Ya-nold hot spring hotel — Hotel in Jiaoxi Township

Yilan is a hot spring resort town about an hour away by high speed train from Taipei Main Station. It is then a further 7 minute brisk walk from the local train station to the hotel. Brisk, as it was raining quite heavily....||We have pre-booked the highest grade villa 2-story suite which, although dated, is huge with two large hot spring bathtubs (one is almost pool-sized on the upstairs outdoor terrace), two TVs (with a number of international channels), and a king-sized bed.||The hotel also features a hydrotherapy pool with spa jets, steam and sauna rooms. Some. of the jets though, are not working. ||Breakfast on both days is included and has a number of home made local and international dishes. Nothing to scream out about, but hits the spot nonetheless.||The online deal was pretty good, but if I was to come back to Yilan, I'd probably book...

I reserved a room for a two-night stay, hoping for a pleasant and relaxing holiday. Unfortunately, it turned out differently.

The room, though small (which was fine for solo travel!), presented a significant problem with its automatic ventilator system directly above the bed. It couldn't be turned off without shutting down all electricity in the room. With no window in the bedroom, this setup proved quite uncomfortable.

While the SPA area was appealing, officially open from 2 pm to 10 pm, I could hear it operating throughout the night from my room. Additionally, the morning hours rendered the water too cold for an enjoyable experience.

Unable to sleep through the night, I decided to leave the hotel after the...

Enjoyed hotspring bath in the room. As a family of 3, we can easily fit into the bathtub and its convenient for us to prepare ourselves before and after our bath as the bathroom is really spacious and it is a separate level by itself.

The room is decent and clean but seems like the floor is getting old and sometimes the room doesnt smell good (maybe because its wet most of the time?)

The breakfast is ok and the staff there is definitely being very polite, but we are expected to collect our dishes back to collection point after meal.

Within walking distance to the jiaoxi streets, so we just walked around to get...