How the lake day walks
Wenhu line to Dahu Park. Walk the lake and the white bridge first, then decide on the flat Dagouxi path. One climb only: Jinlong Temple or the Baishihu bridge, not both, and do not also add Bishanyan. Donghu Market can be lunch, not a tourist night market. In the rain, cancel the bridge and the steps and stay by the lake. Do not append the Xinyi department stores or the Palace. Walk the flat lake first. Start the climb only if it is dry and you still want to climb. Stop the day here. Leave the other district for tomorrow. Do not add a stop before the last train, and trust the station board over this guide.
How the Dazhi day walks
At Jiannan Road, go deep at the Miramar building, NOKE, or the Jingye Road quarter — one of them. If you queue the wheel, that is this day's dusk; do not also climb Elephant Mountain in Xinyi. If lunch was Xihu Market, do not eat another round in the mall. Only if the afternoon remains, go to Gangqian for the edge of Neihu Technology Park. That is streets and lunch rooms, not a sight. One stretch, then stop. Do not ride on to Dahu. Pick two of the mall, the market and the park edge. Do not repeat a meal you already had at the next stop. Keep this stretch inside two hours. Note the metro exit before you start, leave as soon as you have seen or eaten, and do not queue a second door.
Do not mix either stretch with Xinyi or the Palace
The lakes and Dazhi share the Wenhu line and are still two days. Do not put Dahu after the tech park, or Miramar after the suspension bridge. The Palace is a Shilin afternoon plus Shilin Night Market. Xinyi is two halls plus Elephant Mountain or the observatory. Do not finish Neihu and then rush to the Beitou springs. Finish one stretch and go down, or back to Jiannan Road. Neihu ends at Dahu Park or Jiannan Road. Do not add the Palace or 101 at the end of the brown line. Stop once in the middle. When you have eaten or looked, walk on. Do not turn passing shops into a list, and go back by the station you came in on.