A super easy train trip from Taipei, Beitou feels like its own destination even though it’s actually more like a northern suburb of the city. Beitou sits squarely between the city and Yangmingshan National Park, and is best known for its tradition as a popular hot spring getaway. It’s best to start your visit with Beitou Park and its thermal creek that flows from a nearby hot spring. Just off the park is the Beitou Hot Spring Museum found inside a former bathhouse that explores the history of the area and its bathhouse culture. Afterwards, be sure to continue uphill to the hot springs of Thermal Valley, otherwise known as Hell Valley. You can also go and soak in a hot spring somewhere like the Beitou Public Hot Spring or Longnice Hot Spring nearby.
