Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Taichung, Taiwan

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Number of sights 9 sights
Distance 3.8 km
Ascend 61 m
Descend 64 m

Experience Taichung in Taiwan in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

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)

984 meters / 12 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 body is the second-generation Taichung Station rebuilt on March 31, 1917, and 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; The old station was originally 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)

9 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 3: Taichung Statin Railway Cultural Park

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Taichung Station Railway Cultural Park is a railway park formed by Taichung Station, a national historic site in Taichung City, Taiwan. The scope is the old and new railway space between Dazhi Road and Minzu Road, including the national monument Taichung Station, the commercial space of Taichung New Station and viaduct, the old Taichung Hou Railway Station, the No. 20 warehouse complex, the Fuxing Road dormitory (next to the No. 20 warehouse complex), the Taichung Service Office of the former Taiwan Railway Bureau Freight Service Headquarters and the Taichung Branch of the Changhua No. 1 Section of the Electricity Department of the Taiwan Railway Bureau. The north and south sides are connected to the Taichung Green Sky Railway, and are adjacent to the Cultural Assets Park of the Ministry of Culture, the Taichung Business Office of the Imperial Sugar Factory, the Taichung City Hall and the Taichung City Hall.

Wikipedia: 臺中驛鐵道文化園區 (ZH)

857 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 4: 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)

82 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: 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)

218 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: 大屯郡役所附屬建築

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The Datun County Office is an official building in charge of Datun County, Taichung Prefecture during the Japanese Occupation of Taiwan, located in the West District of Taichung City (behind the Taichung Prefecture Hall). After the war, it was used by the military police and the military village, and the interior was rebuilt several times, and a fire in 1980 caused partial damage to the building, while the residents moved out in 2002, and restoration works began in 2017. Originally, it was planned to be used as a modern art museum together with the surrounding buildings after restoration, but after Lu Xiuyan took office for a few years, Chengyi Group signed a contract with the Zhongshi government to operate it.

Wikipedia: 大屯郡役所 (ZH)

848 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 7: 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

605 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 8: Xingxiu Temple

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Taichung Xingxiu Palace, is a temple dedicated to the Holy Emperor Guan, located in the South District of Taichung City, Taiwan, and is one of the famous temples in the South Taichung area.

Wikipedia: 醒修宮 (ZH)

246 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: 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)

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