Area Itinerary Examples

         For most foreign visitors who come to Taiwan for their first time, an itinerary example would be helpful and save lots of your time. There are area itineraries for different areas, and multi-day itineraries for your Taiwan trip. When you finish this article, you may prepare your own itinerary by yourself.

        It is easy to choose places of interest when you want to travel abroad. No matter from the net or guide books, you can find lots information that introduce the places of interest in Taiwan. However, it may be difficult to find the information that focus on public transportation and itinerary. You have to figure out the location of places of interest. You need to find the information of public transportation or cab that meet your need as well.

• About the itinerary

        Lots foreigner visitors start their itinerary arrangement by taking other itineraries as reference. There are 2 types of itinerary examples.. The area itinerary focuses the trip within certain area,  including Northwest Taipei, East Taipei, Central Taipei, Taichung, Nantou & Chiayi. You can find more information from other blogs (e.g. time table, maps, attraction nearby, etc).  Most area itineraries are one-day trip, some area itineraries take 2~3 days.
        Taiwan Itinerary Examples provides itinerary examples of different days.. You can check the brief introduction and fine the Taiwan itinerary that are closed to your need.Using the area itinerary, Taiwan itinerary combines different area itineraries. You can find the  information of public transportation that connect different cities.

• Notices

        There are some notices you should know before reading the itinerary examples.

<Places of Interest>
        The places of interest in the itinerary examples come from the most asked questions in the forums of tripadvisor, backpackers and lonely planet.

<Transportation>
        The major transportation tools in the itinerary examples are bus/train/ HSR. You can take cab since some places of interest are located at remote districts that few public transportation tools can reach. Or you can save a lot of time but pay a little more. When there are children or seniors, you can also consider hiring a cab for whole day.
        Since the itinerary examples cannot be updated immediately if there is any change in the timetables of train/bus/HSR, you should check the time tables when organizing your own itinerary.

<Time>
        Some itinerary examples provide the time since you may need to catch bus/train/HSR. Another reason is to arriving before the best hour, sunset for example. The other itinerary examples  provide estimation of the time you need because  the interval of public transportation is high and the itineraries are more flexible. 。

<Seasons/Festivals>

       The itinerary may change according to the seasons or festivals. The flower seasons in Yangminsan is between February and March and November in Xinshe. The hot air balloon festival is between July to Auguster. You can check the flower seasons and festivals in Taiwan. You itinerary will be more interesting if you can join some seasonal activities. 

• Area Itinerary

<Northwest Taipei>
       For more information (maps, bus lines, attractions) regarding to Tamshui, Beitou and Yangminshan, please refer to Yangminsan,Palace Museum,Beitou, Tamshui, Shilin NM Itinerary.

       Tamshui, Beitou, Shilin Night Market, Palace Museum, Yangminsan are loacted at northwest corner of Taipei. Except Place Museum, you can take MRT to these attractions directly.
      The itinerary TPE_NW_2 focuses on Yangmingshan shuttle buses. You can choose the attractions according to seasons. For example, Feb~Mar is the season of cherry blossom and you can go to Flower Clock. Mar~Apr is the season of calla lily and you can go to Zuzhihu. TPE_NW_3 is a counterclockwise itinerary and you can enjoy the sea view of north coast when you take the bus from Yeliu to Tamshui. 

Northwest Taipei/Route	TPE_NW_1	TPE_NW_2	TPE_NW_3	TPE_NW_4
Tamshui
Old Street	3		4	4
Hill Area
Fisherman's Wharf	4			5
Beitou	2		1	3
Yangmingshan
Flower Clock			2
Zuzhihu		1
Xiaoyouken		2
Qingtiangang		3		2
Lengshuikeng		4
CCU Night View		5
Martyrs Shrine				1
Palace Museum	1
Shilin NM	5		5	6
Miramar Ferris Wheel	6
Yeliu			3

<East Taipei>
      For more information  (maps, bus/train timetables, attractions) regarding to Shifen, Pinxi, Jiufen and Yeliu, please refer to Transportation of Yeliu, Pinxi, ShiFen & JiuFen.

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      Jintong, Shifen(Waterfall),Hogong, Jiufen, Jinquashi and Yeliu are located at east corner of Taipei. Here is hill area and the bus/train frequency is lower. The following itinerary examples are arranged according timetable of train/bus.

     Since Yeliu is away from Taipei & Jiufen and the bus frequency is low, it take a lot of time if you want to go to Jiufen after Yeliu.  You don't have chance to go to Keelung Maokou Night Market either. You can go to Taipei 101 in the morning and take Bus 1815 to Yeliu from MRT Taipei City Hall Station after lunch(TPE_E_4).

East Taipei/Route	TPE_E_1	TPE_E_2	TPE_E_3	TPE_E_4
Taipei 101				D1-1
Teresa Teng Memorial Park				D1-3
Yeliu	1		D1-1	D1-2
Keelung NM		6	D1-2	D1-4
Jiufen	2	5	D2-2	D2-4
Jinquashi			D2-1	D2-3
Houtong		4
Shifen	3	3	D2-3	D2-2
Shifen Waterfall				D2-1
Pinxi		2
Jintong		1
Maokong Gondola			D2-4
Miramar Ferris Wheel				D1-5
Maokong Gondola
Raohe NM				D2-5
Wufenpu				D2-6

<Taichung>

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      Around Taichung Railway stations, most attractions in Taichung located in East Taichung(Xinshe Castle, Carton King, Moncoeur, Lavendar Cottage, etc), West Taichung(Gaomei Wetland, The Luce Chapel, Rainbow Village, etc) and Central Taichung (Miyahara, Yizhong St, Fenjia Night Market, , Second Market, Taichung Opera House, Calligraphy Greenway).
     Since HSR Taichung is located urban area of Taichung and it take about 40 minutes to Fenjia Night Market, in which lots hotels, You may take bus to Chaoma, the first bus station when the bus arriving Taichung, and take taxi to Fenjia Night Market. Comparing to HSR from Taipei, bus takes you only 1 hours more, but bus save you about NTD 500 and you save the time between HSR Taichung Station to Fengjia Night Market.
     You can go to the attractions in Central Taichung by bus. The bus is free within 8km if you use EasyCard. You need to transfer Gaomei Wetland and the bus(178,179) interval is 1.5h~2.5h if you take public transportation.

Taichung	TXG_1	TXG_2	TXG_3	TXG_4
West Taichung
Gaomei		3
Luce Memorial Chapel		2
Rambow Village		1
Fenjia NM
Central Taichung
2nd Market	6
Yizhone St NM	7
Miyahara	5
East Taichung
Cartoon King	3
DongDong Taro Rice Balls	4
Xinshe Castle	2
Xinshe Mushroom Farm	1
Xinshe Flower Sea

<Nantou & Chiayi>
         For more information  (maps, bus/train timetables, attractions) regarding to Alisan, Cingjin, Sun Moon Lake, Xitou, please refer to Transportation Between Cinjing, Sun Moon Lake, and Alisan.

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         Cingjin, SML & Alisan are must-see places for most foreign visitors. It is a pity that lots travel information do not mention the mountain view between Alisan & SML. The itinerary NC_2  take Alisan Forest Railway to Fenchihu in the morning and take bus to Alisan in the afternoon. Then take bus 6739 to SML in the afternoon of D2,  You can take the forest train from Chiayi to Fenchihu and arrive Alisan in the afternoon. The itinerary  NC_3 goes to Cingjin, SML and then goes to Alisan.

Nantou Chiayi/Route	NC_1	NC_2	NC_3	NC_4
Cingjin			D1
Sun Moon Lake	3	D3	D2
Jiji Line
Jiji	1
Checheng	2
Alisan		D1-2	D3
Zhushan		D2	D4
Fenchihu		D1-1

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