Taipei
Whimsical, wondrous and fantastically detailed are the creative works at this private museum located in the basement of a nondescript tower block. On…
Must-see attractions in Taipei
Taipei
This lively and well-loved temple on Dihua St was built in 1856 to house the City God statue that the losers in the Wanhua feud took as they fled upstream…
Xinyi
When the Nationalist army decamped to Taiwan in 1949, one million soldiers (and in time their families) had to be rehoused. Thus arose military-dependents…
Taipei
The serene and stately Zhinan Temple sits high above Wenshan District in a near feng shui–perfect perch: two rivers converge in the valley below, while…
Ximending & Wanhua
Ximending's most iconic building was built in 1908 to serve as Taipei's first public market. These days it's a multifunctional cultural centre, with…
Ximending & Wanhua
One of the best-preserved historic sections of Wanhua, Bopiliao covers both Qing and early Japanese-era architecture. Some of the buildings house art…
Yangmingshan National Park
Built in 1920 and visited by Japanese Crown Prince Hirohito, this handsome building became Chiang Kai-shek's first residence in 1949. The chateau is now a…
Taipei
Located inside 2-28 park, 2-28 Memorial Museum explains the background to the killings that were sparked by the 28 February 1947 incident and the…
Taipei
Established in 1908, Taiwan's first public museum has been in its present location in 2-28 Park since 1915. Reopened in 2017 after an upgrade, it has been…
Taipei
This newish temple, established in just 1967, lacks that historical atmosphere but is an extremely busy and popular city temple. It's worth the trip to…
Taipei
Comparisons with the Arc de Triomphe may be a bit exaggerated, but the russet-red, newly restored Qing-era North Gate is rather photogenic, especially…
Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab
Taipei
This sprawling complex, formerly the Air Force Command Headquarters, was turned over to the Ministry of Culture in 2018 to develop as a space for young…
Taipei City Hakka Cultural Park
Taipei
This 4-hectare park is dedicated to the Hakka people. The grounds are modelled in part on a Hakka village – there's even a rice-paddy field. At the main…
Taipei
Fort San Domingo is Tamsui's most famous sight. The original fort, built in 1628 during the Spanish occupation of Taiwan (1626–41), was dismantled by the…
Ximending & Wanhua
This horseshoe-shaped market is now a spruced-up studio and exhibition space in minimalist white-and-concrete. There are remnants of the 80-year-old…
Taipei
This sleepy wooden lodge was built by a Japanese family in 1917 and was lovingly reconstructed after two fires in the 1990s almost destroyed it. Visitors…
Shilin
This children's museum houses four floors of constellations, ancient astronomy, space science and observatories. Although fun, there is a dearth of…
Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines
Shilin
There are currently 16 recognised indigenous tribes in Taiwan, and the exhibits at this private museum cover the belief systems, festivals, geographic…
Taipei
This Fujian-style 30-room house, Taipei's oldest residential building, was first erected between 1783 and 1787, near what is now Dunhua S Rd. As was…
Taipei
Ten years in the planning, this 57-hectare nature reserve opened in 2001 under the control of the Wild Bird Society of Taipei. There's a visitor centre…
National Revolutionary Martyrs' Shrine
Shilin
This large shrine marks the memory of almost 400,000 soldiers who died for Taiwan (mostly within China). The bulky complex, built in 1969, is typical of…
Songshan
This huge former repair factory for the country's trains is being transformed into a heritage museum. While all visitors can enter and peek from the main…
Shihsanhang Museum of Archaeology
Taipei
This vaguely boat-shaped edifice made from concrete, sandstone and titanium alloy showcases the prehistory of the Shihsanhang culture, which thrived some…
Taipei
This four-storey museum (shaped like an ocean liner) is anchored by dozens of large model ships from around the world. Every seaworthy vessel imaginable…
Taipei
This museum opened in 2008 in a Japanese-style building constructed in 1921 as a high-class hotel. The 1st floor has a teahouse serving afternoon tea,…
National Taiwan Science Education Center
Shilin
Interactive exhibits at this children's museum cover the gamut of scientific knowledge, from anatomy (a walk-through digestive tract) to zoology (a cat…
Taipei
Built in 1919 as the seat of the Japanese governor general of Taiwan, this striking building has housed the offices of the Taiwan president since 1949…
Taipei
This light and airy wooden station building dates back to 1916 and was in service until 1988, when it was disassembled and packed off to Changhua to go on…
Former Residence of Tamsui Township Head Tada Eikichi
Taipei
This attractive 1930s wooden residence was the home of Japanese entrepreneur and public servant, Tada Eikichi. Slip off your shoes and stroll about the…
Taipei
This oft-overlooked museum has had a massive makeover and is now bags of fun if you're a young kid, into stamps or even mildly interested in them. It…
Xinyi
A magical art installation based on Taiwan's celebrated author of illustrated books, Jimmy Liao's When the Moon Forgot. You can clamber inside and pose…
Shilin
For 26 years, this two-storey mansion and its elaborate Chinese- and western-style gardens were part of the official residence of Chiang Kai-shek and his…
Former British Consular Residence
Taipei
Inside the Fort San Domingo site is the 1891 Former British Consular Residence, an elegant red-brick Victorian-style house, complete with furnishings re…
Taipei
This fairly modest two-storey residence combines Japanese and western architectural styles and dates back to the late 1930s. In the 1950s it was the home…
Taipei
The buildings here date back to the 1860s and 1870s and include former wharf offices, a warehouse and military barracks. The slabs of the wharf itself…
Tamsui Customs Officer's Residence
Taipei
This residence was constructed in 1869 after Taiwan was forced open to foreign trade by China's defeat in the Second Opium War (1856–60). This colonial…
Songshan
This small and fun museum (set aside about 40 minutes) showcases a medley of magical string, hand and shadow puppets, many with embroidered robes and…
Taipei
This lovely corner building from the 1960s has been converted into a historical-cultural museum with great English explanations, by the same people behind…
Taipei
This faded red-brick warehouse has been carefully restored (70% of the bricks were cleaned and reused) and sits on a highway-flanked scrap of land…
Ximending & Wanhua
This featureless concrete square, with two brick buildings (remnants of former factory buildings) at the northern end – one is a cafe, the other a toilet…
