Combining contemporary decor and luxurious accommodation, this property creates an inviting ambiance for you to enjoy when you are in Hualien.
Location Situated in the world-renowned Taroko Gorge National Park, the Grand Formosa Taroko Hualien is close to the central cross-island highway, Liwu River cross and the precipitous gorges. This property is 40 kilometres from the airport and 42 kilometres from the Hualien Train Station.
Rooms This hotel offers 212 well-appointed accommodation units that have been elegantly furnished with an array of in-room amenities to ensure you a pleasurable stay.
Restaurant The Taroko Restaurant serves delicious international cuisine for you to feast on. The Tianhsiong Shren Restaurant serves delectable Chinese cuisine for you to enjoy. You can sip your favourite drink at the cosy bar.
General This property offers well-equipped meeting rooms that can accommodate up to 380 guests for organising various important events. Recreational facilities like the gymnasium, sauna and swimming pool can be utilised during leisure to tone up your body.
It's not quite 5 star, but the staff is very friendly and it's in a great location. We had an inside-facing room (not facing the river) and had 2 great nights of sleep. I've heard that the river-facing rooms are better (for the view), but you're going to spend all day staring at that river anyway. I also liked the design of the room - very daring to have a window from the bathtub to the bedroom. I took my baby daughter to swim in the downstairs indoor pool and she loved it. It was a bit early in the year to swim in their outdoor, top-of-the-roof pool, but that pool was beautiful.
The food at the hotel is extremely boring. This is probably very helpful to the foreigners staying there, but I'm sure they can come up with better dishes to satisfy non-adventurous palates without resorting to pasta (in Taiwan?), mortadella-like cold cuts (once again, in Taiwan?), or plates of sliced cheese.
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Well situated, friendly and helpful staff. We had an enjoyable stay in beautiful and interesting surrounds. Highly recommended.
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the Grand Formosa is an excellent option to explore Taroko National Park. Looking at the facade of the hotel a paint job may do. However, the rooms are clean and spacious. The facilities are - for such a location - very good. The service received by the staff was warm and friendly. There are two restaurants in the hotel and both serve decent food (one Chinese, the other buffet). I would definitely choose the Grand Formosa again.
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