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Taipei Main Station
THSR, TRA, the airport metro and the metro meet here. Exit first, then pick one axis for the day.
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Zhongzheng
Station, the Presidential Office, the memorial and Huashan. A level west-side day.
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Taipei North Gate
Cheng'en Gate and its plaza. About ten minutes from the station, and a natural lead-in to the railway park.
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Railway Department Park
The National Taiwan Museum's railway campus. It starts outside North Gate. Closure days follow the museum's current notice — do not assume a fixed weekday.
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Presidential Office Building
The building at the end of Ketagalan Boulevard. Open days are rare — on a normal day stay with the walls and the avenue.
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Ketagalan Boulevard
The wide avenue in front of the Office. Parade or weekday, walk one stretch — it is not a shopping street.
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228 Peace Memorial Park
The green in front of the museum. Tree shade in the morning, then move indoors at noon.
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National Taiwan Museum
The main hall inside the park. Same museum family as the railway park — go deep at one of them.
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Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
The hall and the two performing-arts wings. The grounds are level. If you watch the guard, keep one hour only.
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Liberty Square
The square from the gate to the hall. Same campus — do not make it a second day.
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Nanmen Market
Cooked food and dry goods in the new market hall. Stop for lunch — do not queue a second market.
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Taipei Botanical Garden
Glasshouses and the lotus pond beside the Nanmen campus. Same morning as the market — leave when the afternoon heats up.
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National Museum of History
East of the botanical garden. Stay long only for a special show; the permanent halls are one loop.
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Huashan 1914
The old winery, now a cultural park. One show, one loop of the yard.
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Huashan Market
Fu Hang soy milk is upstairs, and only in the morning. When it sells out it is gone — do not arrive at noon just to queue.
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Syntrend
Digital and appliances. One of the successors to the old Guanghua cluster. Ask about warranty — do not only compare the sticker.
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Guanghua Digital Plaza
The new Guanghua building. Same belt as Syntrend — go deep in one of them.
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Fu Hang Soy Milk
Breakfast upstairs in Huashan Market. Morning only, until it sells out. Editorial sample, not a star verdict.
Nanmen He Xing
Rice cakes inside Nanmen Market, as a snack. Editorial sample, not a star verdict. When the market closes, it is gone.
Next stop
Where this line goes next
Walk or one metro segment to the next stop. A different axis is another day.
Taipei North Gate
Walk · 8min
Walk, same axis
Next is Taipei North Gate. Station, Presidential Office and the memorial are one west-side day. Do not add Elephant Mountain at dusk.
Railway Department Park
Walk · 8min
Walk, same axis
Next is Railway Department Park. Station, Presidential Office and the memorial are one west-side day. Do not add Elephant Mountain at dusk.
Lungshan Temple
Taipei Metro · 40min
Another day — do not append today
This is another day's axis: Lungshan Temple. Stop when Station and the memorial is done.