Taipei Things to Do

 4 Reviews  In Launar calender, January 15th is the day Lantern Festival, which means the end of New Year traditionally. The Taipei City Government holds festival of lanterns during this days. It's also one of... 

 3 Reviews  After your hot spring session, why not drop by hell valley? Take a look at the source of your hot spring water. The hell valley is actually a sunken deep valley formed prior to an erruption of a... 

 5 Reviews  This park commerates the massacre on February 28th, 1947 that began the long period of Marshall law in Taiwan. Today the park has a museum about the incident and also houses the National Taiwan Museum 

 8 Reviews  Being from NZ, it was quite interesting to see some real similarities between indigenous Taiwanese, and Polynesian people. Worth a look definitely, particularly if you are in the area visiting the... 

 4 Reviews  Ride the MRT down to Tam Shui and you have a world of opportunity awaiting you. Just get through the crowds! There are so many food vendors and interesting stores in the area, and its a great place to... 

 5 Reviews  Out at Danshui, at the end of the MRT line is and Santo Domingo Fort. Entry is $NT60, and it's the site of an old Spanish fort, as well as the former British Consulate. It's quite an interesting... 

 5 Reviews  The first photo was taken at the main entrance of the hotel. Everything or most predominent colour at the Grand Hotel is "RED" which is outstanding! This is the Grand Hotel of Taipei. It was quite a... 

 6 Reviews  This huge series of Monuments is a testament to the Megamania of dictator Chaing Kai-shek. The centerpiece is the CKS hall which is flanked by the National Theatre and National Concert hall. The park... 

 5 Reviews  Kung Guan is a school area with National Taiwan University campus inside. You can do shopping or just walking around NTU campus or you can take a look of the market nearby. Norwegian's Wood is a good... 

 4 Reviews  The Shin-Kong Life Insurance Building (Shin-Kong Life Tower) (新光大樓) was the tallest building in Taipei before the construction of Taipei 101, but has now become the second... 

 3 Reviews  This is the most spectacular temple I visited in Taipei. Full of worshipers, smoke, and fruit, this temple is amazing. The temple was constructed in 1967, and it was built in honor of God of War and... 

 2 Reviews  GinGuaShi was one of the gold mine in Taiwan anout 100 years ago. Now it represents the properity of old days... Here you can see Crown Prince Hotel since Taiwan was a colony of Japan. And you can... 

 7 Reviews  CKS Memorial Hall has become a landmark of Taipei City. On the first floor of the building, a sitting statue of Mr. Chiang Kai-shek is installed in the memorial hall for the public to pay their... 

 5 Reviews  When the Nationalist (Kuomintang) government fled the mainland in 1949, it brought to Taiwan many of China's greatest art treasures and most important antiquities. This is one of them: 'Chao Yu... 

 2 Reviews  Most of the Museum is dedicated to temporary exhbits by Taiwanese artists but a small permanent collection is upstairs. Great way to spend an rainy morning or afternoon. Due to construction (2009) the... 

 3 Reviews  The Chinese Culture and Movie Center located at Chihshan Road in Shihlin is a nice place for film-making. There is an old style Chinese cultural city, surrounded on four sides by a city wall, a moat,... 

 2 Reviews  Yes! Go see the big panda! There are actually two; one male, one female. Chances are, you will only see one, or possibly neither. But there are other animals in the zoo too . . . just not as... 

 2 Reviews  The Lin Family Garden is Taiwan's best example of Pre-Republican Chinese architecture and gardens. Originally a Fujian merchant's houses, the garden is landscaped with exquisite pavilions, towers,... 

 1 Review  Situated in the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, the National Chiang Kai-shek Cultural Center is comprised of two buildings – the National Theater and the National Concert Hall. The National Concert... 

 2 Reviews  I was standing outside the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial and was suddenly surrounded by school children who wanted to chat to me and have their photograph taken, My dad captured this picture, a moment I... 

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