Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts is set to launch a hot spring resort in Chongqing, China that embraces the natural healing waters of the North Hot Springs.

Scheduled to open in mid-2013, Banyan Tree Chongqing Beibei will reflect the start of the Minguo era with traditional multi-storey folk houses and an open bamboo-lined courtyard and foyer.

Located in Chengjiang Town and surrounded by the landscape of Jin Yun Mountain and Jialing River, the resort will feature 107 retreats and villas with private hot spring pools.

The Banyan Tree spa will house three double treatment rooms, five deluxe double rooms and one royal double room.

There will be seven indoor and outdoor hot spring pools within the spa, exclusively for guests of Banyan Tree Spa and resort.

The North Hot Spring water, famed for soothing skin and muscular ailments will be on offer to guests at a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius. The water contains mineral contents such as calcium sulfate, magnesium and potassium.

Guests will be advised to bath in the hot spring water for ten to fifteen minutes before spa treatments so the body can fully absorb the beneficial hot spring mineral contents and massage oils.

A signature Banyan Tree Spa innovation, the Yin Yang Rainmist hydrothermal experience will debut in Chongqing Beibei. It features a combination of rain shower and steam bath for an intense body scrub and rain shower followed by a therapeutic body massage. The Yin Rainmist calms sensitive skin while the Yang Rainmist eases tension.

There will be five culinary venues at the resort including: Chinese-inspired Jin Yao Xuan; Bai Yun offering Cantonese food; and international restaurant Ming Yue.

Other facilities include a state-of-the art gymnasium, a spacious yoga room, and the Banyan Tree Gallery that sells indigenous handicrafts and spa amenities.