The Guanziling Hot Spring Festival 550-TWD package is a huge hit — second wave of pre-sales now open for ticket grabbing!

▲ At the Tainan Guanziling Hot Spring Food Festival, you can enjoy hot springs and try on a yukata. (Photo / Courtesy ofTainan City Government Tourism Bureauofficial website, the same below.)

Travel Center / Comprehensive Report

Want to experience the Japanese vibe of wearing a yukata and soaking in hot springs without spending a fortune on overseas travel? Head to the Tainan Guanziling Hot Spring & Food Festival instead. Kicking off on September 24, the festival offers an unbeatable deal covering transportation, food, and hot spring bathing for just NT$550, which immediately caused a buying frenzy upon launch. Don’t be discouraged if you missed out on tickets — the limited 300-unit special offer has just opened for online pre-sales in its second wave.

▲ Streets adorned with red and white lanterns pair perfectly with yukatas.

This year’s Guanziling Hot Spring & Food Festival has curated a limited-time hot spring package covering five key elements: “food, attire, accommodation, transport, fun, and shopping.” The full package price is approximately NT$1,421, but the special offer is only NT$550 — a near 38% discount that has attracted many visitors, leading to immediate sell-outs.

▲ Dress up in a yukata for Instagram-worthy “faux overseas” photos.

▲ Soaking in hot springs is one of the best pleasures of autumn and winter.

The package includes: for dining, collaborations with local hot spring hotels to offer four types of regional cuisine sets; a skip-the-line voucher for the weekend hot spring market yukata experience, with the experience time extended to 60 minutes; a NT$300 discount voucher for stays at selected hot spring hotels; for transport, a complimentary one-day pass for the Guanziling holiday loop bus, allowing unlimited rides to popular attractions such as Shuihuo Tongyuan, Biyun Temple, Daxian Temple, and Hot Spring Park (Baoquan Bridge) on the day of use. The Tainan Guanziling Hot Spring & Food Festival runs until October 23 — those who missed out last time should definitely seize this second-wave opportunity.

Details for the 2016 Guanziling Hot Spring Festival:Click here.