We are in Taipei, Taiwan and in this video we focus on the Beitou Hot Springs (in Chinese 北投溫泉) and how to get there! The Beitou Hot Springs or Beitou Thermal Valley are Taipei attractions and are located relatively close to the Taipei City Center so they are easily reached as a day excursion or a visit for just a few hours.

In this video we show you how to get to Xinbeitou Beitou (北投溫泉) by using the Taipei MRT. Our MRT Train journey begins at Zhongshan MRT Station (the location of our Taipei hotel).
- Take the Taipei MRT Red Line towards Tamsui Station.
- Before Tamsui Station, jump off the train at Beitou Station.
- At Beitou Station change train platforms to the train going to Xinbeitou Station.
When you get to Xinbeitou , exit the station and from there all the tourist attractions and directions to them are all ell marked and easy to find.
Attractions include the Beitou Hot Spring Museum (closed for renovations until October 2018), the Taipei Public Library, the Xinbeitou Historic Station, the Thermal Valley, the Outdoor Public Hot Spring, the Plum Garden, the Ketagalan Culture Center and the Yangmingshan National Park located 30 to 40 minutes from Xinbeitou by bus.

Written on the Sign at the Thermal Valley:
1. Beitou Thermal Valley is 3,500 square meters, a depression formed before the volcano eruption. The hot spring here may reach over 90°C in some areas, and is the hottest spring in Datun Volcano Group. It was open to public to cook eggs and a lot of scalding issues occurred and the hot spring was also contaminated. In 1993, the Taipei City Council decided this place should be administered as other water sources.
2. The hot spring comes from deep inside the volcano, and it is acidified with volcanic gas. The hot water rises to the earth surface and mixes with surface water to form the hot spring. It is called green sulfur as the water is light green, like jade, and contains a lot of sulfate minerals and traces of radium, a radioactive matter. After a long period of sedimentation, it crystalizes on the rock bed of Beitou Stream. It is then called hokutolite, "Beitou Rock" in Chinese, which is the only rare mineral named after a place name in Taiwan. It is only discovered in Beitou and Tamagawa Hot Spring in Senboku, Japan. Parts of Beitou Stream have been designated as "Hokutolite Nature Reserve" and public access is prohibited. The hokutolite is on display in Beitou Hot Spring Museum and Beitou Thermal Valley.
3. It is said the green sulfur spring has healing and rehabilitation effects. The hot spring is available to hot spring users in Xinbeitou and the Beitou Public Hot Spring, commissioned by Taipei Water Department.

Wiki writes about Beitou (北投溫泉), "Beitou District is the northernmost of the twelve districts of Taipei City, Taiwan. The historical spelling of the district is Peitou. The name originates from the Ketagalan word Kipatauw, meaning witch. Beitou is the most mountainous and highest of Taipei's districts, encompassing a meadow with rivers running through the valley which have abundant steam rising from them; the result of geothermal warming. The valley is often surrounded by mist shrouding the trees and grass. Beitou is famous for its hot springs. In March 2012, it was named one of the Top 10 Small Tourist Towns by the Tourism Bureau of Taiwan..."

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