Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Taichung, Taiwan

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Number of sights 7 sights
Distance 4 km
Ascend 73 m
Descend 64 m

Explore Taichung 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 TaichungIndividual Sights in Taichung

Sight 1: 帝國製糖廠臺中營業所

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Imperial Sugar Factory Taichung Business Office, for the Taichung factory established by Imperial Sugar Co., Ltd. in 1912, after the war became Taiwan Sugar Company Taichung Sugar Factory, closed in November 1990 and successively demolished the sugar factory and most of the buildings in the original factory area, now only the original Taichung Business Office office building. In 2013, it officially entered the land development project, and the total area of the sugar factory section was about 22 hectares, of which the ecological pool and the surrounding area of the plant were planned as 6.09 hectares of park), and the developable area was about 15.32 hectares, of which 8.88 hectares were classified as commercial areas, and Taiwan Sugar obtained 7.7 hectares, and the land development was completed in March 2016. At the end of 2019, the restoration of the building was completed, and it was renamed the Taichung Business Office of the Imperial Sugar Factory, which was opened together with part of the park (Taichung Imperial Sugar Factory Lakeside Park).

Wikipedia: 台中糖廠 (ZH)

928 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 2: Former Taichung Station

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Former Taichung StationTiouraren (Y.-C. Tsai) / CC BY-SA 4.0

The old Taichung Station is a station building used by the Taichung Railway Station from May 15, 1905 to October 15, 2016 before the Taichung Railway was elevated and opened to traffic. The old front station is the second-generation Taichung Station rebuilt on March 31, 1917, the old building (the second-generation station body), the front porch and the first platform were registered as second-class monuments (now national monuments) in 1995, and the second platform and the first-generation parking lot office were registered into the national monuments in August 2021, and the old rear station was originally a station built in 1964 and is a historical building in Taichung City. In the future, the front and rear stations, the surrounding Taiwan Railway cultural assets and the 1.6-kilometer original railway barge will be preserved in situ, and the Taichung Station Railway Cultural Park will be established in combination with the surrounding related cultural assets.

Wikipedia: 臺中火車站 (舊站) (ZH)

1084 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 3: Cultural Heritage Park, Ministry of Culture

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The Cultural Heritage Park is a multifunctional park in South District, Taichung, Taiwan.

Wikipedia: Cultural Heritage Park (EN), Website

619 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 4: 林氏宗祠

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Lin Family Ancestral Shrine is an ancestral shrine located in East District, Taichung City, Taiwan. Built in 1930, the shrine is protected as a city monument.

Wikipedia: Lin Family Ancestral Shrine (EN)

1090 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 5: 大屯郡役所附屬建築

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Datun County Bay is an official building in Taiwan's Datun County under the Japanese era, located in the western part of Taiwan City (behind the Taiwan State Hall). Its use in the post-war period by gendarmerie and Village, interior was repeatedly altered, a fire in 1980 caused partial damage to the building, while residents moved out in 2002 and began restoring projects in 2017; the original plan was to be repaired together with the surrounding buildings as a modern art gallery, Lu Xiuyan City after taking office plan was undecided.

Wikipedia: 大屯郡役所 (ZH)

216 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: 臺中州廳

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The Taichung Prefectural Hall is a former government building in West District, Taichung, Taiwan.

Wikipedia: Taichung Prefectural Hall (EN)

84 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: 臺中市役所

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The Taichung Shiyakusho is a historical building in West District, Taichung, Taiwan.

Wikipedia: Taichung Shiyakusho (EN)

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