Why do visitors go to Chongqing’s hot-spring parks?

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Chongqing Skyscrapers at night in central Chongqing, China.

Visitors are drawn to Chongqing’s hot-spring parks primarily to relax. These popular destinations offer the opportunity to soak for hours in numerous baths filled with warm mineral water. Additionally, guests can swim in Olympic-sized pools that are also fed by the natural hot springs.1

These parks, such as the sulfurous springs of Nanwenquan Park and the well-known springs of Beiwenquan Park along the Jialing River, are open year-round and are often set within well-kept gardens featuring lakes and pavilions.1