Tucheng District – Tianshang Mountain
For this hike, we stopped at Yongning station and walked along the road until Tonghua Park Archway (桐花公園牌樓). The way to Chengtian Temple was unfortunately closed so we had to…
Neihu District – Jinmian Mountain Hiking Trail
Jinmian Mountain Hiking Trail is actually a very famous hiking trail but I did it only this year. To go there, take the brown line until Wende Station. Walk until…
Neihu District – Dagouxi riverside trail
To access the trail, first take the MRT (brown line) to Dahu Park Station . Then cross Dahushanzhuang Street and go to Dagouxi Waterfront Park. There you can start the…
Shilin – Neihu district trail
We took Bus S2 at Neihu station MRT (brown line) to Bishanyan (about 15 min.) Actually we didn't really follow a proper trail. We started at Bishanyan and went to…
Beitou District – Xinbeitou
Beitou District is the northernmost of the twelve districts of Taipei. To go there take the MRT red line (Tamsui-Xinyi Line) and get off at Beitou or Xinbeitou station. Just…
Night markets
Night Markets ! How is it possible to travel in Taiwan without going to a night market ?! I think the very first day of our arrival in Taipei, we…
Wanhua District – Youth park
From Taipei main station you have to take Bus number 250 to " youth park" (~ 16 min). Youth Park is a nice little park where you can find a…
Wanhua District – XIMEN, Red House, Taipei Tianhou Temple
Wanhua District is Taipei's oldest district. Besides being a historic district, it's also a very animated area where people go for shopping. This shopping part is called Ximending shopping district.…
Zhongzheng District – Park of National Taiwan Museum
Go to Taipei Main Station (MRT red/blue line) National Taiwan Museum, established in 1908, is the oldest museum in Taiwan. I actually didn't visit the museum but went to the…