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The coastal towns of Chiayi County are on upraised oases along an ever-shifting world of land and sea, sculpted by silting on a large scale at the edge of the wide, alluvial, and fecund Jianan Plain. The use of great swaths of just-above-sea-level land for aquaculture-farm grids adds to the dramatic effect of being in a world of water.

The Shilin and Yuanshan areas are situated on opposite sides of the Keelung River, where low mountain spurs spill out onto the Taipei Basin floor. In this article, you will be introduced to a set of key representative tourist draws, including the gardens of the former official Chiang Kai-shek residence.

Come with us now to the proud and vibrant community where it all started in Taipei – heritage-rich, timeless Wanhua, founded as a riverport in the 1700s and the first settlement in today’s big city. Located where the Xindian River flows into the Tamsui, the Taipei Metro whisks you to its Longshan Temple Station, from whence you can start this walk.

Energetic Taichung is the core city of central Taiwan. In the late 1800s, it was for a moment considered for Taiwan’s capital, thanks to its strategic location and pleasant weather. Let’s explore its heart, filled with heritage charms, big modern cultural facilities, and open green spaces aplenty.

In this article, we introduce three of Keelung’s most iconic snack foods, known as “small eats” in Chinese: Jigula, pork liver sausage, and nutritious sandwich.

The Beitou hot-spring resort area, developed by the Japanese starting back in the 1890s when they ruled Taiwan, sits at the Yangmingshan massif’s base in the city’s northwest. Start your day tour at MRT Xinbeitou Station, hopping on a S39 bus, which whisks you to all the attractions rolled out below. The buses run Fri-Sun, coming every 30min or so.

The Yuanshan and Dalongdong area is spread out parallel to the south of the Keelung River in the city core’s northwest, centered on the Taipei Metro’s Yuanshan Station. Here you’ll find a delightful mosaic of heritage religious centers of worship, a time-honored night market, traditional Taiwanese and international-cuisine eateries, and a sprawling leisure-plus-entertainment park with outdoor food court and shops, a weekend farmers’ market, and a leading fine-arts museum.

Taipei’s Chengnan area is spread out south and southeast of the old walled city’s south side. The Japanese (1895-1945) mapped this district out as a zone of ambitious park landscaping and genteel upscale residential quarters for elite government employees and scholars, creating a gentrified character that is still preeminent today.

A major attraction for quick-getaway trippers from the Taipei metropolis is found along the mountain bases in Yilan County – natural hot (and cold) springs around which high-quality tourist facilities have been built.

Shilin District, in Taipei’s north, runs from the high mountain slopes of the Yangmingshan massif down to and across a densely developed flatland area where the Shuang River (Shuangxi) runs into the Keelung River and then the Keelung enters the Tamsui River. Here we’re visiting key tourist attractions within easy walking distance of Taipei Metro’s Red Line.

The busy crossroads under which the MRT Zhongxiao Xinsheng Station sits is the precise point where Taipei’s modern East District began to take shape in the 1960s. Here’s an on-foot dive into the area’s marvelous blend of cutting-edge new and imperial-age old.

Here we take you on three first-rate biking jaunts through New Taipei City’s countryside – along its breeze-cooled coast, along its most important river, and even through a mountain. All aboard, off we go!

Taiwan’s epicenter for consumer glamour is eastern Taipei’s Xinyi District. Teeming day and night with folks on shopping/entertainment outings – a “must” destination in all international travel guides – it bristles with sleek big and bold architectural statements and sophisticated malls/department stores, restaurants, cafés, nightspots, and theaters.

Taiwan is home to a small, highly successful, and steadily expanding grape wine industry. Here, we visit leading Taichung wineries using multifarious local crops, which have been steadily racking up prestigious international awards since the early 2010s.

Taipei loves baseball. The city’s fans are passionate, cheering for both Team Taiwan and their professional league teams. With top-notch facilities like Tianmu Baseball Stadium and the Taipei Dome, plus numerous practice spots, Taipei is a baseball hub.

Miaoli is a solid swathe of many hills. Through these hills wend long valleys thin and wide, carved by watercourses finding their way to the sea. Long, and winding roads pierce these valleys, and along these roads, are old towns and villages and numerous, lesser-known, tourist attractions.