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Taipei: Things To See & Do
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Shinlin Market
The largest
market in Taipei, the Shinlin market is also one of
the oldest markets featuring
a wide variety
of bargain goods ranging from clothing, footwear, accessories
and food items
such as
tofu, Chinese sausage, and Portuguese egg tarts are
available in this market.
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Details
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Opening Hrs:
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Open daily from afternoon to early morning.
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Pricing:
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Admission is free.
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Contact:
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Tourism
Bureau, Tel: +886 2 2349 1635
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Getting Here:
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Address: Chung Shan North Road, Section 4, Shihlin,
Taipei, 111 Taiwan Region. Take the Metro to
the Shinlin Station. The market is approximately
10 minutes away by foot.
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Yangmingshan
National Park
Yangmingshan
National Park is renowned for its large, colorful garden
full of mountain flowers
as well
as its volcanic features and topography.
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Details
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Opening Hrs:
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The park is open daily 24 hours. The Visitor
Centre is open daily from 9 am to 4.30 pm except
Monday.
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Pricing:
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Admission is free.
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Contact:
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The Park Visitor Centre, Tel: + 886 2 2861-3601
ext. 233
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Getting Here:
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Address: 1-20 Chutzu Lake, Yangmingshan, Taipei.
Bus: Nos. 230, 255, and
260 and mini buses 6, 9, 15, and 508. Also,
highway buses serving the Taipei-Chinshan route
will also pass through the park.
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Lungshan Temple
The Lungshan
Temple (which takes on the meaning of Dragon Mountain)
is one of the most
popular
temples in Taiwan and also the major venue of many festivals
and celebrations. It is
coined as
the "meeting place of the gods" for the wealth of deities
worshipped here.
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Details
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Opening Hrs:
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Open daily from 5am to 10pm.
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Pricing:
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Admission is free.
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Contact:
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Tel:
886-2/2302-5162
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Getting Here:
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Address: 221 Kuangchou St., Taipei, Taiwan.
MRT: Lungshan Temple Station. Bus: 38,
25, 49, 310, 265, and 234 to the temple.
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National Palace
Museum
The National
Palace museum houses some of the country's most extraordinary
collections
of historic
art treasures, Chinese artifacts which has miraculously,
withstand the test of time
and escaped
destruction for over hundreds of years dating as far
back as the tenth century.
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Details
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Opening Hrs:
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Open daily from 9am to 5pm.
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Pricing:
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General audience - NTD 100; Groups (20 or more)
- NTD 80
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Contact:
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Tel:+886-2-2881-2021; Fax:+886-2-2882-1440
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Getting Here:
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Address: 221 Chih-shan Rd. Sec 2, Taipei R.O.C.
111, Taiwan.
MRT: Take the Danshui MRT Line to Shinlin Station
and then the Red 30 bus to the museum.
Bus: Nos. 255, 304, Minibus 18, Minibus 19;
also the Culture Bus 101 which
stops at the base of the museum.
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Taipei 101
TAIPEI 101
(an acronym for Technology, Art, Innovation, People,
Environment, and Identity)
is truly
an architectural wonder. Towering 508 metres, it is
one of the the world's tallest buildings, and as you
might expect, offers a fantastic view of Taiwan from
the observatory on the 89th floor.
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Details
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Opening Hrs:
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Open daily from Sunday - Thursday, 11am - 10pm;
Friday, Saturday and the day
before any public holiday: 10am - 22pm
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Pricing:
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NTD 350
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Contact:
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+1 886 2 8101 8777, Email: tfc@tfc101.com.tw
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More Info:
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The Service Counter provides baby-carts, wheelchairs
for hire.
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Getting Here:
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Address: 3/F 45 Shi Fu Road, Taipei, ADD G3/F
Taiwan Region.
MRT: Take the MRT (blue line) to Taipei City
Hall, then a shuttle bus to Taipei 101.
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