the public bath; private rooms are for two people and need two vouchers. Meal add-ons available.
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Sweet Me Hotspring Resort: public bath & private suite
About a 3-minute walk from Xinbeitou MRT station, with nude public baths and private rooms. (closed 12–22 Oct 2026)
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Xiang Hot Spring Beitou: private room for two & public bath
From NT$460, the lowest of the three Beitou bathhouses (Spring City NT$476, Sweetme NT$499). Public bath 08:00–21:00; private and in-room baths need at least two people.
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