Hualien
The Leaf absolutely nails it with a jazzy, artistic take on industrial chic that has miraculously transformed a seemingly hopeless monstrosity of 1960s…
Must-see hotels in Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Set amid lawns, views, palms and dangling orchids, this magical homestay is filled with Chinese art, Buddhist mandalas, antique furniture and calligraphic…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Especially at night when its chateau-like turrets are lit up, this unforgettable resort has a Las Vegas fantasy feel, with a hot-springs water park, spa…
Central East Coast
Gaze across Pacific swells from the well-tended lawns of this high-quality family guesthouse where each of the five comfortable rooms has direct sea views…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Suave, spacious rooms all look across the valley with its rice paddies laid out before you. Views are especially impressive from the upper-floor rooms –…
Taitung
In a brilliantly located, guacamole-coloured tower, Gaya's upmarket lobby creates a distinctive, brooding mood with its acres of black bamboo. Hallways…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Pure class. This beachfront villa has just three guest rooms but each has large ocean-view terraces and a pampered sense of relaxed-yet-sophisticated…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Comfort, views and an artistic take on designer minimalism come together to make Meni's Place so popular that it doesn't even need a sign. The five rooms…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Brand-new, superclean rooms don't have much decor, but their winning feature is the view down onto the azure bay framed by wild, rocky ridges. To get the…
Hualien
As though tumbling out of a Tim Burton film set, Cheese Bon goes overboard with shutters and suitcases, upside-down lampstands and a giant metal clock…
Taroko National Park
This luxurious 160-room hotel makes liberal use of wood and stone, and has a rooftop infinity pool that surveys the Taroko Gorge with a fireplace area…
Central East Coast
All nine rooms of this relaxed, upper-market guesthouse look out across flower-edged lawns (and the main road) to a palm-fronted stretch of coast. There's…
Taitung
An unlikely blue metal door and four flights of stairs lead to this flashpacker marvel where dorms have top-quality mattresses and linens, shared showers…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
This welcoming, 11-room B&B is an excellent choice for families, with ample play space and a large sunrise view lounge. It's a rare east-coast option,…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Two Fish offers nine clean, comfortable rooms, six of them with balconies overlooking Kaiyuan Harbour where ferries arrive. It's above the west coast's…
Hualien
While Qixingtan now has several suave new alternatives, Bayview remains hard to beat, especially if you score a sea-view balcony room. There are blue…
Hualien
Peaceful and less flashy than many competitors, this clean, pleasant station area hostel wins on its friendly family management, its bright, naturally lit…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
While there are classier places on the surrounding lowlands and slopes, if you want to be right at the highest point of Luye Plateau, with the best…
Central East Coast
Plum in the middle of the main drag (at Km45.1), Dulan's best hostel sits above a vegetarian bistro-bar with a trancey vibe and instruments available for…
Taitung
Perfectly located, this sparkling new place offers comfy, unfussy contemporary rooms along with high-quality, curtain-bunked dorms with good lockers.
Central East Coast
The plushest of the three guesthouses to lie right within the Shihtiping Geopark area, Adagio offers a thoughtful sense of modernist designer style that…
Hualien
With the youthful vibe of a hostel but the quality fittings of an upper midrange hotel, Meci is a great choice in the station area, with good beds,…
Hualien
Steel rebar, manacles and taps fashioned from old petrol pumps give a striking image to the ground-floor pub which plays high-volume rap music. Upstairs,…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
It's well worth the three flights of stairs to discover central Yuli's best backpacker hideaway, with bright, well-spaced dorms, small lockers, a pleasant…
Hualien
For sea views plus a city centre location close to the night market, there's a whole row of tall, thin choices on Haibin Rd. From outside, View Ocean…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
The name doesn't lie. This small guesthouse really does ooze originality, fronted by a bar-bookshop and with offbeat curiosities giving character to the…
Taroko National Park
Run by members of the Taroko tribe, in part as a way to illustrate their culture and history, this comfortable, low-rise resort consists of 18 two-room…
Central East Coast
This cosy boutique hotel has small well-furnished rooms with fabulous views. Get the sea-facing doubles and you can look north at 40km of undeveloped…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Low-key but contemporary hot-spring hotel where the 'golden' mineral water is piped to your private walk-in tub, or you can use the small communal pool in…
Chenggong
With friendly English-speaking management, this new family guesthouse is set amid pretty rice paddies just far enough from town to be quiet, but close…
Hualien
All but four of Fuyuan's rooms are in a well-preserved traditional mansion, set between little carp ponds, a classically Fujian-style tearoom and a pretty…
Taroko National Park
One of the Taroko region's best options, Liiko Hotel offers top-quality rooms, English-speaking staff, an artistically contemporary foyer and unstuffy…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Immaculately maintained contemporary rooms are softened with picture detailing in this Mediterranean-flavoured guesthouse, which is enviably placed on the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
