For a long time, the island nation of Taiwan was called "Formosa" means "beautiful island". Legend has it that the invoking of the Portuguese sailors when they first came to the island dock. Taiwan with its natural beauty, the green coast, romantic and truly worthy of that name.
Taiwan has an area of approximately 36,000 km 2 , located in the southeast of China, northern Japan, South the Philippines, the east Pacific. Apart from the main island of Taiwan, there are other islands and archipelagos such as Lan Tu, Lu Dai, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu ... But the islands, but 2/3 of the Taiwan area is high mountains and thick forests, and perhaps this has created unique natural scenery, fresh green to land here.
Not only known for natural beauty, Taiwan was dubbed the "Asian dragons" with developing economies in the region ranks among the best in Asia. In addition to the strong development of agro-industries, forestry and fishery is mainly based on abundant natural resources, Taiwan has developed rapidly in both the commercial sector, engineering, modern electronics. Regarding language, outside of ordinary Chinese is widely used and is considered to be the national language, a few small parts are used Taiwanese Min Nan (Hokkien), language or dialect Hakka Cao Son. Tourists to Taiwan will certainly be thrilled with the beautiful green space inside abreast of skyscrapers, modern industrial parks, and especially friendly attitude, the hospitality of the local people.
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Taipei (Taipei) is a major city located in northern Taiwan and is also the capital of this country. Apart from the main island of Taiwan, Taipei also include Penghu Islands and surrounding islets. Not only the capital, the center of political, administrative, cultural, Taipei still is the area with thriving economies most concentrated industrial zones of the country. Also, this city is home to cinema development, creating brand "Taiwan film" that we often hear mentioned.
Taichung
Have the same meaning as the name "Taipei", Taichung (Taichung) is a city in west central Taiwan. Taichung has an area of about 163 km 2 , is the third largest city of Taiwan, after Taipei and Kaohsiung. This city is considered the cultural and educational center of the country with many temples, ruins. In cities with more than 10 parishes and pastoral centers both for the people of migrant workers from the Philippines. Taichung is considered a very romantic city on the natural scenery, climate and abundance of culture, cuisine, shopping. This is surely an ideal tourist town for those who once set foot in Taiwan.
Tainan
Taiwan is divided into three main areas: Taipei, Taichung, and Tainan (Tainan) - a city located in the southern region of Taiwan. Tainan is the fourth largest city of Taiwan, but it is the city with the oldest history. It was once the capital of Taiwan during the long years of being dominated. In contrast with Taipei, Tainan not many bustling industrial or commercial development strong, but this place is famous for agriculture in rich and diverse.
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Kaohsiung (Kaohsiung) is the second largest city of Taiwan, after the capital, Taipei. However, compared with Taipei, traffic streets and spacious back more smoothly with the subway system and MRT is operated from 2008. Kaohsiung located in southern Taiwan, a center of extraction, refining the largest oil and transport here. Kaohsiung Harbor is one of the four largest ports in the world, the majority of oil in Taiwan were imported from the port area. Besides, Kaohsiung City was the center of shipbuilding industry and is important naval base.
Apart from the city center, Taiwan also has the city's small but equally beautiful, especially suitable for sightseeing and tourism.
Hualien
Hualien (Hualien) is one of the city located in eastern Taiwan, to set behind the mountains to the west and center of the eastern Pacific. Because isolated terrain, difficult as so despite its large size, but economic development is pretty slow and not big cities. This is an ideal tourist spot for visitors love the natural surroundings are pristine, no human hands exploitation.
Hsinchu
Hsinchu (Hsinchu) is the oldest city in the northwestern region of Taiwan, has a history of over 4000 years. Hsinchu is located between Taipei and Taichung, famous for glass making technology. Although only a small town but Hsinchu bustles and surprise guests with quality hotels and shopping centers.
Alishan, Chiayi (Alishan)
A reason Mountains located in the south of Taiwan, near the city of Chiayi. Mount A Li is famous for natural scenery for an great, river valleys, waterfalls and endless forests. Living in the midst of nature close to the people here are very peaceful and friendly. This is also the first building mountain resort in the mountains and narrow railroad tracks through the forest to the mountain.
Culture Taiwan
Looking on the whole, the majority agreed that Taiwanese culture is a part of Chinese culture, as before, in ancient times, Taiwan and China have not been separated by the Taiwan Strait as now now that is a block inland. Moreover, China has repeatedly been invaded and colonized Taiwan should also have a strong influence from the culture of the mother country. However, in certain aspects, culture Taiwan also have peculiarities, characteristics handed down and carefully preserved over generations.
Taiwan Architecture
Traditional architecture of Taiwan's art treasures. It includes: paint colors, calligraphy, wood carving, stone sculpture and ceramics, porcelain and colored ceramic objects. Like Singapore, Hong Kong, culture, architecture and subtle Taiwan Chinese culture, however, on the whole, architectural Taiwan still showing separate entrance, its uniqueness. What have the greatest value in the architecture of ancient temples Taiwan's Lin of Banqiao home garden, poetry of Loc Long Son Port, offers Thien Hau North and supply of North Port.
Tet
Like the majority of Asian countries, especially the countries affected from the Chinese culture, the most important holidays in the year of Taiwan's Lunar New Year, celebrate the new year from 30 December to th 3 January by the lunar calendar. Also according to the lunar calendar, the 15th of January is the Lantern Festival - the first full moon day of the year - with lanterns and floating cake. As for the Dragon Boat Festival on May 5th st, the cakes are the house to donate mutual ú. Zhongyuan Festival July full moon day is a day of important holidays. This is considered day "death far", every presentation platter thanksgiving offerings to deities, in remembrance of the ancestors and pray for the condemned soul is ethereal.
Hakka
From "Hakka" kanji means "sojourners" or "visitors", by the Guangdong refers to immigrants to the territory of northern Guangdong and southern Fujian today. Hakka people started migration to the island of Taiwan in the 18th century, mainly under the Qing Dynasty. Through the years is dominated by the Chinese, the Han culture and gradual penetration into the mainstream culture of Taiwan. However, Hakka culture, ancient culture of the people of Taiwan are still being maintained and preserved. May 4/2001, Mr Chen Shui-bian was also officially opened the museum open culture and history of Taiwan Hakka largest city in Meinung, Kaohsiung district. Within the government, he founded the Committee for the Hakka culture, in the hope of turning Taiwan into a center of cultural studies Hakka most advanced in the world.
Taiwan Movies
Taiwan film industry is one of three Chinese-language film industry, along with China and Hong Kong. But soon emerged from the 1900s as a colony of Japan, but until 1949, after independence, the new Taiwan cinema really develop its own direction. When it comes to movies Taiwan, we think of the swordplay films or romantic movies, tearful, largely adapted from the novel by female artists Qiong Yao. Names like Richie, Joey Wong, Lam Thanh Ha, Vincent Chiao, Mr. Gia Minh ... very familiar to those who admired Taiwanese film. In recent years, Taiwanese film begins with new moves, especially movies with famous names like the Hollywood director Ang Lee, starring Shu Qi, Jay ...
Taiwan people are very focused on fashion, so as to communicate with them, smartly dressed, properly will create more sympathy. Red, white, black is the color should be avoided in casual clothes, because according to Taiwan, black and white is the color of mourning, not lucky, and red is the color of "blowing the" everyday should not Clothing. Especially for women, dress too sketchy often taken as a sign of personality measures poverty. Besides, Taiwan is also an Asian country and has similarities with the Chinese culture, so in communication, we also need to note the basic features of Asian communication: polite to elders his more polite, courteous and distance with the opposite sex ...
Taiwan Cuisine
Due to the many ties attached to China so as culture, cuisine Taiwan also has many similarities with Chinese cuisine: fancy dishes prepared fussy, intricate, each dish is a unique blend of a variety of materials, various spices. However, in its development, Taiwan has separate left his mark in the culinary background and really made the brand "Taiwanese cuisine" famous around the world. Taiwan's menu is divided into 2 categories, main dish and dish together. Every dish comes from cakes of all kinds, to the side dishes are served with the main dish used as processed sugar. Meanwhile, the main courses were mainly salt. Like the Chinese, Taiwanese people have the habit of taking tea after each meal.
Betel and areca
"Small little ball foul betel" special dish of some Asian countries such as Vietnam, China, Taiwan ... However, in Taiwan, betel leaves are not only favored by the elderly, but even grades young men who are "addicted". There are millions of Taiwanese business from planting betel trade, and also the corresponding number of people that use betel leaves. Style serves modern betel unusual, at the bar or in the corner are the beautiful young women, scantily clad stand sold. Taiwan people that use their betel help mentally refreshed, relaxed but less costly and less harmful than cigarettes.
Tea
Like most Asian nations, Taiwan people often drink tea after each meal. A delicious tea pots, according to the custom of tea brewed from a special kind, meets three factors: smell, taste, color. Pour a cup of tea, sitting by a meter has fragrant smell attractive. Sipped into the mouth, the ratio between the acrid, bitter, sweet relish giving the feeling of harmony and excitement. In color, the cup of tea to pinkish yellow in color, not dark red (by such as teas have been backed through fire).
Bubble tea
In recent years, bubble tea drinks have become familiar with Vietnam, especially for the young. Bubble tea appeared in Taiwan in around 1980 with the English name is "bubble tea". A Taiwanese tea shop owner has more fruit flavor and syrups, candied sweet potatoes, seed pearl milk tea to make up a new dish enticing drinks. Bubble tea includes tea, milk powder, pearl beads made from tapioca and fruit flavors, depending on the whim of the drink. The interesting point in the preparation of pearl milk tea is that it must be shaken well, forming a thin layer of foam floating on the surface. If one is available, "passion" with milk tea to Taiwan, when, could not taste the special drinks on its homeland.
Taiwanese cuisine is an art, and even more interesting when enjoying the art on the country that produced it. The Taiwanese restaurant not only serves the local traditional dishes but also unique dishes from all other countries.
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Even in the capital city of Taiwan, travelers not only enjoy the signature dish at this place, but also bars, restaurants serving Asian and European cuisine very attractive
Imbiss
Address: 3, Lane 34, XinHai Rd, Sec 1, Taipei
Restaurants serving special dishes of Germany. Here diners can enjoy various kinds of pizza (about $ 159 TWD), curry served with fries Germany (priced around 230 TWD), bread vegetables and lamb (about $ 159 TWD), and sharepoint li some German beer to enhance the flavor of dishes. In addition, the restaurant also has a lot of different kinds of bread, to be changed according to the daily menu, help customers find interesting and not boring when dining here. The restaurant is open from 11g30-15g00, 17g00-22g00 Monday to Thursday, Friday open until 23g00, private and Saturday and Sunday from 11g30-23g00 open throughout.
Pearl Liang
Address: 2 Sung Shou Road, Taipei
Pearl Liang is a very beautiful restaurant serving traditional cuisine of China and Taiwan. The restaurant specializes in seafood processing fresh, most of them still alive, was released domestically until requested dishes. Here visitors can also enjoy the traditional breakfast type is changed daily.
Taichung
To Taichung gate natural scenery and enjoy combining traditional dishes of China and Taiwan.
Taiwanese Beef Noodle House
Address: Yatan Rd. SEC.2, Alley 292, opposite the entrance, Tanzi Township, Taichung
China is famous for pasta and noodles. Taiwan also have pasta but other flavors, characteristic. Guests can enjoy beef noodles in Taiwanese Beef Noodle Taiwan House. It not only has great tasty beef noodles that can say it as a "museum beef noodles". She owner since I was a little girl'd work collecting different types of bread and now, she said "treasure" that his favorite diners with traditional noodles Taiwan. Shop open 11g00-14g00 and from 17g00-21g00.
Xiang Jing Lou
Address: 498 Meitsuen Rd, Section 1, Taichung
Xiang Jing Lou is a very cute restaurant, spacious dining room, high ceilings, airy, very appropriate when large groups. It serves Chinese cuisine and Taiwan for about 100-170 TWD for a dish. The restaurant is open daily from 11g00-14g00 and from 17g00-21g00.
Tainan
Visitors to Tainan can change their taste traditional dishes in many different countries.
Leaning Tower Italian Kitchen Cuisine
Address: 105, Yule St., Tainan City
After enjoying Taiwanese cuisine, visitors can change the taste with Leaning Tower Italian Restaurant Cuisine Italian Kitchen. The restaurant has more than 25 pasta dishes, stewed potatoes, skewered chicken, and other dishes. Each dish will be accompanied 1 free glass of water, the price is only about 70-120 TWD.
Bosa Egyptian Restaurant
Address: 176, Changrong Rd., Sec. 1, Tainan City
This is also very good restaurants that travelers should look dine once to Tainan. The restaurant is famous for Egyptian food like: Kafta (rice and meatballs), Tagen (rice and chicken in tomato sauce). Or guests can choose a meal consisting of soup, salad, main course and dessert. Price per serving approximately 460-1200 TWD main course options. As an interesting point here is that visitors can try smoking using a special type of pipe from Egypt.
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Many visitors to the restaurants, cafes in Kaohsiung not only to enjoy food but also to explore the different service style and originality.
Marton Theme
Address: 101, Yizhong Street, 2F, North District
A decorated restaurant with the special ranks of the world: from chairs, dining tables to decorative objects are simulated from ... the toilet, bathtub, mirror, shower, shower curtain! Style quite strange but the restaurant attracts a huge number of tourists to dine from the early days of establishment. Many curious have come here and promise will certainly come back because not only strange style, the restaurant also has a varied menu and very tasty, the price of TWD 150-250 per serving, including soup and ice cream. The restaurant is open daily from 11g30-20g00 weekend from 11g00-20g30.
Bangkok City
Address: 119, Lianxing Rd, Sanmin District, Kaohsiung
If travelers miss the taste of home can to dine at Bangkok City Restaurant, serving Thai cuisine and Vietnam. There is some exciting dishes such as Thai fish cakes, shrimp tart, sweet and sour beef. Prices per dish about TWD 250-330.
Hualien
Some restaurants reference addresses in Hualien
Amis-Tribe Restaurant
Address: Section 2, Jianguo Rd, Hualien
A unique restaurant, which serves traditional-style of the people of this region. Tourists come here will not find the menu, because the dishes are arranged depending on the chef, depending on food availability in the day. However, you absolutely can rest assured because any food here is also very attractive and special. Regarding beverages, you should call millet tasting, a wine crafted by the restaurant. And even more interesting, behind each dish is a long story about this land. Sitting enjoying food, sip a glass of wine, and you ask about any person serving in the shop to be heard amazing stories.
Myanmar's Irrawaddy Restaurant
Address: No.11-1, Minquan Rd. 970 Hualien
This is a familiar restaurant with people in Hualien, the food here tastes like Thai food dish hybrid with Vietnam, not too spicy and very tasty taste. The menu has many dishes of vegetables and seafood than meat. On scene, the restaurant is simply decorated but not sketchy, style of dedicated service and quickly make the guests feel comfortable and satisfied.
Hsinchu - Yunnan Wind
Address: 231 Dongming Street, Hsinchu
True to its name, the restaurant serves specialties of Yunnan - China, including the spicy hot pot and grilled dishes, almost like a Thai dish. Guests can either dine just daydreaming relax amongst charming scenery and soothing décor of the restaurant.
Shopping Guide
Taiwan tourists will find very interesting to go to any province also caught the Night Market. The night markets are often very noisy and open very late, usually until about 1-2 am, with places still up to 3-4 hours. Taiwan Night Market mainly sells the most prevalent fashion for young people, from earrings, underwear and cosmetics to clothing, tapes ... Sellers in Taiwan were very pleasant and hospitable. Visitors can see the map in a store for hours, try to try on a dozen times and leave without buying anything, a dish salesman still happily waving a very polite way.
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With crowded, bustling life and bustle, visitors very easily in the search, shopping in Taipei not only daytime but also at night.
Shi Lin Night Market
Shilin Night Market is the most famous night market in Taipei, is the preferred place to shop not only for locals but also tourists at home and abroad. Shilin Night Market, located in proximity to the theater Yan Ming, near Wen Lin, Ji He, Da Dong and Da Nan. Market selling a lot of different items with reasonable prices, most of them built at convenient prices for buyers, especially foreigners. However, guests can also pay a little price to buy the goods with pleasant price. Cho also known for its many shops selling delicious snacks and fancy. Wandering through the market, looking at all the shops here and it takes about 4-5 hours, but okay, because the market is open very late, until 4-5 am.
Carrefor
Carrefor system present in most major cities of Taiwan. Goods here are sold at very low prices, but items are new and good, mostly household items, cosmetics and electronics. Also, inside Carrefor also restaurants and cafes catering to visitors. This shopping center attracts large number of foreign guests on each floor should have foreign exchange counters - a service to promote the good of the district shopping centers. Open daily from 8g30-21g00.
Raohe Street Night Market
Raohe Street Night Market is located on Jaoho, 4-way streets in the center and southeast Fuyuan Bateh. Along the long road about 500 meters to more than 140 with more than 400 vendors and shops along the street. Stroll on the streets shopping, visitors can get all the items like clothing, electronics, phones to everyday objects. If visitors want to buy souvenirs can also buy items or ornaments made of traditional bamboo Taiwan, handkerchiefs, scarves embroidered featured. If only roam the streets are also ideal by many shops spread colorful lights make the road always shining though it was midnight.
Taichung
Taichung is not inferior to the center of Taipei on the number and size of the store. It is also famous for electronic goods.
Feng Chia Night Market
The market has been considered one of the largest night market in Taiwan. Feng Chia Night Market located near Wunhua Road, Fuxing and Feng Chia road. Along the way are numerous large and small shops, restaurants, bars, cafés opened almost all night. Estimated to be about 30 to 30 thousand large and small stores like this, weekends or holidays, the number increased to more, sometimes double. Like other markets, Feng Chia Night Market is also very diverse goods, from electronic machines, everyday objects, and even fashionable clothing and cosmetics. One segment of the market is located near the University especially crowded with students at the school shelter - walking tour guests regularly.
Electronic Market Taichung
If tourists shopping muom electronic machinery "made in Taiwan" can visit electronic market in Taichung. The market sits midway MinZu, ZhongShan Zhongzheng and Luchuan West Street, near the train station. It offers a full range of electronics: computers and computer accessories, VCD or DVD, computer games, telephone and audio devices. In the market there is a corner called "alley stereo" variety of machines sold stereos. There are four gates to enter this market and each have their door offering loud, colorful neon lights very visible. The majority of the shops are open from 10g00-22g00.
Tainan
Visit the ancient capital of Taiwan, travelers can buy unique products styled south of the country.
Chien Chiang Yue
Chien Chiang Yue shop is located at 159-4 Nanmen Street, opposite a park NamMen. This is the ideal shop for women with clothing, accessories, jewelry, shoes nicely. During the 20 years since the opening day, the store attracted a lot of shoppers by fashion, unique design of the shop. All the items here are local designers should design, some items are made by hand. Shops are open daily 15g00-22g00.
Amenity and Organic
Amenity and Organic grocer's shop is located at street number 7 ShingHua end ChingNian road. It sold grains, beans, dried foods, jellies, jams, sauces, flour, fruit, fresh vegetables and soy sauce. When to buy here, guests will be welcomed boss and guide food choices consistent with warm attitude and very friendly. Not only are stores selling foods beneficial to health, the store also opened a nutrition class upstairs, and includes adjacent restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, and Of course, the dishes here are good for health.
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Deserving the second largest city of Taiwan, stores, mall in Kaohsiung always crowded and bustling 24/24 hours per day.
Night Market Liuho
Liuho night market runs longer than 300 m on the road Liuho, as on the more boisterous night with thousands of colorful neon lights and sound to the sale, until 3-4 o'clock in the morning but still bustling markets as new open door. For languages with handicraft goods, machinery and consumer electronics, and even your pet. Moreover, the market is still appropriate destination if travelers want to find a place to eat late at night. Along the way there are many hawkers serving specialty dishes of southern Taiwan region.
Hanshin Department Store
Hanshin Park shopping center located at the address 266-1 Chengkung 1. Buildings Japanese architectural style, above the luxury five-star hotel Grand Hi-Lai. If anyone ever shopping in the large shopping center in Tokyo will encounter the familiar features here, however, than the merchandise in Tokyo, the price is much cheaper here. Hanshin is one of the largest shopping district of Kaohsiung, visitors can find a lot of items here, and including the food court, restaurant, cafe.
Hualien
Hualien is a small town, quiet, close to nature, so even though this is a very appropriate city for tourism but not many shopping malls or shops as elsewhere. Shopping here is the largest in ChungShan road, ChungCheng and Chunghwa, this is the area that people often called "golden triangle", the biggest commercial development in Hualien. However, the shops here are not much and not very diverse goods, mostly local items.
Hsinchu
Windance Shopping Mall is the largest shopping complex in Hsinchu, including thousands of shops and entertainment venues, including restaurants cuisine, cinema, and has both inside m6ot small park. The center is located on Zhongyang Street, is one of the largest shopping mall in Taiwan. Inside Windance be divided into several areas for the convenience of visitors shopping: shop area selling all kinds of clothing, jewelry, household items and even vegetables, entertainment area with cinemas technology high and an indoor park, food court with many restaurants serving cuisines of countries, a separate area for a gym, spa, and dancing club.
Alishan, Chiayi
If you want to shop in the mountains A Ly, visitors can buy local specialties as presents. The specialty here is very special, in addition to well-known tea, dried, pickled bamboo dishes there (looks like the kind of person Vietnamese pickled sauerkraut), pa wasabi paste, and local herbs. Guests can purchase special products or souvenirs in a row of shops in the village or the souvenir shop Zhongzheng in tourist areas.
When traveling to any destination where tourists want to buy souvenirs for family gifts, and that would be better expressed souvenirs that are typical of where visitors came. Coming to Taiwan, very easy to buy these souvenirs is pretty small in most night markets, stores or shopping centers. Guests can buy wooden statues, carved plaster relatively fancy shapes, scarves, handkerchiefs embroidered by hand, or jewelry, household items are handmade. In addition, visitors can also buy several electronic items in good quality with prices not too expensive for gifts.
Have to go
Dubbed "fomusa - beautiful island" Taiwan today is also very good with names with many tourist attractions interesting, showing both the natural beauty, culture and tradition City beauty of modern Asian juggernaut.
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As the capital of Taiwan, Taipei City has many attractions to visitors stop to visit and learn about the cultural traditions of this country.
Taipei 101 Tower
Taipei 101 Tower in the heart of Taipei was the world's tallest tower to date. 509m high tower, consists of 101 floors, is designed in multi-tier architecture. Tower is divided into 3 parts: the tower floor area, the base of the tower and basement. Floor tower is the main architecture of the building used as office work; foot tower is the commercial area includes 6 floors building blocks surrounded tower floor, inside is designed very splendid. Guests can take the lift up to the top floor for great views over Taipei's nightlife.
Longshan Temple
The temple was built in the late 18th century by immigrants from Fujian. Through war and natural disasters, the house was damaged, burnt, until after World War II was restored but kept the old architecture old and is considered one of the most sacred shrine, the largest, most splendid in Taiwan. Temple located between a busy market town but still kept separate from the world looks outside. Temple Gate, the temple roof, pillars are attached form the dragon fly, maybe hence the dragon god called temple. Guests can arrive here by bus, stopping at the station or walk from Longshan Temple Taipei 101 to.
Sun Yat-sen Memorial
Sun Yat-sen Memorial, also known as Zhongshan Mausoleum is a unique architectural modern era. Buildings with old style curved roofs as palace Forbidden City in Beijing, on the roof with table 5 words in Chinese: "Memorial National Fathers', inside a statue of Sun Yat-loud . Every day before the statue of Sun Yat-sen has recreated performances watch the handover in the interior. Memorial site also has a concert hall with a capacity of 3,000 people, libraries, galleries and a large area for outdoor recreational activities. Taiwan is located on Zhongxiao E., visitors can come here by train, bus.
National Palace Museum
National Palace Museum is the exhibit space artifacts of Chinese culture. Museum exhibits stored 700,000 including porcelain, bronzes, landscape paintings, a portrait of the Chinese quarter. These artifacts are on display here can be seen as inherent essence of tradition, history and culture of China. Documentary footage of wartime quarter will also be shown. It can be considered as storage than 4,000 years of Chinese culture. The museum is located in the heart of Taipei, 221 ChihShan address, SEC.2, Shih-lin. Guests can arrive here by any means.
Taichung
Location Taichung, visitors will enjoy the scenery, the romantic, the gifts that nature endowed this city.
Sun and Moon Dam
From Taichung, about 2 hours drive southeast of visitors will reach the Sun and Moon Dam South First District. Sun and Moon Dam is the largest freshwater lake in Taiwan, surface width of about 900 hectares. If we take the Greek island hole - a mecca of ethnic minorities who live here first - as boundaries, the northern half of the lake shaped like the sun, the south half moon shaped varieties so called Sun and Moon Dam. Green water lake which was very beautiful, but also more beautiful at dusk or dawn. Around the lake there are many other attractions are also very interesting.
Temple Van Vo
Van Vo Temple located around Sun Moon Dam, is a shrine to Kwan (Vo Mieu) and Confucius (Van Mieu). Literature is higher than Vo Mieu, reflecting the spirit of "key documents martial contempt" of the ancients. After an earthquake, the temple was damaged and had to be restored. The temple was beautifully decorated home column to the ceiling, the dominant color is red and yellow. Special ceilings are exquisitely sculpted and painted bright yellow sparkling waves. In addition to golf, there are reliefs shaped paintings Mekong other continents are very sophisticated.
Forest Park Great Khan
Forest Park Great Khan's National Museum of Natural Science of Taiwan. This is a great museum and detail with natural sciences, there is a botanical garden, an earthquake museum, greenhouse, the exhibition on the global natural and cultural globalization, even even the theater. Come play may take longer than a day, because this is not only interesting sightseeing places of adults but also where there are so many interesting things to discover children. The park is located at No. 1 street views, open from 9g00-17g00 daily, closed on Monday.
Tainan
As the ancient imperial city of Taiwan, Tainan city is very suitable for visitors, rest and learn the ancient tradition.
Eternal Golden Fortress
Eternal Golden Fortress (Fortress Gold eternity) is located at No. 3, Guangjhou road, Anping County. Fortress was built from the nineteenth by a French engineer against Japanese aggression. Eternal Golden was built on land of the square, with four cannons at the four corners, deep moat surrounds and immediately hung at the main entrance bridge. In an emergency, suspension bridges have been destroyed to prevent the enemy enters in. Fort also has a military training area with 5 cannons Armstrong. In 1975, after 100 years under construction, the Government of Taiwan has to fix sightseeing legal base stations serving tourists. Fort is open from 8g30-17g30.
Fort Zeelandia
Fort Zeelandia fortress called Anping, was the Dutch built in 1653. What remains of its original architecture just pieces of wall fell, but remains down strokes that seem to make up the neck glass, keeping historical evidence of the fort. This place could stand in front of the ocean from above and this is such a beautiful place to watch the sunset. Fortress is located at number 82, street Guosheng, Anping District, is open from 8 to 17 hours 30 hours 30.
Museum of national literature
Taiwan is one of the Asian countries have huge literature over the centuries. Therefore, the museum is home to national literature can not fail to visiting Taiwan. The museum is located at No. 1, Zhongzheng Road, opened in 2003. Before becoming a museum that houses ethnic literature, which used to be the town hall from the city of Tainan in 1916. On arriving here, guests visitors can not only learn literature, the writer, the great poets of the centuries Taiwan, but also to admire the beautiful architecture, the museum's fancy.
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As a modern city, developed rapidly in Taiwan, but the Kaohsiung also has abundant natural scenery, landscapes worthy of sightseeing.
Cheng Ching Lake
Cheng Ching Lake is located in the town of Niaosong, is the largest lake in the city of Kaohsiung. Initially, the lake was built to provide water to industrial parks. Later, it was found that the poetic beauty of the lake should have been gradually improving, building creates a beautiful lake serves visitors from Ho Cheng Ching 1960. 300 hectares wide, by the looks calm gently but people still call it "West Lake of Taiwan". What is unique is the bridge over the lake named "Nine turns" 230 meters long with a turn around the lake nine as the name of it.
Song mistress
River or canal Valentine Kaohsiung is a romantic river and romantic. This river is the Qing emperor named Da Gou and later in Japan as the Takao. From the canal, it was developed into a park and is decorated with tall columns iron chain. Many young people had come to dating and courtship. In the evening, every day from 4 pm to 12 pm, visitors can on the ferry in the east and west to see the river. Special rivers brighter at sunrise or sunset. Guests can also drink coffee and listen to the melodies to ease the strain on the body and spirit. From the bus station in the city center, visitors can catch the 248 bus to come here for a walk.
Buddha Mountain View (FoKuangShan)
In Taiwan there are many Buddhist temples as well developed, and Buddha Mountain View is one of the most beautiful images of Buddha. This area stretches worship on a hill in the suburbs of the city of Kaohsiung, a bus station in the city center about 50 minutes away by car. Hilltop to 36m high golden Buddha, the tallest Buddha Taiwan. In the Buddha Mountain View also some vast Hall, art gallery, library and meditation hall large pole. Taiwan people have said, no place can help people understand Buddhism better here.
Hualien
Coming to town this small seaside tourists will enjoy a fresh air and see the many different beauty.
Beach Cisingtan
Only city center about 10 minutes away, the beach is a beach Cisingtan pretty quiet and the beautiful, unique scenery with the sea and the mountains. Year-round sea water emerald green xan a poetic, if wave quietly looked not unlike a giant lake. Unlike other beaches with white sand, golden sand, surrounded by sea Cisingtan black stone. Tranquil beach perfect for swimming, or walking around by bike along the trail along the beach to the park Nanbin.
Taroko Gorge National Park
Taroko means "beautiful" in the Atayal language, the majestic canyon was created majestic landscape here makes this place become beautiful like a picture painted marine charming. Park has many beautiful areas like Eternal Spring shrine area, Cave Swallow, Liwu valleys, tunnels have 9 roundabouts create interesting impressions for every traveler. In national parks, the famous waterfall and cliff Paiyang Tsingshui, they are the most perfect wonders of the natural wonders of the national park Taroko.Ben addition richness of plant and animal diversity is also interesting You attract tourists, can be found here half the mammal species in the world and the plants concentrate the vast forest, mixed forest and coniferous forest. In addition, the National Park is also famous and known by narrow paths along the ridge with sweeping views of the surrounding natural landscape.
Hsinchu
Location Hsinchu, guests will discover many interesting sights of the mountains of Taiwan.
Hsinchu Zoo
Hsinchu Zoo located on Kungyung, this is the oldest zoo in Taiwan, smallest, built in 1936 by the Japanese. Zoo in recent times are very proud of the abundance of wildlife. There are more than 250 animals and 70 species, including tigers, monkeys, crocodiles, bears and all birds. This is a great place for children to visit. Visit Hsinchu Zoo, visitors can also incorporate walk down Green Grass Lake is located on Ming-hu. There is a park around the lake, is an ideal place to relax and watch the birds gliding on the water with clouds silhouetted against the lake.
Sugar Mountain
Hsinchu is a city in the mountains, so have the roads leading up the mountain was built to facilitate the travel of people. And more than that, not only advantageous in traffic, this road is also an ideal way to stroll, admire stunning natural scenery. Go along Guang Fu Road, turn left onto Nanda Road and finally to Baoshan route, which is the road leading up the mountain. On their journey, visitors can visit the 18 peaks in the eastern crescent and the southern suburbs of the city. It's a great place for cycling tourists can walk around the whole city scenery.
Alishan, Chiayi
If travelers love the atmosphere and the beauty of the mountains of Taiwan, certainly can not ignore the Alishan, Chiayi.
Ecotourism Zone Alishan, Chiayi
From the city of Chiayi Nearby, visitors to pick the train to visit Alishan, Chiayi area. The reason to go by train, so visitors can see the beauty of the mountains around rail lines leading to the summit. Alishan, Chiayi Railway Line has more than 70 year history, is one of three railway crossing high mountains of the world exists. The path will be through different climates: hot, warm, cool, cold with extraordinary scenery. To Mount A Li, tourists will definitely ecstatic with the unique wonders: sunrise over the mountains, sea of clouds floating at eye level, green jungles and try dimensional color dreamy sky. This is truly paradise for tourists who love nature.
Black Dam Rate
Deep inside the forest Alishan, Chiayi is Dam Rate Black, so named so, it has two beautiful small lake next to each other. There is also an anecdote about this place, there are two sisters of a tribe in the mountains A reason, they have volunteered to jump in trying to save his tribe from the invasion of other tribes. After the sisters died, the enemy to make war, the country is passing himself rise and encircle them, making them unable to go on. In winter the water level is quite low, even during the summer, the water rose so high again.
