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 Taiwan travel tales
Our customers share their travelling experiences in Taiwan.
Read about first hand stories on travel tips and guides, events, entertainment,shopping, food, business and transportation.
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| W Coyaso |
05 January 2003 |
Stayed at Ambassador Hotel Taipei, The - Taipei, Taiwan.
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We only had two days to explore, but definitely worth going back.
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| C Ng |
02 January 2003 |
Stayed at Fortuna Hotel, Taipei - Taipei, Taiwan.
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Cheap food and transportation. Good night market and shopping everywhere until late.
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| W Tan |
02 January 2003 |
Stayed at K Hotel Yung Ho Taipei - Taipei, Taiwan.
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The hot springs area in Beitou is definitely worth a visit... quaint hilly area with lots of cosy eateries and bathing houses. Go to the hot springs museum first, before heading to "Asia Hot Springs" (quite deep in, so be prepared to walk quite a bit). Lovely ambience to enjoy a nice hot springs bath... this must be the nicest bath house - the rest really look tacky in comparison.
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| L Lau |
02 January 2003 |
Stayed at Fortuna Hotel, Taipei - Taipei, Taiwan.
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I have been in Taiwan many times. The recent stay was due to the flight stopover from Auckland. You can easily get around Taipei by subway. Taxi is also not expensive.
In Taipei, you must visit their night market. The most famous one is Shilin night market (can be reached by subway). Another is the hot spring. You can go to Peitou very easily by subway and there are many spa and hot springs resort. The one we tried called Spring Resort - very nice. A bit expensive but worth trying.
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| P Schoen |
02 January 2003 |
Stayed at K Hotel Yung Ho Taipei - Taipei, Taiwan.
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Taipei, recommend: CKS Memorial Hall, Palace Museum, Snake Market, Lung Shan Temple, Lin An Tai Ancient Home, Grand Hotel, Hualien Taroko etc.
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| I Shiraishi |
29 December 2002 |
Stayed at Grand Hotel, Taipei - Taipei, Taiwan.
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The Grand hotel has free shuttle bus to the nearest MRT (Rail) station, and thus even though the location is not in the downtown, it is still good location to stay in specifically people who prefer more green rather than noisy centre of Taipei.
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| T J. cogan |
27 December 2002 |
Stayed at Ambassador Hotel Taipei, The - Taipei, Taiwan.
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Taiwan: almost as expensive as Hong Kong, but less value for the money; also, the food and shopping are not as good as HK. However, the National Museum is superb.
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| I Shiraishi |
25 December 2002 |
Stayed at Grand Hotel, Taipei - Taipei, Taiwan.
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The place is on mountain side, and a little far from the center of the city, however, it was good as closer to the night market and complimentary coach services to the nearest MRT station in 10-30 minutes interval.
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| A Sanderson |
12 December 2002 |
Stayed at Fortuna Hotel, Taipei - Taipei, Taiwan.
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MRT is great.
Chinese palaces and museums of limited interest.
People very friendly.
Will return to Fortuna, Taipei and Taiwan.
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| J O'neill |
10 December 2002 |
Stayed at K Hotel Taipei 3 - Taipei, Taiwan.
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If you like museums the National Palace Museum is a must see. It has the world's largest collection of Chinese art spanning China's 5000-year history. I also visited the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. Both made for very interesting and enjoyable afternoons.
For getting around I used a combination of the MRT subway system, taxis, and walking. Before leaving for the National Palace Museum I had the hotel clerk write down on a file card my destination in Chinese characters. That trip proved to be very easy.
Some of my other trips proved to be a bit more of an adventure. I am a vegetarian and I had a list of vegetarian restaurants I wanted to check out. Unfortunately directions were either non-existent or sparse. But I did have phone numbers, which I found saved the day for me. Even though most taxi drivers cannot speak English, almost all of them have cell phones. They were very willing to call the restaurants and get directions.
One particular incident was rather humorous. After searching up and down the length of one long road for a particular restaurant I gave up and asked a taxi driver for help. He used his cell phone, got directions, and with a big smile on his face asked if I wanted him to take me there. I said yes and agreed to a $70 price. He drove me half a block and said "we here". We both started laughing. It would have been faster to walk.
The vegetarian restaurant I ate at was: Tang Tang Vegetarian Foods - near Liuchang Li MRT, 2 Lo Li Road, Lane 42, tel: 2732-1243, 2378-4358. Excellent food, moderately priced.
The subway system is outstanding. Very easy to figure out.
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