The place located near the MRT at the hotspring area, where most of the tourists to Taipei would visit. It was right opposite the back of the Beitou Hotspring Museum, and in walking distance to all Beitou's tourist hotspots. The suburb is also close to Shilin night Market and Danshui via MRT. There is also a Tourist Information Office close by, where you could ask all your questions and get answers about trips within or out of Taipei.

The place itself is small but modern, nice and clean.

We didn't meet Sophia in person but everything worked out by communication. Sophia always responded promptly to our messages (we didn't actually had a phone when we were in Taipei, we used the wifi internet). The hotspring heater wasn't working when we got there. After we messaged Sophia the problem, she arranged to fix it the next day.

There is public hotspring facilities in the courtyard of the building, which provides very relaxing environment particularly at night. We went there a couple of times only though, Because the trouble of changing in and out of swimmers and extra washing and drying of the swimmers made it less appealing. It also closes on Tuesdays. So we used the hotspring tube in the unit, even though the atmosphere wasn't as nice as the public one, you would save the etra washing and drying of swimmers.

There are 24 hours supermarket located on the way from MRT station to the building, so it was convenient for us to get some fruits and vegetables on the way back from exploring the city.

Overall, we enjoyed our stay at Sophia's and would recommend to whomever enjoys a trip to explore Taipei.