Dandong Hot Springs

Dandong Hot Springs are located in Dandong City, Liaoning Province, China's most significant border city — sitting directly across the Yalu River from the North Korean city of Sinuiju, making Dandong the primary crossing point between China and North Korea and a city of extraordinary geopolitical sensitivity where the visible contrast between Chinese development and North Korean stasis across the narrow river is one of the most thought-provoking human geography experiences accessible to tourists anywhere in the world. The bicarbonate thermal waters here provide wellness facilities in a city that captivates visitors with its remarkable border setting, where the famous "Broken Bridge" damaged by American bombing in 1950 and the surviving Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge maintain the physical and symbolic connection between the two nations. Bathing at Dandong Hot Springs in this remarkable border city offers both therapeutic mineral spring relaxation and a vantage point for contemplating one of the world's most dramatic geopolitical divides, separated only by the narrow Yalu River.