2023 Sept./Oct. Archives - Travel in Taiwan https://travelintaiwan.net/category/2023-sept-oct/ The official English magazine of the Taiwan Tourism Bureau Wed, 11 Oct 2023 09:01:51 +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 Sept./Oct. Archives - Travel in Taiwan https://travelintaiwan.net/category/2023-sept-oct/ 32 32 Herbal Healing https://travelintaiwan.net/2023/08/herbal-healing/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 06:20:07 +0000 https://travelintaiwan.net/?p=10707 In old neighborhoods throughout Taiwan, you’ll find herbal shops offering bags of dried plants and dark herbal teas laced with closely guarded proprietary blends of ingredients. These apothecary-esque establishments have often been run by the same family for generations, and their earthy-scented, nostril-ticklingly dusty interiors offer cupfuls of nostalgia infused with the promise of vitality.

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]]> Maritime Morsels in the Metro https://travelintaiwan.net/2023/08/seafood-restaurant/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 05:57:49 +0000 https://travelintaiwan.net/?p=10662 Taipei residents don't have to travel to coastal fishing ports to enjoy the fresh bounty of the ocean. Some sort of fish, shrimp, and squid dish can be found in virtually any city restaurant, but there are also specialized restaurants who do it so well that people are willing to queue up to satisfy their taste buds.

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]]> Where to Spend Your Penghu Nights? https://travelintaiwan.net/2023/08/penghu-hotels/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 05:34:53 +0000 https://travelintaiwan.net/?p=10633 Though the Penghu Islands are just a short hour-less hop by plane from mainland Taiwan, almost no visitors are day-trippers. Serving the constantly arriving flocks of revelers is an ever-growing force of accommodations, from hotels/inns (almost all in Magong City) to simple through swish guesthouses.

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]]> Penghu Partying Year Round https://travelintaiwan.net/2023/08/penghu-events/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 05:23:54 +0000 https://travelintaiwan.net/?p=10623 Penghu’s tourism is heavily concentrated in the short summer period when Taiwan’s youth is out of school. To entice travelers to visit outside of this time bracket, in the past two decades the local authorities have inaugurated numerous large-scale festivals and events of other type.

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]]> A Day in Old Penghu Communities https://travelintaiwan.net/2023/08/penghu-communities/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 05:00:58 +0000 https://travelintaiwan.net/?p=10556 Spend a day meandering the same old village arteries Penghu locals have trodden for centuries while on their way to boats or to tend their small coral-walled farm plots, and also take in a selection of other recommended attractions, nature- and manmade, age-old and modern-day.

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]]> To and Through the Sun-Drenched Penghu Islands https://travelintaiwan.net/2023/08/penghu-islands/ Tue, 01 Aug 2023 09:00:25 +0000 https://travelintaiwan.net/?p=10480 “Penghu” is a wide-flung archipelago of low-lying islands in the Taiwan Strait’s mid-section. Locals describe their home as “pearls scattered on the turquoise sea.”

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