Ready-made trips · Taiwan
Taipei in 4 days
Night markets, temples, Taipei 101 and a hike up Elephant Mountain, with a day to hillside Jiufen.
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- Length
- 4 days
- Best time
- March to April, October to December
- Pace
- Moderate
- Day trips
- Jiufen
Four days in Taipei: The National Palace Museum and Shilin, plus a day trip to Jiufen. Each full day is one our team has planned, to be walked in order around usual opening hours, with lunch and dinner suggestions close to the stops.
Day by day
1First Evening in XimendingArrival
- When you arriveXimendingYouth district with shops and street food.Tip: Taipei's youth fashion and entertainment district, genuinely lively with shopping, street performers, and food.
Lunch nearby: Fu Hang Dou Jiang or Ningxia Night Market Stalls
Dinner: Fu Hang Dou Jiang or Ningxia Night Market Stalls
2The National Palace Museum and Shilin
- MorningNational Palace MuseumWorld-class Chinese art collection.Tip: Home to one of the world's largest collections of Chinese imperial artifacts — genuinely vast, so consider a guided tour or audio guide to prioritize the true highlights given the collection's scale.
- AfternoonShilin Official ResidenceChiang Kai-shek’s former residence, with rose gardens open free to all.Tip: The gardens are free; the house itself has a small fee.
- EveningShilin Night MarketLargest night market in Taipei.Tip: Taipei's largest night market — go hungry and graze rather than aiming for one specific stall, as the food variety is the actual draw.
Lunch nearby: Addiction Aquatic Development or RAW
Dinner: Ningxia Night Market Stalls or Fu Hang Dou Jiang
3Jiufen and JinguashiDay trip to Jiufen
- MorningGold Museum, JinguashiThe old gold-mining town, with a mine tunnel and a 220kg gold bar you can touch.Tip: Closed on the first Monday of each month.
- AfternoonJiufen Old StreetThe lantern-hung hillside lanes and tea houses of the old gold-rush town.Tip: Stay until the lanterns light up; the A-Mei tea house is the famous view.
Lunch nearby: A-Mei Tea House or Grandma Lai’s Taro Balls
Dinner: A-Mei Tea House or Grandma Lai’s Taro Balls
4A Last Morning in BeitouLast morning
- Before you leaveBeitou Hot Spring Museum and Public BathsA 1913 Japanese bathhouse turned museum, beside the cheap open-air public hot spring.Tip: A genuinely relaxing thermal spring district within Taipei — public and private bathhouse options offer different levels of comfort and cost.
Lunch nearby: RAW
Dinner: RAW
Where to stay
Zhongshan
Central streets of cafés and department stores between Taipei Main Station and Dadaocheng.
MRT Red and Green lines; the airport MRT from Taipei Main.
Xinyi
The modern district of Taipei 101, malls and rooftop bars.
MRT Red and Blue lines.
Beitou
Hot-spring hotels in the green hills at the end of the Red Line.
MRT Red Line to Xinbeitou, 35 minutes to the centre.
Everything in the plan is ready to book
The full plan has a map of each day, directions between stops, opening hours, restaurant choices, hotels in these areas and tickets, tours and trains linked to book with the provider you choose.
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