Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in New Taipei, Taiwan

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 1.4 km
Ascend 58 m
Descend 27 m

Explore New Taipei in Taiwan with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in New TaipeiIndividual Sights in New Taipei

Sight 1: Tamsui Church

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The Tamsui Church is a church in Tamsui District, New Taipei, Taiwan.

Wikipedia: Tamsui Church (EN)

11 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 2: Hobe Mackay Hospital

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The Huwei Kai Medical Center, referred to as the Kaiyi Medical Center, is located in Tamsui District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, and is also the first hospital in the "north" of Taiwan, the predecessor of Mackay Memorial Hospital, which was rated as a third-class historic site by the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of China in 1998, and is now a municipal monument in New Taipei City.

Wikipedia: 滬尾偕醫館 (ZH)

149 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: 淡水紅樓

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The Tamsui Red Castle is a 19th-century mansion in Tamsui District, New Taipei, Taiwan.

Wikipedia: Tamsui Red Castle (EN)

236 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Danshui Qingshui Temple

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Tamsui Qingshuiji, also known as Tamsui Patriarch Temple, is located at No. 87, Qingshui Street, Tamsui District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. It was built in the 12th year of Showa (1937) during the Japanese occupation. The main worship of the patriarch Qingshui in Anxi, southern Fujian, is a patriarch temple that is greatly influenced by Buddhism and Taiwanese folk beliefs, and is the local faith center of Tamsui. Every year on the fifth and sixth days of the fifth lunar month, the "Qingshui Patriarch Daoist Anniversary Circumambulation Celebration", commonly known as the "Tamsui Worship", is a grand event in Tamsui, and in 2022, it was listed as a high-quality palace and temple culture by the Tamsui Branch of the New Taipei City Government Police Department, and is an example of "intangible cultural assets".

Wikipedia: 淡水清水巖 (ZH)

967 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 5: Yin Shan Si

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Laoshan Temple, commonly known as the Deng Gong Temple, is a Dingguang Ancient Buddha Temple in Dunki Kilu, Tamsui District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. It is built by Hakkas of Tingzhou. "Temple" is the national monument designated by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of China.

Wikipedia: 鄞山寺 (ZH)

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