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Walking Old “Taiwan South”

Travel in Taiwan — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 06:30:31 +0000

The Most Historic – and Fun – of Tainan City’s Old Streets TEXT / RICK CHARETTEPHOTOS / VISION Tainan City is the garden where Taiwan’s modern era took root. This...

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How to Read the City of Tainan

Travel in Taiwan — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 07:36:15 +0000

Three themed tours to discover the city of Tainan in Taiwan's southwest: Coast, Nostalgia, and Food.

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Yanshui, Longqi, and Guanmiao

Travel in Taiwan — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 07:06:23 +0000

Taiwan has a festival culture, and Tainan is a bastion of tradition, so it goes without saying that the region boasts some of the country’s most exciting festivals.

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Downtown Tainan on Foot

Travel in Taiwan — Mon, 25 Dec 2023 07:32:44 +0000

Walk yourself back into history in the city of Tainan’s West Central District, where Taiwan’s oldest Han Chinese settlement took root in the 1600s, and at the same time walk right into some of the city’s most debonair young cultural-creative attractions. We’ve vetted a walkabout route map for you.

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Bib Gourmand Eateries in Tainan and Kaohsiung

Travel in Taiwan — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 04:48:22 +0000

Michelin, publishers of the world’s best-known restaurant guides, included the south of Taiwan for the first time when researching the latest edition of their Red Guide gourmet bible.

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Island Getaway in Tainan City

Travel in Taiwan — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 06:56:47 +0000

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.

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Old Tainan City Learns New Tricks

Travel in Taiwan — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:35:33 +0000

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.

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A Cultural Treasure-House

Travel in Taiwan — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 07:15:13 +0000

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.

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Walks on Tainan’s Natural Side

Travel in Taiwan — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 04:08:41 +0000

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.

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The Great Taiwan Coffee & Tea War

Travel in Taiwan — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 07:52:31 +0000

A battle of the daily staple beverages has been raging in Taiwan the past decade-plus, a titanic struggle for the hearts and minds of the people. Tea has sat proudly on the throne for centuries. The upstart coffee waded ashore from places foreign (i.e., Starbucks from the U.S.) in the 1990s. Which is winning? Which has the most legitimate claim to being the preferred daily beverage staple of Taiwan’s inhabitants?

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