Date Posted: 2009-12-02Location: Su-ao Township, Yilan County
**Pebble beach, deep water and a strong undertow...**
This fine natural harbour occupies a long narrow strip of land backed by mountains. In addition to its harbour, which is one of the five largest in Taiwan, Suao is also known for its rare cold mineral springs (the only other is in Italy) and its lively Nanfangau Fishing Harbour and awesome beach.
To get to the springs, walk about 300 meters from the Su-ao Railway Station to Lengquan (Cold Spring) Road. When you first lower you body into one of the pools you will feel exhilarated by the shock of coolness, but after five minutes or so you will feel warm all over. Besides bathing and drinking, this water is also used in the production of Su-ao's famous jelly cake; in earlier times, it was used to produce naturally carbonated soda as well.
