“The mountainous district of Beitou in Taipei is one of the two places in the world whose turquoise-colored hot springs are known to contain radium. Beitou’s hot springs are richly varied in terms of ...

TAIPEI, Sept. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Silks Hotel Group is pleased to announce that Wellspring by Silks Beitou, the second property under its Wellspring by Silks brand, is now fully open and operating ...

A restorative dunk in hot springs has been an important part of Taiwanese culture for centuries, so much so that the locals consider these thermal waters, which are the result of Taiwan’s numerous ...

Shoppers converge on Beitou’s Sunday farmers market. Beitou is generally a quiet village of hot springs spas, but its Sunday market get pretty crowded as people jostle for everything from pigs ...

Shoppers converging on Beitou’s Sunday farmers’ market, where people jostle for everything from pork knuckles to freshly caught crabs. Photos: TNS/Stuart Leavenworth There's a simple trick to meeting ...

The Beitou (北投) branch of the Taipei City Library was selected among the “coolest” examples of “green buildings” by travel Web site “When On Earth,” which said the building was designed to curb ...

There’s a simple trick to meeting people in Taiwan – just look lost. Pull out a map on a street corner, or stare at your smartphone, and sure enough, someone will stop and ask if you need help. It ...

Police officers in Taipei’s Beitou District (北投) said they are having difficulty coping with the massive crowds congregating on streets and in public parks to play the augmented-reality game Pokemon ...