6 Days / 5 Nights - TianMu and PS Bubu
Day one:
Arrive Taipei 5.45 (Jetstar) Arrive Hotel 7.3o pm
Check in freshen up 8.00pm
8.20 and head for CKS Memorial Hall.(CKS MH MRT)Get photos taken, see the changing of the guards then head for Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall(SYS MH MRT) 9.45.
Spend about half an hour or so there and then head for Taipei City hall (MRT) Since most of the stores open between10 am to 11 am. Do the 101 first- take outside pics e.t.c.until it opens.
After you finish there,take a slow walk down the road pass the TWTC Hall 3, to Warner Village ,NYNY, Neo19, and opposite the road to Singkong Mitsukoshi e.t.c. have lunch in that area and at about 4pm head for WuFenPu depending on what you want to do by bus 611 or 284,you can spend a couple of hours here till about 6.30 or 7 pm and then exit WuFenPu on the side of Songshan Railway Station cross the overhead bridge to Raohe St market. Here you can have your dinner of a great variety of Taiwanese food.
There are also Shoe , bags, trinkets,Fung Hsui items,Jean Shops here.When you finish here, take a TRAIN not MRT back to Taipei Main Station,change to MRT Ximen to go back to Hotel
area for their Underground Mall, Later in the evening , take the MRT to Houshanpi and a 8 mins walk to Songshan Station, cross the Overhead bridge to Raohe St market.
Here you can have your dinner of a great variety of Taiwanese food. There are also Shoe ,bags, trinkets,fung Hsui items,Jean Shops here.
When you finish here,take a TRAIN not MRT back to Taipei Main Station,change to MRT Ximen to go back to Hotel
Day Three:
From the bus stop outside Ximen MRT across the road, Take Bus 260 to YMS. For travel inside YMS, you have to take the internal bus 108. After YMS you can take bus 230 or 219 to Beitou. Get something to eat at a coffee shop down the road in Beitou.You can visit the Aboriginal Museum, Hot Spring Museum, enjoy the scenic area of Hsin Beitou and if you want to try the hotspring, there are many places there.
Asia Pacific Resort: Tel: 2898 3088 Fax: 2832 4053
http://www.apresort.com.tw
Spa Spring Resort: Tel: 2897 9060 Fax:2897 9065
http://www.spaspringresort.com.tw
About 4.30pm, back to Beitou MRT and onto Danshui MRT.Outside take bus Red 26 to Fisherman's wharf . Take a short ferry ride to Pali,See the Sunset,Lighting of the Lover's Bridge at about, eat there if you must BUT better,go back to the MRT and walkabout Old Danshui. Ask for directions to the food stalls along the Water front.(There is a good map on the wall outside the MRT Stop)Then back to Ximen MRT . The Tall Partyworld building - KTV on the Zhonghua Rd Sec 1 is good and close to your Hotel.
First stop: Leave about 8.15 am or earlier.
Yeilou :Take a Kuo Kuang (02-2558 3060) Bus from the North Station of KuoKuangBus in Taipei Near Taipei Main Station to Yeliou (NT102 per head).
Important Note: The GouGuang Bus North Station is now known as Taipei Intercity Bus Terminus.
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I do the route as I recommend to all of you and found that doing just Yeliou, Jinguashi, Jioufen and Keelung is nice and not too tiring. The Buses are all new and Clean with good Airconditioning. The Drivers call out all the Major stops.
There are toilets everywhere including one in Yeliou across from the New Temple being built when walking towards the Yeliou Scenic Area (No Soap or TP here). Yeliou Entry cost : NTD50 and NTD25 (Adult/Kids) The Bus to Keelung is in front of the Convenience store across from where you get off at Yeliou.In Keelung you have to cross the bridge to the other side to board bus to Jinguashi if coming from Yeliou:
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Buy Tai yang bing, muah chee, tie dan (metal eggs) here.However , do this last before your return trip otherwise, once down, following the road out is residential area and leads to a large temple. There is a bus stop outside for buses that heads to Rueifang ,Keelung or Taipei.
Miaokow is onyour left at the First Junction. Not difficult to find. From Keelung Station you just cross the Street and walk along the Sea ......
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http://www.wanli.tpc.gov.tw/ Yeilou
http://www.gep.tpc.gov.tw Jinguashi :Gold Ecological Park
http://www.klcg.gov.tw/ Keelung
http://www.miaokow.org Miaokow - Keelung Roadside Cuisine
stuff in the morning Since you are leaving tomorrow, Have a good breakfast and enjoy Ximenting .Later about 4 or 5pm,you can take the MRT To Shipai MRT stop, Exit on the right side,walk to the traffic lights, turn rght to the bus stop.Take R19 all the way to the END (Tian Mu) Walk down the road on the Left side-PS Bubu is on your left - 2mins away. After that Keep walking down the Left for the Export Outlet shops. Look out for the Budget "Bins" Lots of bargains can be found there.
You can take bus 601 directly back to Ximenting to drop of your shopping and then head out to a club.
Clubbing.....
Room 18 http://www.room18.com.tw/ in the Xinyi District
Room 18 (stars hangout) That would be in Neo19, which is next door to Veishow Cinemas, across from Shin Kong Mitsukoshi, in the Xinyi District: http://www.neo19.com.tw/
Ministry of Sound (big club near Miramar) http://www.mos-taipei.com/
Day 6:
Hope this gives you an idea.So far, most people said it saved them a lot of time and money!! So it should be okay. Especially covering all the spots they wanted.
Budget travel to Toroko :):) You got to catch the early train to Hualien:
Tze Chiang 1053 Mount Taipei 07:10 Hualien 10:02 445
Chu Kuang 69 Mount Taipei 07:45 Hualien 10:46 343
highly recommended by forumers. Costs NTD2000 ~2500 for full tour
at your convenience and these guys do not take you to rip off joints.
Let them know that there are 6 of you.
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Chu Kuang 68 Hua-lien 17:40 Taipei 20:39 343
Tze Chiang 1058 Hualien 17:59 Taipei 20:58 445
Chu Kuang 80 Hualien 18:24 Taipei 21:28 343
Tze Chiang 1060 Hualien 19:00 Taipei 21:40 445
Tze Chiang 1080 Hualien 19:28 Taipei 21:45 445
PP 1074 Hua-lien 21:15 Taipei 00:03 445
The above are the trains for your return. Note , make a
booking for a return ticket, you get a 10% discount.
Wake up,eat breakfast, Pack You can do last minute shopping at the Underground Malls at the Taipei Station (Many shoe shops here at NTD200/-), have lunch there (Local food) and then go to the Hotel to take bus to airport at about 3pm.
Hope this gives you an idea.So far, most people said it saved them a lot of time and money!! So it should be okay. Especially covering all the spots they wanted.
