Must-see hotels in Taiwan

  • Fun House Business Hotel

    Northern Taiwan

    A bit out of the action, this budget option has small, reasonably clean rooms and tired facilities. It's a 15-minute saunter via Minzu Rd (民族路) and…

  • Pitta Cafe

    Western Taiwan

    This cafe offers very basic dorm lodging on tatami mats. Reserve in advance. Meals and drinks are also available. The cafe is 2.5km up Township Rd 67 (the…

  • Taipei International Hotel

    Taipei

    Eurasian in feel and well located for eating and drinking at the corner of Linsen N Rd, the International has English-speaking staff, a slick ground-floor…

  • Hainan Island Resort B&B

    Kenting National Park

    This three-storey B&B offers balconied rooms with medium levels of comfort and design, and top-notch sea views. It’s to your left just 50m past the 7…

  • Fuqi Tainan Hostel

    Tainan

    Fuqi has two doubles and dorms for six to 12 people. Some of the rooms are noisy but the staff are helpful and the central location means most attractions…

  • Heliu Campground

    Taroko National Park

    Campsite offering 12 board-floored, bivouac spaces for tents. Toilets and cold showers available.

  • Zhen Wang Zi Hotel

    Chenggong

    It's dated and simple, with rucked carpets, chipped tiles and ageing furniture, but the place is friendly and has about the cheapest ensuite beds you'll…

  • Lake House

    Nantou County

    Very little English is spoken here but it’s a friendly place to stay, centrally located with proper beds and showers dispersed in two blocks. It also has…

  • Catholic Hostel

    Taroko National Park

    Rooms are old and basic and management seem pretty disinterested, but it's right in the heart of the national park with a fine perch overlooking a sweep…

  • Pingshan Hotel

    Pingtung County

    There are few frills but rooms are clean and quiet. It’s on the northern part of the main drag, Jungshan Rd, in Shuimen, but just south of the channel.

  • Country Hotel

    Chiayi

    This is very much a business hotel, with purely functional decor and few frills. It offers a car park next door and free snacks in the evening.

  • 99 Cabin

    Northern Taiwan

    A large, 300-strong cabin complex on the Dabajianshan trail. You'll need a park permit before you can apply to spend the night here.

  • Sumida Cabin

    Northern Taiwan

    An A-frame cabin with pit toilets and rain-water collection. Bring your own water to be sure, especially during the dry season.

  • Taoshan Cabin

    Northern Taiwan

    At 3500m above sea level, this is the closest lodging to the peak of Taoshan (Tao Mountain). Remember to bring your own water.

  • Lanyu Summer Homestay

    Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park

    Simple and plain with rather low ceilings but cheap, well located and with sea views even from the bunk bed dormitory.

  • Shei-North Cabin

    Northern Taiwan

    A cabin accommodating 25 that comes with pit toilets in the back and containers for collecting rain water.

  • Guest House Puli

    Nantou County

    Simple rooms with mattresses on the floor and smallish dorms, about 800m from Puli bus station.

  • Xinda Cabin

    Northern Taiwan

    Xinda Cabin is 3200m above sea level. Come armed with all the supplies you might need.

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