San Want Hotel Taipei
The slick lobby and restaurants, and attentive English speaking staff lead you to expect more from the r...
Budget lodgings have basic rates of up to about NT$1600 per room and dorm beds in hostels start at about NT$400. Midrange rates are up to about NT$4000 and anything above that is considered top end. Top-end accommodation in Taipei is easy to locate, so we've just culled our favourites from that end of the pool. (On the subject of pools, you'll generally only find swimming pools in a few of the top-end hotels and indoor pools are scarce).
Note that when Taipei hotels list rates for a 'single' room, it often refers to a room with one queen-size bed that most travellers will find big enough for two. Many hotels also throw in breakfast, though you may have to ask when you make reservations. Upmarket hotels tend to charge a 10% service fee and 5% value-added tax (VAT) on top of their rates.
However, most midrange and top-end hotels offer reductions of up to 30% off rack rates (the base rate charged at peak times) on weekdays as well as during nonpeak periods. Further, we've made note where hotels offer deep discounts on their websites. With various discounts factored in, some top-end hotels can be booked for midrange rates, and midrange for close to budget, so plan your trip wisely. Another option for cheaper lodgings are 'love hotels'; just specify that you're renting for the night and not to 'take a rest'.
Also note that some hostels charge between NT$20 and NT$50 for air-con use during summer.
The slick lobby and restaurants, and attentive English speaking staff lead you to expect more from the r...
The elegant Italian design, attentive staff, and amenities such as dedicated fax numbers for each room a...
A true boutique hidden off a quiet alley. Rooms are large, bright, and super contemporary in look...
Museum-lit objets d'art in the corridors, clean, handsomely furnished rooms and kind staff are just a fe...
With its European exterior and comfortable rooms, the Riviera is a favourite with business travellers an...
The First makes the most of its four-decade-old shell and smallish rooms with renovated facilities, free...
Ah, the Cosmos; if it were any closer to Taipei Main Station it would be inside it – it even gets its ow...
If high-priced American-style hotels are what you like, then the high-rise Westin, with its 288 rooms, p...
A design that can't decide if it's English country inn, or garish KTV parlour may not bring you happines...
The spaceship-like exterior of this hotel might have you wondering if the name comes from 'Take me to yo...
Some might say the Baguio Hotel is a bit long in the tooth, but we prefer to use the phrase 'old-school ...
Set back from busy Zhongshan Rd, the Regent is tops in every way, from the gold-leaf accents and exclusi...
The Grand Hyatt is huge (more than 850 rooms) and looms like a massive stone hawk, wings outspread in th...
The bigger rooms (around NT$2500...
This used to be the Ritz, and it's still very ritzy indeed...
This contemporary hotel features a subtly understated French design (dark wood and white linen) that goe...
It's the big Kahuna of Taiwan's hotels and a tourist attraction in itself...
It's one of the few true luxury hotels in Taipei, and a pillar (or do we mean a 43-storey tower?) of goo...
Crisp, contemporary and international in style, the 430-room Ambassador is a beautiful hotel that's popu...
Rooms are plain, furnishing a bit spartan, but the location is good and there's a laundry on site for gu...
This aged dame may be a bit frayed around the edges, but she still attracts guests from all points on th...
Offers both dorms and double rooms, cable TV, laundry and ironing facilities, and wi-fi...
For central location, you can't beat Holo's...
Small, comfortable and clean, the Li-Yuan is on the south side of the Shida Night Market, and popular wi...
Here's a new kid on hostel block and it seems they've taken a lesson from the others by offering rooms i...
Its decor is a little dated and the rooms are a bit musty...
This is what you'll get: Really cosy rooms with a spiffy European design at a low price in a great part ...
This cool little boutique hotel is clean and well furnished...
An official YHA hostel, this is our top choice for the short-term budget traveller...
Happy Family Hostel enjoys a good reputation among travellers and long-term Taipei expat residents alike...
An extremely basic hostel with simple cooking and laundry facilities...
The East Dragon is a comfortable 70-room hotel on the far and quiet end of Ximending's pedestrian plaza,...
Located in an interesting neighbourhood, the Waikoloa is decorated in Japanese-and-Chinese-via-Versaille...
Built in 1952 and maintaining its original character, the International has a rustic stone facade and ch...
An excellent mid-range choice for the intimate feel and great prices...
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