Hungry Poirot: Trip to Taiwan-Japan Day 4 (2)(台中 (Taichun) 一泊旅行)

Monday, March 15, 2010

Trip to Taiwan-Japan Day 4 (2)(台中 (Taichun) 一泊旅行)

台中市内から車で約二時間ほど狭い山道をくねくね登って、今日のお宿、惠來谷關溫泉會館に着きました。

Driving for ~2 hours on the narrow winding road from Taichun city center, we arrived at our hotel, Villa Spa.

事前に電話したら、予約なしでも大丈夫と言われました。到着して、部屋の写真を見てから、どの部屋にするか選ぶことができます。

When we called the hotel in advance, we were told that we didn't need a reservation (I guess it is depending on the season; you may need a reservation on weekends/vacation seasons). After arriving, you can choose the room you like.

これが私たちの選んだ部屋。かなり広いです。寝室，居間、そしてもちろん温泉もあります！一泊二食付きで15000円くらい。安い！！

This was the room we selected. It was vary spacious and included the bed room, living room, and private hot spring bath. It was very inexpensive, too - ~$150 per night (with dinner and breakfast).

個室に付いているお風呂の割りにものすごく広くて7～8人は余裕で入れます。

The bathroom (and bath tabs) in our room was huge - 7~8 people can fit in the bath tab.

浴槽は2つ、写真向かって左側がお湯で、右側は水風呂用です。

There were two bath tabs in our room; the left one was for hot (warm) water and the right one was for cold water.

この旅館のテーマはバリ島らしく、旅館の中も外も南国風のデコレーションがしてあります。

The "theme" of this hotel appeared to be Bali. Very tropical looking.

外にも温泉があります。

The hotel has the outside hot spring bath as well.

外では水着着用です。水着持って来てなかったので(旅館に売ってましたが)、私たちは露天風呂には入りませんでした。

You need to wear a bathing suit in the outside bath. Since we did not bring our bathing suits (although you could buy in the hotel if you'd like) we did not use the outside bath.

お部屋で一風呂浴びた後は旅館併設のレストランで夕食です。はっきり言って、おいしくなかった～。食事がもう少しレベルアップされたら最高なのにな～。これは、このあたりで取れる茸？野菜？だそうです。

After taking a bath, we had dinner at the restaurant inside the hotel. Well, the dinner was very disappointing (although our main purpose to visit here was the hot spring, not food, but still...). This dish was mushrooms harvested around the area.

野菜炒め。

Sautéed vegetables.

このスープがなんとも言えず漢方くさい。体には良さそうだけど苦手です。

Soup with Chinese herbs. It had a very strong smell from herbs. I am sure it is good for your body, but I didn't really like it.