Next stop
Next stop Taipei
Ximen, the memorial, Wanhua, Dadaocheng, Zhongshan, Xinyi, Shilin, Beitou and Maokong. Crossing an axis means another day.
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Green / Blue · Ximen
Ximending on foot
One Ximending day. Not the Palace Museum, Taipei 101 or Beitou.
- 1. Ximending
→ The Red House · Walk, same axis
- 2. The Red House
→ Ximen pedestrian streets · Walk, same axis
- 3. Ximen pedestrian streets
→ Wuchang Street · Walk, same axis
- 4. Wuchang Street
→ Emei Street · Walk, same axis
- 5. Emei Street
→ Zhongshan Hall · Walk, same axis
- 6. Ay-Chung flour-rice noodle
→ The Red House · Walk, same axis
- 7. Du Xiao Yue
→ Ximen pedestrian streets · Walk, same axis
- 8. Zhongshan Hall
→ Ximen cinema park · Walk, same axis
- 9. Ximen cinema park
→ Ximen underground mall · Walk, same axis
- 10. Ximen underground mall
→ Ximending · Walk, same axis
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Blue / Red · Main Station, CKS Memorial
Station and the memorial
Station, Presidential Office and the memorial are one west-side day. Do not add Elephant Mountain at dusk.
- 1. Taipei Main Station
→ Taipei North Gate · Walk, same axis
- 2. Taipei North Gate
→ Railway Department Park · Walk, same axis
- 3. Railway Department Park
→ Presidential Office Building · Walk, same axis
- 4. Presidential Office Building
→ Ketagalan Boulevard · Walk, same axis
- 5. Ketagalan Boulevard
→ 228 Peace Memorial Park · Walk, same axis
- 6. 228 Peace Memorial Park
→ National Taiwan Museum · Walk, same axis
- 7. National Taiwan Museum
→ Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall · Walk, same axis
- 8. Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
→ Liberty Square · Walk, same axis
- 9. Liberty Square
→ Nanmen Market · Walk, same axis
- 10. Nanmen Market
→ Taipei Botanical Garden · Walk, same axis
- 11. Nanmen He Xing
→ Taipei Botanical Garden · Walk, same axis
- 12. Taipei Botanical Garden
→ National Museum of History · Walk, same axis
- 13. National Museum of History
→ Taipei Main Station · Metro, same axis
Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Blue · Longshan Temple
Bangka temples
Longshan and Bopiliao are the Wanhua day. Dinner is Guangzhou Street or Nanjichang — one, not both. Do not stack Ximen shopping on top.
- 1. Lungshan Temple
→ Bopiliao Historic Block · Walk, same axis
- 2. Bopiliao Historic Block
→ Guangzhou Street Night Market · Walk, same axis
- 3. Guangzhou Street Night Market
→ Huaxi Street · Walk, same axis
- 4. Nanjichang Night Market
→ Lungshan Temple · Walk, same axis
- 5. Huaxi Street
→ Bangka Qingshui Temple · Walk, same axis
- 6. Bangka Qingshui Temple
→ Qingshan Temple · Walk, same axis
- 7. Qingshan Temple
→ Taipei Tianhou Temple · Walk, same axis
- 8. Taipei Tianhou Temple
→ Taipei Nishi Honganji · Walk, same axis
- 9. Taipei Nishi Honganji
→ Lungshan Temple · Walk, same axis
Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
No direct Red Line · walk or bus from Beimen
Dadaocheng
Dihua, Xiahai and Ningxia are the Dadaocheng day. Walk the whole street in the new-year weeks; on a normal day half is enough.
- 1. Dihua Street
→ Xiahai City God Temple · Walk, same axis
- 2. Xiahai City God Temple
→ Yongle Market · Walk, same axis
- 3. Yongle Market
→ Dadaocheng Wharf · Walk, same axis
- 4. Dadaocheng Wharf
→ Dadaocheng Theater · Walk, same axis
- 5. Dadaocheng Theater
→ Chiencheng Circle · Walk, same axis
- 6. Chiencheng Circle
→ Ningxia Night Market · Walk, same axis
- 7. Ningxia Night Market
→ Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei · Walk, same axis
- 8. Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei
→ Dihua Street · Walk, same axis
Zairon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Red · Yuanshan
Yuanshan and Dalongdong
Baoan, the Confucius Temple, the Expo Park and TFAM are the Yuanshan day. Do not add Beitou hot springs.
- 1. Dalongdong Baoan Temple
→ Taipei Confucius Temple · Walk, same axis
- 2. Taipei Confucius Temple
→ Taipei Expo Park · Walk, same axis
- 3. Taipei Expo Park
→ Taipei Fine Arts Museum · Walk, same axis
- 4. Taipei Fine Arts Museum
→ Taipei Story House · Walk, same axis
- 5. Taipei Story House
→ Lin An Tai Historical House · Walk, same axis
- 6. Lin An Tai Historical House
→ Maji Square · Walk, same axis
- 7. Maji Square
→ Dajia Riverside Park · Metro, same axis
- 8. Dajia Riverside Park
→ Dalongdong Baoan Temple · Metro, same axis
玄史生 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Red · Zhongshan, Shuanglian
Zhongshan and Shuanglian
Zhongshan, Chifeng, Shuangcheng and Xingtian Temple are the Zhongshan day. Tiaotong is the night — do not also eat a full Ningxia dinner.
- 1. Zhongshan Station
→ Eslite Spectrum Nanxi · Walk, same axis
- 2. Eslite Spectrum Nanxi
→ Spot Taipei Film House · Walk, same axis
- 3. Spot Taipei Film House
→ Chifeng Street · Walk, same axis
- 4. Chifeng Street
→ Tiaotong · Walk, same axis
- 5. Tiaotong
→ Tsai Jui-yueh Dance Institute · Walk, same axis
- 6. Tsai Jui-yueh Dance Institute
→ Shuanglian Market · Walk, same axis
- 7. Shuanglian Market
→ Shuangcheng Street Night Market · Walk, same axis
- 8. Shuangcheng Street Night Market
→ Xingtian Temple · Walk, same axis
- 9. Xingtian Temple
→ Liaoning Street Night Market · Metro, same axis
- 10. Liaoning Street Night Market
→ Zhongshan Station · Metro, same axis
- 11. Lin Dong Fang beef noodle
→ Xingtian Temple · Metro, same axis
- 12. Shuang Yue
→ Xingtian Temple · Walk, same axis
MAm ROFOW 022 · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Red · Dongmen, Daan Park
Yongkang and Da'an
Yongkang, Dongmen, Da'an Park and Shida are the Da'an day. Keep Tonghua Night Market as dinner on the Xinyi day.
- 1. Yongkang Street
→ Dongmen Market · Walk, same axis
- 2. Yongkang beef noodle
→ Da'an Forest Park · Walk, same axis
- 3. Xiaowang melon and pork
→ Qingtian 76 · Walk, same axis
- 4. Jin Feng braised pork
→ Kishu An Forest of Literature · Walk, same axis
- 5. Dongmen Market
→ Da'an Forest Park · Walk, same axis
- 6. Da'an Forest Park
→ Shida Night Market · Walk, same axis
- 7. Shida Night Market
→ Qingtian 76 · Walk, same axis
- 8. Qingtian 76
→ Kishu An Forest of Literature · Walk, same axis
- 9. Kishu An Forest of Literature
→ Rongjin Gorgeous Time · Walk, same axis
- 10. Rongjin Gorgeous Time
→ Yongkang Street · Walk, same axis
peellden · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Green · Gongguan
Gongguan and NTU
NTU, Gongguan and Treasure Hill are the south-campus day. Do not also squeeze in the Maokong Gondola.
- 1. National Taiwan University
→ Gongguan Night Market · Walk, same axis
- 2. Gongguan Night Market
→ Treasure Hill · Walk, same axis
- 3. Treasure Hill
→ Museum of Drinking Water · Walk, same axis
- 4. Museum of Drinking Water
→ National Taiwan University · Walk, same axis
AngMoKio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Red · Taipei 101/World Trade Center, Xiangshan
Xinyi and Elephant Mountain
At dusk keep either Elephant Mountain or the Taipei 101 observatory. Tonghua is this day's dinner.
- 1. Taipei 101
→ Xinyi shopping district · Walk, same axis
- 2. Xinyi shopping district
→ ATT 4 FUN · Walk, same axis
- 3. ATT 4 FUN
→ Eslite Xinyi · Walk, same axis
- 4. Eslite Xinyi
→ Breeze Xinyi · Walk, same axis
- 5. Breeze Xinyi
→ Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Xinyi · Walk, same axis
- 6. Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Xinyi
→ Taipei City Hall · Walk, same axis
- 7. Taipei City Hall
→ Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall · Walk, same axis
- 8. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
→ Four Four South Village · Walk, same axis
- 9. Four Four South Village
→ Elephant Mountain · Walk, same axis
- 10. Elephant Mountain
→ Xiangshan trail · Walk, same axis
- 11. Xiangshan trail
→ Tonghua Street Night Market · Metro, same axis
- 12. Tonghua Street Night Market
→ Taipei 101 · Walk, same axis
- 13. Din Tai Fung Xinyi
→ Taipei 101 · Walk, same axis
Chongkian · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Blue · City Hall then Songshan, Songshan
Songshan and Raohe
The cultural park, Taipei Arena and Raohe are the Songshan evening. Do not also finish the Xinyi department stores the same day.
- 1. Songshan Cultural and Creative Park
→ Taipei Arena · Metro, same axis
- 2. Taipei Arena
→ Taipei Songshan Airport · Metro, same axis
- 3. Taipei Songshan Airport
→ Minsheng Community · Metro, same axis
- 4. Minsheng Community
→ Raohe Street Night Market · Metro, same axis
- 5. Raohe Street Night Market
→ Ciyou Temple · Walk, same axis
- 6. Ciyou Temple
→ Wufenpu · Walk, same axis
- 7. Wufenpu
→ Songshan Rainbow Bridge · Walk, same axis
- 8. Songshan Rainbow Bridge
→ Songshan Cultural and Creative Park · Metro, same axis
CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Red · Shilin, then a bus to the museum
Palace Museum and Shilin
Palace Museum in the afternoon, Shilin Night Market in the evening. The Grand Hotel and the Martyrs' Shrine can sit in the same north — not also Beitou.
- 1. National Palace Museum
→ Zhishan Garden · Walk, same axis
- 2. Zhishan Garden
→ Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines · Walk, same axis
- 3. Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines
→ Shilin Official Residence · Metro, same axis
- 4. Shilin Official Residence
→ Shilin Night Market · Walk, same axis
- 5. Shilin Night Market
→ Jiantan · Walk, same axis
- 6. Jiantan
→ The Grand Hotel · Walk, same axis
- 7. The Grand Hotel
→ National Revolutionary Martyrs' Shrine · Walk, same axis
- 8. National Revolutionary Martyrs' Shrine
→ Tianmu · Metro, same axis
- 9. Tianmu
→ Tianmu Baseball Stadium · Walk, same axis
- 10. Tianmu Baseball Stadium
→ National Palace Museum · Metro, same axis
Ellery · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Red · Xinbeitou
Xinbeitou hot springs
The hot-spring museum, Thermal Valley, the library and the public bath are the Beitou day. Yangmingshan and Guandu are other days.
- 1. Beitou Hot Spring Museum
→ Beitou Thermal Valley · Walk, same axis
- 2. Beitou Thermal Valley
→ Beitou Library · Walk, same axis
- 3. Beitou Library
→ Beitou public hot spring · Walk, same axis
- 4. Beitou public hot spring
→ Ketagalan Culture Center · Walk, same axis
- 5. Ketagalan Culture Center
→ Beitou Park · Walk, same axis
- 6. Beitou Park
→ Xinbeitou Market · Walk, same axis
- 7. Xinbeitou Market
→ Beitou Hot Spring Museum · Walk, same axis
Zairon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Red · Guandu
Guandu
Guandu Temple, the nature park and the wharf are a half day. Do not bolt them onto Xinbeitou.
- 1. Guandu Temple
→ Guandu Nature Park · Walk, same axis
- 2. Guandu Nature Park
→ Guandu Wharf · Walk, same axis
- 3. Guandu Wharf
→ Guandu Temple · Walk, same axis
Peter Bronski ( Meiguoren at en.wikipedia ) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Bus from Xinbeitou or Jiantan
Yangmingshan
Yangmingshan is its own day or a long afternoon. The Qingtiangang trail has closed after water-buffalo incidents — check the park notice before you go.
- 1. Yangmingshan National Park
→ Zhuzihu · Yangmingshan bus
- 2. Zhuzihu
→ Xiaoyoukeng · Yangmingshan bus
- 3. Xiaoyoukeng
→ Qingtiangang · Yangmingshan bus
- 4. Qingtiangang
→ Yangmingshan National Park · Yangmingshan bus
玄史生 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Brown · Taipei Zoo, gondola is a separate fare
Zoo and Maokong
Zoo plus Maokong tea is one day. If the gondola is stopped, do not try to walk the mountain instead. Jingmei Night Market is another evening.
- 1. Taipei Zoo
→ Maokong Gondola · Walk, same axis
- 2. Maokong Gondola
→ Maokong · Maokong Gondola
- 3. Maokong
→ Zhinan Temple · Maokong Gondola
- 4. Zhinan Temple
→ Maokong tea slopes · Walk, same axis
- 5. Maokong tea slopes
→ Taipei Tea Promotion Center · Walk, same axis
- 6. Taipei Tea Promotion Center
→ Taipei Zoo · Maokong Gondola
Alfred Twu · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Green · Jingmei
Jingmei
Jingmei Night Market and Xianjiyan are another south-side evening or morning. Do not attach them to the Maokong descent.
- 1. Jingmei Night Market
→ Jingmei Jiying Temple · Walk, same axis
- 2. Jingmei Jiying Temple
→ Xianjiyan · Metro, same axis
- 3. Xianjiyan
→ Jingmei Night Market · Metro, same axis
玄史生 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Brown · Dahu Park
Neihu lakes
Dahu, Bihu and Bishanyan are a Neihu half day. Do not bolt them onto the Xinyi department stores.
- 1. Dahu Park
→ Bihu Park · Metro, same axis
- 2. Bihu Park
→ Bishanyan · Metro, same axis
- 3. Bishanyan
→ Donghu Market · Metro, same axis
- 4. Donghu Market
→ Dahu Park · Metro, same axis
- 5. Neihu Jinlong Temple
→ Dahu Park · Walk, same axis
- 6. Dagouxi Water Park
→ Dahu Park · Walk, same axis
- 7. Baishihu Suspension Bridge
→ Dahu Park · Walk, same axis
Cynehelm · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Brown · Jiannan Road
Dazhi
Miramar and NOKE are the Dazhi mall supply. Do not also walk a giant Xinyi mall the same day.
- 1. Miramar Entertainment Park
→ NOKE · Walk, same axis
- 2. NOKE
→ Meiti Riverside · Walk, same axis
- 3. Meiti Riverside
→ Miramar Entertainment Park · Walk, same axis
- 4. Miramar quarter
→ Meiti Riverside · Walk, same axis
- 5. Neihu Technology Park
→ Xihu Market · Walk, same axis
- 6. Xihu Market
→ Miramar Entertainment Park · Metro, same axis
Solomon203 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Blue · Nangang, Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center
Nangang
The bottle-cap factory and the Nangang exhibition hall are an east-end half day. Do not bolt them onto Raohe.
- 1. Nangang Bottle Cap Factory
→ Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center · Metro, same axis
- 2. Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center
→ Academia Sinica · Metro, same axis
- 3. Academia Sinica
→ Nangang Bottle Cap Factory · Metro, same axis
Billy1125 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Blue · Shandao Temple
Huashan and Guanghua
Huashan, Huashan Market, Syntrend and Guanghua are the rain or design day. Do not also do an Ximending shop loop.
- 1. Huashan 1914
→ Huashan Market · Walk, same axis
- 2. Huashan Market
→ Syntrend · Walk, same axis
- 3. Fu Hang Soy Milk
→ Huashan 1914 · Walk, same axis
- 4. Syntrend
→ Guanghua Digital Plaza · Walk, same axis
- 5. Guanghua Digital Plaza
→ Huashan 1914 · Walk, same axis