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Day one:
Arrive Taipei 5.45 (Jetstar)
Arrive Hotel 7.3o pm
Checkin freshen up 8.00pm
Take MRT from Ximen to Jiantan and then Exit on the rightand take the Free Miramar Shuttle to Miramar Complex For the Ferris Wheel. Then take the same shuttle bus back to Jiantan and do a bit of Shihlin Night Market. ,eat shop till about 11.30 then take MRT back to hotel.
Day Two: Wake up,have breakfast get ready by
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
IF ALL ARE GUYS:At about 4pm head for Zhongshiao Fuxing
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.
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.
We spent a lot of time in each place, and we saw Tour buses come and go quickly.Jinguashi also needs a lot of walking especially if you hit the trails.Lovely scenes and very rustic, Entry NTD100/- NTD50/--Kids Forumers tip on getting off at 7/11 and walking down the steps is great too in Jioufen(No energy to walk up-did I mention something about getting old!!)
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.
Currently Many people are also opting for this route:
Finally decided to hire the cabby (recommended by loveecandy) for my Yeliu trip. He brought us to Yeliu, Jiufen, Shifen (impressive waterfall), Nanya, Yin Yang hai, Bitou Cape (scenic view of the Pacific ocean but be prepared to walk a lot!) and Shen1 Ken1 for dinner (where smelly toufu origins from).
His charges is reasonable at NT2500 and he does speak english. Highly recommended if you have a few places to cover and want to know more about Taiwan...If you are interested to hire a cab, you can contact Mr Meeky Yang at tel no. 09-2191-5586 to arrange.
Forumer samstef wrote:
Gui Yue Chun (Laurel Villa) is located very near the lake too. One thing you would realise upon entering is tat the entire place is very clean. The rooms are so clean you feel you're at home! It's really comfy and cosy there! The hosts are perfect too! Price is reasonable too. Here's the website to both the accomodation. Highly recommended for those who are looking forward to a personal yet non-expensive retreat! According to Laurel Villa's website, room
rates start at NT1500 weekdays,NT2500 weekends.(Ask if they are having any promotions)
Day 6: In the morning you can return to Taichung via Puli and see some sites if you want or catch the train back to Taipei. Check into Hotel then head for Zhongxiao.Xinsheng MRT, Exit 4, turn right,walk to 2nd traffic lights, turn left- 2mins to Guanghua Electronic center. After this,you can visit the East Metro Mall at Zhongxiao/Dunhua MRT stop.
Day 7:
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 alot of time and money!! So it should be okay. Especially covering all the spots they wanted.
Alternative for Day 5~6:
Budget travel to Toroko :):) You got to catch the early train to Hualien:
Tze Chiang 1051 Mount Taipei 06:45 Hualien 09:37 445
Tze Chiang 1053 Mount Taipei 07:10 Hualien 10:02 445
Chu Kuang 69 Mount Taipei 07:45 Hualien 10:46 343
travelling from Taipei or call their Taipei Office once you are here. Bookyour own train tickets the night before.Keep return open for same day travel.
Many trains back to Taipei in case of any delays.
But it will be better if you book a Tourist Cabbie,Cabbies below
highly recommended by forumers. Costs NTD2000 ~2500 for full tour
at your convenience and these guys do not take you to rip off joints.
(Works out cheaper as well as there are 4 of you. )
Mr. Lu Lai-fu - (0)928-569-081
Mr. Zhuang (0)932-142-590
Mr. Chen Guang-fa - (0)937-167-779, (0)(3)861-1353, (0)(3)856-6895
Tze Chiang 2042 Hua-lien 17:24 Taipei 20:35 445
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 1068 Hua-lien 20:55 Taipei 23:35 445
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.
You can spend the night in Hualien at Stone Minsu:
http://www.netete.com/stone/Mdm. Liu +886 3 8325202, hp : +886 0399 485552 Her
friend Vivian can arrange tour to Watch Whales or Dolphins
OR You can spend the day going White Water Rafting. In the
evening you can return to Taipei.
If you do not stay the night at Hualien, Then Next morning
you can head for Wulai - MRT to Xindian and then catch the Wulai
bus from outside the MRT Station. See the Waterfall, catch the
Aboriginal show, walk the Old Street at Wulai. On your way back
from Xindian , you can visit the Gongguan Market, Exit 4 at
Gongguan MRT Stop.
