Here is an introduction to some of the top choices for accommodation in Kaohsiung most iconic city center views, such as Kaohsiung Port and Love River. Also find short introductions to four museums in central Kaohsiung.
Shoushan is the green lung of Kaohsiung City’s urban core. It’s easily reached and you can hike for a whole day without retracing your steps. Monkey sightings guaranteed!
Located northeast of central Kaohsiung, the Districts of Gangshan and Tianliao offer a variety of scenic attractions, including the Gangshan Eye skybridge and Tianliao Moon World.
Over the last few decades Kaohsiung City has been transformed from an industrial city to a tourist-friendly modern city with countless cultural attractions.
Su Huai is a licensed dive instructor and lauded underwater photographer based on Taiwan’s tourist-hot Xiao Liuqiu Island, he runs a popular eco-focused dive-excursion enterprise, an eco-themed bookstore, and an ever-expanding sea turtle census.
Small, tranquil, and attractive Yuguang Island lies directly off the coast on the south side of Tainan City’s Anping Harbor. New purpose-built inn-style homestays, a new museum, and new on-land/on-water fun activities have brought the island compelling allure.
Local young folk in Tainan revel in giving new life, personality, and mission to the humbler old architectural jewels they’ve grown up with, creating a treasure map of small eateries, tea rooms, cafés, boutique hotels, and other cultural-creative enterprises for travelers to culture-spelunk.
Tainan City, born four centuries ago, is Taiwan’s most illustrious repository of important heritage sites. Here is a quartet of attractions that have been born within the past two decades.
In this article we rollick about the coastal, flatlands, foothills, and urban-core regions for quick-dips at some of the best tourist-friendly natural treasures.
Chiayi City’s younger generation is busy taking old residences and shops, renovating them, and launching attractive cultural-creative adventures. In this article we visit two spots to overnight that enjoy top online public-polling results – one hostel, one homestay. Both are in the character-deep old quarter before Chiayi Railway Station and its yards. We also provide a section on recommended historical/cultural sites within walking distance.