[2025 Linyi Hotels] Travel Guide for Guantang Hot Spring (International) Resort (Updated Jun)

When it's cold, all I want is to soak in a hot spring! Highly recommend Linyi Guantang Hot Spring - didn't expect much before coming, but was pleasantly surprised! After the trip, my biggest realization was "Why isn't Linyi's amazing hot spring more widely promoted?!" (Or maybe I'm just uninformed). Authentic hot spring with numerous pools Located in Linyi's thousand-year-old hot spring ancient town - Tangtou (so it should be a natural hot spring, right?). There are especially many outdoor hot spring pools - reportedly 66, though I felt only about 30 were open during my visit. The area is divided into several large zones with distinctive landscaping. Each pool has different benefits - milk, red wine, ginger, lemon, green tea... Was slightly disappointed that the most anticipated cicada slough pool wasn't available. Children's World Strolled to the children's water world - it's huge! Built indoors so it's not cold, and the kids seemed to be having a blast. Sauna Rooms & Limestone Cave The limestone cave absolutely amazed me - maybe I'm just easily impressed? There are soaking pools in the cave too, along with several Buddha or Bodhisattva statues (didn't dare look too closely). Indoors there's a row of unique sauna rooms - some with small stones, some with coarse salt grains, some purely for steaming, others just for resting. However, some doors were left open letting heat escape - management could improve here. Accommodation & Service Rooms in the main building provide direct access to the hot spring through the lobby. Rooms in the Wenshuixiang area require walking outside briefly. Rooms are spacious with small balconies, generally clean though facilities are somewhat dated but acceptable. Staff at both the hotel and hot spring were very friendly. Had two meals in Linyi city - service attitude was good there too! Nearby Attractions This is what really adds value to Guantang Hot Spring! 1. Right by the hotel parking lot is a deer park where you can buy carrots to feed the deer (though bringing your own pre-washed carrots seems more economical - too many deer, too few veggies!). 2. Further ahead is a koi garden (forgot the exact name) - every step offers a new view! Though the lotuses had withered during my visit, there's beauty in that too. The koi are enormous - practically koi spirits! You can buy fish food to feed them. 3. Further still is Wenshuixiang - a Jiangnan-style garden area with art galleries, cultural halls, and Kuixing Pavilion, instantly transporting you to southern China! Best part - no entrance fee! Of course, there are some drawbacks: hallway smells weren't the freshest, and the parking lot has a gravel surface (ouch for the tires, haha).

Linyi Guantang Hot Spring Resort is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction located in Tangtou Town, Hedong District, Linyi City, Shandong Province. Linyi's winter also has its own gentleness [Love] It was so cold that the water froze and the koi fish didn’t swim much. We went to feed the deer again. This time the deer were particularly enthusiastic. When they saw us holding carrots 🥕, four of them came over 🦌. Now that it's cold, you can enjoy a natural hot spring bath, and there's a new buffet. The same scenery feels completely different in winter. It's very close to the Yi River, so please keep warm when going to the riverside as the wind is very strong. The water is blue like the sea, and the sunlight shining on the river is so healing ❤️‍🩹

Hot Spring Introduction: 🔸Tangquan Hot Spring is located in Tangtou, a thousand-year-old ancient town in Linyi City, Shandong Province, nestled against Tang Mountain to the east and bordering the Yi River to the west, with a history of over 2,600 years. During the Spring and Autumn period, Confucius bathed here multiple times, and later generations erected a temple and inscribed a stele in his honor. The Northern Wei Dynasty's 'Commentary on Water Classic' recorded the saying 'the hot spring flows into the Yi River.' The Republic of China's 'Continued Linyi County Annals' stated, 'The spring emerges from the crevices of rocks, hot as boiling water. It contains a lot of sulfur and salt, and it cures diseases such as scabies and exhaustion upon bathing. People from afar often bring their own provisions to visit.' 🔸Above the reception hall of Tangquan Hot Spring hangs a blue plaque with golden characters that reads 'Step Straight into a High Position.' In the center, there is a cultural relic that has withstood the test of time: a hexagonal sutra pillar, which confirms that the ancient name 'Hot Spring Township' of Tangtou has been documented in texts for at least eight hundred years. 📝Hot Spring Bathing Strategy: 🔹Tangquan outdoor hot spring has eleven major series and more than eighty indoor and outdoor hot spring pools, with nearly seventy outdoor pools. There is also a large indoor SPA health care area, swimming pool, water park, water play park, dream water house, hot spring slide, etc. 🔹A major feature of Tangquan Hot Spring is the camphor trees, and there are several camphor wood pools in the hot spring that help to dispel rheumatism, open meridians, and relieve pain. 🔹The third-floor rest hall is open for free, with unique therapeutic massage projects such as Tang Dynasty health preservation and bone loosening, and there is a fitness center, leisure area, and other entertainment projects. 🔹The fourth floor is the self-service dining area, where you can dine with a meal ticket, take food multiple times in small amounts to avoid waste, and a corresponding fee will be charged for waste exceeding a certain amount. 🔹When entering the hot spring, you should start from low to high temperature, soaking in sequence, 15-20 minutes each time. The duration of the bath should be based on the temperature of the spring water; when the temperature is high, do not soak for too long to avoid symptoms such as chest tightness, thirst, and dizziness. Also, drink more water to replenish the lost fluids. 🔹Four steps of bathing: ①Clean your body at the shower area first, or choose to soak in the large pool for a while and scrub your body, pay attention to pool safety; ②Before entering the spring, pour some spring water on yourself first, try to continue for 2-3 minutes, let your body slowly adapt to the temperature, to avoid discomfort due to sudden contact; ③Gradually immerse the lower part of the waist into the water; ④After 2-3 minutes, transition to the shoulders, and finally, the whole body can bathe. 🚗Transportation Information: ✔️Navigate to 'Tangquan Hot Spring (International) Resort' for self-driving, with ample parking spaces. 📌Price and TIPS: 🔔Adult ticket 110 yuan/person, 210 yuan/2 people, adult ticket + buffet 180 yuan/person, children under 1.2 meters free. 🔔Opening hours: 10:00-22:00, no entry after 22:00.

Not Jiangnan but Jiangnan｜If I had known about Guantang Wenshui Township earlier, why would I have traveled so far to Jiangnan? I never thought that Linyi had such a beautiful place hidden in it. Ancient buildings, small bridges and flowing water make people feel like they are in Jiangnan It is very pleasant to get together with three or five friends, sit by the pavilion, and lean on the bridge. If you go through the south gate (main gate) of the scenic area, you can enter directly. You need to scan the small gate on the south to enter. This gate is closer to the cruise ship, and the clothing rental is also next to it. The boat rental is 80💰 for four people for an hour (I personally think it is not expensive) The park is full of Suzhou garden style. The landscaping of each flower and grass is very Jiangnan style. There are ponds full of koi and good-tempered deer. It is recommended to come in the afternoon, where you can see the process of day and night changing, which is quite interesting. When you are tired of shopping, go to Meimei Hot Springs. The hot springs here are not a gimmick, they are pure and natural. The resort has a history of more than ten years. There is a thick layer of crystals at the water outlet. There are both indoor and outdoor hot springs here, dozens of indoor hot spring SPA baths, swimming pools, steam saunas, and a special children's water play area. There are free fruits and snacks on the second floor There is a free valuables storage room at the hot spring front desk The locker room provides free disinfected towels, bath towels, slippers, and bags for wet clothes address: Intersection of Binhe East Road and Wensi Road, Hedong District (Navigation: South Gate of Guantang Hot Spring Resort)

Drive for three hours from Jinan to Linyi to enjoy the hot springs and visit Guantang Hot Spring Resort. Free admission to Guantang. Warm Water Village There are clothes for rent for taking pictures The boat we rented was 120 yuan/40 minutes, with two packs of fish food included The garden design is like being in Jiangnan, the park is very small, and the play time is about an hour There are viewing spots along the river, the nine-grid hot pot is 180 yuan/four nine-grids and 298/eight nine-grids The stone road at the entrance is convenient for parking