Taipei

Night markets, hot springs, and the world's politest metropolis: with Taroko a train away.

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🇹🇼 Taipei Essentials

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Best Time: Oct-Dec, Mar-Apr

Dry-ish windows in a humid city

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3 Days Ideal

Museum, night markets, hot springs

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Currency: TWD

EasyCard for metro; cash at night markets

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EasyCard + MRT

Clean, cheap, everything connects

🧭 Why Visit

Taipei is Asia's most underrated capital: the imperial treasures of the Palace Museum, night markets perfected over generations, hot springs inside the city limits, and a green mountain — Elephant Mountain — with the skyline view.

🏛️ A Little History

A Qing-era trading town that became Japan's showcase colonial capital and then the seat of the Republic of China, Taipei layered Japanese, Chinese, and homegrown Taiwanese identities into one famously friendly city.

💡 Did You Know?

The National Palace Museum holds nearly 700,000 imperial artifacts brought from Beijing's Forbidden City — so many that exhibits rotate for decades — and Taipei 101 held the world's-tallest title until 2010, with a 660-tonne golden damper you can visit.

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Getting Around

  • EasyCard from any metro station runs trains, buses, YouBikes, and convenience stores
  • Night market strategy: arrive 6pm hungry, share everything, follow the student queues

Local Know-How

  • Din Tai Fung's original Xinyi branch queues long — the Fuxing branch serves the same perfection
  • Elephant Mountain steps at sunset: 20 sweaty minutes for THE Taipei 101 photo

Frequently Asked Questions

Which night market is best?
Raohe for compact quality (the pepper buns at the gate are mandatory), Shilin for scale, Ningxia for pure food focus. One market per night, arrive hungry, share everything.
Is the National Palace Museum worth a half day?
Yes — the world's greatest Chinese imperial collection, from the Jadeite Cabbage to bronzes spanning 3,000 years. Weekday mornings are calmest; rotations mean there's always more.
Can I do hot springs in the city?
Beitou district is 30 minutes by metro: public baths from NT$40, private resort tubs, and a steaming thermal valley. Xinbeitou station to soaking takes ten minutes on foot.
How many days for Taipei?
Three covers the museum, night markets, Beitou springs, and Elephant Mountain — add a fourth for Jiufen's lantern-lit teahouse lanes and the northeast coast.

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