Penghu Islands
Friendly hosts offer simple modern comforts behind a pseudo-antique facade in the heart of Magong's prettiest area. It's the first house on the left in…
Must-see hotels in Taiwan
Penghu Islands
Compared to the many more fanciful guesthouse buildings along the Shanshui strip, Bayhouse has a certain homey modesty. Helpful staff speak English, there…
Kinmen
This historic mansion in Zhushan was built in a fusion east–west style by emigrants who made their fortune in the Philippines. Rooms are neatly renovated,…
Kaohsiung
This hotel has 158 ultramodern and sleek rooms with enormous beds inside a completely renovated building. The dark-hued furniture blends well with the…
Taipei
A friendly and helpful hostel option. Kevin and Jenny speak good English and run a tight ship. Dorms are six-people rooms: all come with their own…
Southern Taiwan
Five spacious and relaxing rooms featuring luxurious stone bathtubs ('spa') and views of rice paddies or flower fields. Rates dip below NT$2000 on…
Songshan
An opulent five-star experience on a sleepy boulevard near Songshan Airport. Rooms are richly furnished in an eastern–modern meld. Facilities include an…
Taipei
This little vintage hotel is beautifully decorated with prints of 1930s Taiwan, old radio sets and telephonic equipment. The male reception staff are…
Northern Taiwan
This guesthouse is actually a number of individual midrange rooms set in various locations on the hillsides around Jiufen. Most have superb sea views…
Southern Taiwan
This B&B with a pottery workshop has four modern rooms inside an elegant replica of a Hakka courtyard complex. Bikes are free for guests. There is no…
Kaohsiung
Quiet, comfortable rooms right next to the southeastern end of Pier-2 Art Center. Rates include a sumptuous breakfast buffet. There are always plenty of…
Northern Taiwan
This branch of the Lakeshore chain is not near the lake, but it is an excellent-value, midrange business hotel, with smart modern rooms and a great…
Chiayi
Centrally located, this is one of the top hotels in town, offering a 30% discount on weekdays. Facilities include a business centre, a small fitness room,…
Northern Taiwan
On the road between Lower and Upper Baling, this well-run guesthouse has sweeping mountain views from its guestrooms, and brews good-quality Italian…
Pingtung County
This place overlooking the sea has large colourful guestrooms, some with a balcony, and a host of open-layout luxury villas that each come with a small…
Penghu Islands
In the centre of Magong's historic district, this guesthouse has two well-appointed doubles and one quad in an elegant, faux-vintage residence decorated…
Northern Taiwan
An upmarket hotel with a superb central location just across from the canal. Business-chic rooms are huge, and the breakfast buffet is bountiful. Great…
Taichung
This stylish business hotel stands out for its Japanese minimalist design, good prices and extras such as complimentary breakfast. It’s located behind the…
Kenting National Park
Nine doubles are pristine and light-flooded, including six with balconies overlooking the beach. Rates include breakfast, and are NT$400 to NT$800 more on…
Yangmingshan National Park
Most guests come here for the hot springs, outdoor pools and the sweeping views of green mountains.
Northern Taiwan
Visitors (including non-Buddhists) are allowed to stay overnight in neat twin rooms attached to Quanhua Temple. The old rules forbidding talking during…
Mountain in the Sky Guesthouse
Pingtung County
This large guesthouse-workshop-restaurant complex is run by the daughter of a Rukai chieftain, known as Princess Ullum (娥冷公主). There are a handful of…
Taitung
Of Taitung's cheaper, downtown minihostels, Who Knows wins on its low-key, jazz/bohemian vibe, its unusually bright and airy layout and the great spoken…
Kinmen
Overflowing with character, this old house, with comfortable rooms themed by season, lies on the rise directly above the main Shanhou Folk Culture Village…
Ximending & Wanhua
AMBA, run by the Ambassador Hotel, is clearly aimed at young, savvy 'lifestyle' travellers. The interior sports an industrial-chic design, curious art and…
Taitung
Sizeable, decently equipped rooms come at very reasonable prices, but each is different so choose carefully. The foyer is a similar stylistic jumble of…
Taroko National Park
This hard-to-find place is very much a homestay in the old sense: three very ordinary rooms in a family home whose charm lies in the garden, tree-lined…
Tainan
This hostel is a magnificent choice comparable to midrange digs. In addition to a variety of cosy dorms (both mixed and female-only) and rooms, it has…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Blue Ocean House has an attractive little multi-unit resort beside its dive shop. The cabins out front look especially appealing and the upper-floor quad…
Penghu Islands
With its blue-domed top-knot and raised, semi-rural location above Nanhu town, Thera Inn is a very distinctive eight-room B&B with owners who can organise…
Central East Coast
The only jailbirds in this friendly three-room hostel are painted on the wall murals. It's a quiet, laid-back place with guests encouraged to fraternise…
Taroko National Park
This older hotel has a foyer of large rock-and-wood art and 19 large bedrooms with sashes on comfortable new beds and partly updated bathrooms. Separately…
Xinyi
Ticks most of the boxes: clean, efficient, kitchen, laundry, lounge and a good location near Taipei 101 and across the road from Tonghua Night Market…
Songshan
The central atrium is Sunworld's wow factor. Concentric corridors of rooms tower up floor by floor, making you feel you are in a giant hive. The glass…
Central East Coast
In a lovely sea-facing spot at the far end of Shihtiping's geopark area is a small but well-laid-out campsite with raised tent platforms beneath sturdy…
Songshan
This very plush guesthouse has big, white, comfy dorm beds, and the shiny shared bathroom facilities are spotless. There's a coffee lounge and laundry,…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
This budget options wins on location, quiet yet close to the port and with a garden that stares across the road to the Shilang Snorkelling Area. The dorms…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
For a middle-of-nowhere, agricultural vibe, head 6km north of Luye where this neat if simply adorned Spanish-style villa is set amid fields around 400m…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Eight ensuite rooms in two different properties are relatively simple with older bathrooms at prices that drop to almost dormitory levels outside peak…
Kinmen
Despite minor signs of wear, La Place's 20 rooms retain a sense of designer-casual style with intentionally off-beam mirrors and semi-spiritual aphorisms…