Hot-spring Kingdom

Ranked among the world's Top 15 hot spring sites, Taiwan has the highest concentration and greatest variety of hot-springs in the world.

Located on the Pacific “Ring of Fire” seismic zone, Taiwan is also famous for a wide range of volcanic springs, from hot-springs, cold-springs, mud-springs, to salt-water hot-springs. From ancient times people have long known about the rejuvenating and therapeutic properties of volcanic spring waters, and there is still a vibrant hot-spring culture in Taiwan. To relieve the stresses of modern daily life, nothing beats a good long soak in a volcanic hot-spring set in a peaceful forest.

Hot springs are formed by natural waters that emerge from the bowels of the earth and that possess therapeutic properties said to have a positive effect on disorders of the nervous and digestive systems, the circulation, and the organs. People have used hot springs to keep in good health for ages. With the exception of Changhua, Yunlin and Penghu counties, almost every city and county in Taiwan is equipped with hot springs, and so it is not strange that by some Taiwan is also called "the Hot Spring Kingdom".

More than one hundred hot springs have been discovered in Taiwan, located in different geological areas including plains, mountains, valleys, and oceans. The highest concentration of hot springs can be found in northern Taiwan, where the Tatun Volcano is located, while along both sides of the central mountain range, covering an area that to the north is bordered by Yilan and to the south by Pingtung, the largest number of hot springs can be found. Hot springs found here make up more than 80% of all hot springs in Taiwan.

As hot springs generally come from deep below the surface of the earth, when they emerge they bring along a high concentration and great variety of minerals that are mostly foreign to the human body and benefit our general health. Specific properties of hot springs vary depending on chemical composition, mineral concentration and water temperature. Taiwan has a great variety of springs, both cold and hot.

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