2023 Nov./Dec. Archives - Travel in Taiwan https://travelintaiwan.net/category/2023-nov-dec/ The official English magazine of the Taiwan Tourism Bureau Mon, 16 Oct 2023 06:04:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://travelintaiwan.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-03-Bear-100-32x32.png 2023 Nov./Dec. Archives - Travel in Taiwan https://travelintaiwan.net/category/2023-nov-dec/ 32 32 The Art of Making Happiness https://travelintaiwan.net/2023/10/maos-studio/ Mon, 16 Oct 2023 06:04:26 +0000 https://travelintaiwan.net/?p=10992 For decades, the town of Yingge – 30 minutes southwest of Taipei by train – has been synonymous with Taiwan’s ceramics industry. It boasts a museum dedicated to ceramic art, two separate ceramics parks, and shop after shop selling everything pottery, from mass-produced chopstick holders to one-of-a-kind masterpieces. Now, a new generation of craftspeople is breathing fresh life into this heritage industry.

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]]> Indigenous Restaurants in Taipei City https://travelintaiwan.net/2023/10/indigenous-restaurants-in-taipei-city/ Fri, 13 Oct 2023 04:43:05 +0000 https://travelintaiwan.net/?p=10955 The fare of Taiwan's indigenous people is unlike anything else you’ll experience here or anywhere else you explore while on your globe-trekking travels. Taiwan’s tribal specialties come to big-city Taipei at numerous high-quality indigenous restaurants.

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]]> Eastern Taiwan Hot-Spring Resorts https://travelintaiwan.net/2023/10/eastern-taiwan-resorts/ Thu, 12 Oct 2023 06:15:02 +0000 https://travelintaiwan.net/?p=10911 What would you imagine to be the most soothing vista to see outside your window when staying at a hot-spring hotel? Perchance we may suggest tall breeze-swayed tropical trees up close and walls of mountains surrounding? We here present a quartet of setting-perfect eastern Taiwan respite spots for your consideration.

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]]> Green Island https://travelintaiwan.net/2023/10/green-island/ Wed, 11 Oct 2023 07:25:45 +0000 https://travelintaiwan.net/?p=10884 Thirty-three kilometers off the southeast coast, yet worlds away, this former political-prison island is the perfect escape from mainland Taiwan. The island is circled by a 17km road that packs in dramatic volcanic coastal scenery, beautiful beaches, and even hot springs right at oceanside, and then offshore there’s excellent diving and snorkeling.

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]]> Up the Hualien Coast! https://travelintaiwan.net/2023/10/hualien-coast/ Fri, 06 Oct 2023 04:57:18 +0000 https://travelintaiwan.net/?p=10828 In this file we take you along the Pacific shore in friendly, easy-going Hualien County, moving south to north from Shitiping (“Stone Steps Platform”) to Qixingtan (“Seven Star Lake”) just above Hualien City. Your reading mission here is to get a sense of the region’s myriad oceanside fun-quest options – indoor and outdoor, manmade and nature-designed.

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]]> Eastern Taiwan: Adventure Playground https://travelintaiwan.net/2023/10/eastern-taiwan-adventure-playground/ Thu, 05 Oct 2023 06:41:02 +0000 https://travelintaiwan.net/?p=10779 For the tourist the Eastern Taiwan region is a monumental nature adventure park. “Hidden away” from Taiwan’s heavily populated north end and west side by the thick Central Mountain Range, this is a balmy realm of few people and few vehicles that entices the adventurous with such tantalizing place names as East Rift Valley, Taroko Gorge, Qingshui Cliff, Luye Plateau, and Zhiben Hot Springs.

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