Taipei Shih Off The Beaten Path

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Off The Beaten Path
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Reviews from VirtualTourist Members

What to buy for your friends & relative?

by gpang77

During my working visit to Taipei, my colleagues brought me to this particular shop at No 73, Section 2, Chang-an East Road. Not a lover for mooncakes and pineapple cakes, I only buy a few to bring back home. My friend also bought me a box of Nouget. Upon reaching back to Singapore, I regreted not buying more of the cakes. All my relatives and myself love the texture and the evenly balance taste of the cakes. After eating the nouget from Australia, the nouget from this shop is definitely more fragrant and yummi-er then the one bought in Australia. If you are going, please tell me... I would hope to get more of the yummy cakes and nouget...

Need to get away from Taipei City for a day!!!

by nuttyazn

This is an excellent new site by the Taipei County Govt for short tours outside the Taipei City area. A lot of what is on offer is not available in the General Taipei tour lists. Really Excellent and easy to navigate on this site :

Cold Springs???

by nuttyazn

The only place in Taiwan where you can enjoy a cold spring bath is in a Place called Suao.There are two public cold springs from which to choose, both of them conveniently located a short walk from the downtown train station. To get there, walk straight out of the train station, turn left on the main thoroughfare, Zhongshan Rd., then take a right just past the 7-11. At the end of this road lies the largest and most popular cold spring park. Prices are NT$70 per person, and NT$150 for a private room. Across from the water park sits a hotel where cold spring water is piped right into your bathtub, and at NT$800 a night, it's reasonably priced.The other public cold springs are two blocks north on Zhongshan Rd. The facilities here are smaller, but the water quality is significantly better. There are two sections: one requires bathing suits, the other is for those who prefer going Au Naturel...

Elephant Mountain

by daibaklang

This is the best 101 alternative- you have to slog up some stairs to get to the top but the views of Taipei and especially 101 are worth it. Be ready for swarms of Taiwanese photographers at the top though.To get there walk east from 101 along Xinyi Rd.

Keelung

by daibaklang

Keelung is one of the grittiest cities in an island of gritty cities, but it has character that other Taiwanese cities lack. It has a wide variety of sights that are interesting but minor and not worth the time of a short-term traveler, but it is worth coming out here for the Miaokou Night Market, possibly the best on the island and far better than anything in Taipei.Keelung is also a useful transit point for other Northeast Coast destinations, like Yeliu, Jiufen and Bitou.

Dihua St. and Dadaocheng

by daibaklang

Most people who go to Dihua St. check out Xiahai Temple, walk up maybe as far Minsheng Rd. and then complain that there's nothing to it. It is true that Dihua St. is no where near as appealing as, say, Lugang's Old Market Steet, but there is still a lot to see here. Dihua St. is lined with old buildings as far as Minzu Rd, with the best stretch just south of the Taipei Bridge. North of Taipei Bridge there are rows of Qing-era houses. Dihua St. has Taipei's largest concentration of traditional medicine and wholesale stores, and to the south of Xiahai Temple there are some of Taipei's best traditional Taiwanese snack stands. The shrimp rolls, bubble tea and Hong Kong-style egg cakes are aparticularly good. In the area there are a few old mansions, the most attractive of which is on Guide St., a couple other atmospheric temples and the Dadaocheng Wharf, which has a nice view of the Danshui...

Taipei Folk Arts Museum

by daibaklang

This small museum is little visited, but is the most interesting in Taiwan after the Palace Museum. Its collection is small but fascinating, but the main attraction is the building itself, one of Taiwan's best-preserved Japanese-era buildings. The setting in the hilly suburbs of Beitou is also a nice change from downtown Taipei.The Folk Art Museum is well out of the way, about a half hour walk from Xin Beitou MRT station. The views of Beitou up the hill from the museum are also very pretty. Be aware that the ticket prices are quite steep- 200NT last time I visited.