Taiwan with babies?

Hello,

My wife and I are flying to Australia via Taiwan with our two 13 month old twin girls in November. We had thought about a week-long stop in Taiwan: a few days in Taipei, then down south to somewhere small-ish with good food and cultural sights. We don't really need beaches since we will be visiting Australia, but some nice coastlines or small mountain towns with reasonably priced hotels/guesthouses would be good.

We would likely be taking the train between places and probably taxis when we arrive.

Two questions: first, how much should we budget for accomodation, food, travel, etc. The hotels can be small and basic, but should be at least somewhat clean; and second, how difficult will it be to travel there with two infants who will likely have started walking? My wife and I have travelled in Asia, India, Africa, etc, so the main issues will revolve around the infants.

Thanks for any info you can provide.

Prices tend to vary greatly depending on the time of the week/year. If visiting midweek, the numerous hot spring hotels offer great value for money - and the rooms (sometimes cabins) are usually very spacious so I'd imagine are good if you have two infants. Some of the regulars here would probably give more up to date recommendations than me, but in my experience the newer places offered best value, probably because they are trying to attract regular clientele. I assume there are ones that are known to be more family friendly than others, but I've no experience of that.

One place that I would recommend (I nearly didn't go there because the LP raves about it, I usually avoid places on that basis alone) is the Wisdom Garden in Yuli.. The couple who run it are exceptionally friendly and nice (even by Taiwan standards, which is pretty high) and its a lovely relaxing place. The only drawback of it is that you do need your own transport to get around from there as its in quite an isolated rural area.