Sightseeing Archives - Travel in Taiwan https://travelintaiwan.net/tag/sightseeing/ The official English magazine of the Taiwan Tourism Bureau Thu, 26 Feb 2026 06:32:27 +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 Sightseeing Archives - Travel in Taiwan https://travelintaiwan.net/tag/sightseeing/ 32 32 Hualien Rising https://travelintaiwan.net/2026/02/hualien/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 06:32:27 +0000 https://travelintaiwan.net/?p=13960 Wedged between the parallel peaks of the Coastal Mountain Range and the Central Mountain Range lies the East Rift Valley. It’s a place of exterior drama and inner peace, and — with its gentle bikeways, abundant nature, and community-oriented initiatives — it’s also the ideal playground for a spot of slow, low-carbon exploration.

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]]> Old Yancheng District on Foot https://travelintaiwan.net/2024/02/yancheng-district/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 08:04:20 +0000 https://travelintaiwan.net/?p=11477 The smallest of Kaohsiung’s urban-core districts, old Yancheng is located on the north side where the Love River flows into the Port of Kaohsiung. After a long period of decline, the past few decades have brought a magical renaissance and compact, flat, comfortably walkable Yancheng has become perhaps the city’s most powerful tourist magnet.

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]]> How to Read the City of Tainan https://travelintaiwan.net/2024/02/tainan-travel/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 07:36:15 +0000 https://travelintaiwan.net/?p=11442 Three themed tours to discover the city of Tainan in Taiwan's southwest: Coast, Nostalgia, and Food.

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]]> Chiayi Tours — Tea, Railway, Heritage Architecture https://travelintaiwan.net/2023/12/chiayi-tours/ Mon, 25 Dec 2023 07:46:04 +0000 https://travelintaiwan.net/?p=11184 Chiayi County, in Taiwan’s southwest, stretches from the waters of the Taiwan Strait across the fertile Jianan Plain and up toward the sky in the majestic central mountains, past the Alishan National Scenic Area and falling just short of Taiwan’s pinnacle, the peak of Mt. Jade (Yushan), 3,952m high. Here you’ll find three theme tour suggestions to explore Alishan’s famed tea farms and alpine forest railway, and Chiayi City’s dense concentration of heritage architecture.

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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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]]> Northern PINGTUNG County https://travelintaiwan.net/2023/05/northern-pingtung-county/ Tue, 02 May 2023 09:37:34 +0000 https://travelintaiwan.net/?p=10001 The northern region of Pingtung County, in Taiwan’s far south, is not given much space in the big international English-language travel guides, but there’s much that’s rewarding for the traveler from overseas to do and see.

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]]> Taichung Nostalgia Touring https://travelintaiwan.net/2023/03/taichung-nostalgia/ Thu, 02 Mar 2023 07:54:51 +0000 https://travelintaiwan.net/?p=9719 There are countless heritage places in Taichung worth visiting. Many of them have been given new life and are great for one- or two-day walkabout tours.

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]]> Tea Country Nantou https://travelintaiwan.net/2023/03/nantou-tea/ Thu, 02 Mar 2023 06:41:48 +0000 https://travelintaiwan.net/?p=9678 The west region of Nantou County in central Taiwan is well known as a tea growing area. Tea plantations can be visited from the flatlands to mountains about 1,600 meters up.

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]]> Gangshan Style https://travelintaiwan.net/2023/01/gangshan-tianliao/ Thu, 05 Jan 2023 05:56:25 +0000 https://travelintaiwan.net/?p=9523 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.

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]]> Camping in Yilan County’s South https://travelintaiwan.net/2022/10/camping-in-south-yilan/ Fri, 21 Oct 2022 05:00:31 +0000 https://travelintaiwan.net/?p=9362 Yilan County’s south provides quality camping experiences in the quietest of environs just 90 minutes to two hours from Taipei’s thrumming. There is little light pollution, opening up the starry skies for you at night. Here, for your consideration – two of the region’s best and most popular campgrounds.

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