Mount Tai Hot Spring City. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Mount Tai Hot Spring City, with a total investment of 2.6 billion yuan ($376.84 million) and covering an area of 1,360 mu (90.67 hectares), is a national 4A-level hot spring-themed scenic spot located in Culai Mountain National Forest Park.

The thermal spring water of the resort has a temperature of around 50 C and a maximum daily water yield of 3,000 cubic meters. It is rich in more than 30 kinds of trace elements and minerals beneficial to the human body, including fluorine, bromine, sodium, sulfur, iodine, strontium, lithium, metaboric acid, metasilicic acid, and phosphoric acid. Its water quality exceeds the latest national standard for drinking mineral water.

Construction on an open-air hot spring area on the mountain, which includes more than 60 hot-spring pools for Chinese herbal baths, an indoor swimming pool, a spa, and a wave pool, as well as over 30 separate houses and yards with different furnishing styles for a family hot spring bath have been completed. The area will have a maximum daily capacity of more than 10,000 people.

There is also a five-star hotel in the resort, which has 800 rooms and 60 dining halls.

Address: Qiaogou village, Culai town, Daiyue district, Tai'an, Shandong

Tel: 0538-8931368

Hours: 9:30-22:00 from Sunday to Thursday; 9:30-23:00 on Friday and Saturday

Ticket price: 138 yuan ($19.6) for one adult; 99 yuan for one child topping 1.2-1.5 meters

Transportation: 19 km from Tai'an Bus Station, 18 km from Tai'an Railway Station