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走了大概 20 分鐘，到了地熱谷，聞到硫磺味，一些朋友沒有很喜歡那個味道。很快的繞了一圈。但是天氣涼的話，在地熱谷繞一繞會很溫暖！不錯的一個經驗。

地熱谷位在北投溫泉公園旁邊，是北投溫泉的源頭之一，因為終年瀰漫著硫磺煙霧，讓人聯想到恐怖的地獄，所以又被稱為「地獄谷」或「鬼湖」。這裡的溫泉是大屯山火山群內水溫最高的溫泉，硫磺煙霧濔漫的景色，如夢似幻，有如仙境一般，是日據時代臺灣八景十二勝之一。

前回の旅行では月曜日休業で見られなかったので、今回は日曜日にＭＲＴの剣潭駅からバスで北投公園まで行き、北投公園を散策しながら地熱谷まで行って来ました。どうしても草津温泉の湯畑と比べてしまいますね。

This is a short walk from Beito hot spring museum and about 15 minutes walk from Xinbeito station. The valley itself is quite small and when we were there there was a lot of steam rising and billowing across which made for great photos. It is green sulphur and you can see all the rocks in the creek tinged a green colour. There is a nice viewing area in which to take photos when you first enter the area and also a small waterfall. There wasn’t to much of a sulphur smell when we visited. There is a shop selling souvenirs and public toilets with some nearby seating available. It’s not as large or impressive or pungent as the hot springs in Rotorua -New Zealand but it is worth a visit.

Hell valley was interesting, more-so as I had visited the hot-springs museum prior to taking a short walk up to the thermal valley.The smell of sulphur was stinky, but the view was quite mythical. I could almost imagine a dragon coming out of the steam.....