Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Tainan, Taiwan

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Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 2.9 km
Ascend 31 m
Descend 34 m

Experience Tainan in Taiwan in a whole new way with our 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.

Individual Sights in Tainan

Sight 1: Anping Tree House

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The Anping Tree House is a former warehouse in Anping District, Tainan, Taiwan. The "treehouse" name refers to the living banyan roots and branches that cover the building.

Wikipedia: Anping Tree House (EN)

221 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: The former Tait & Co. Merchant House

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The Taiwan Development Historical Materials Wax Museum is a historical building in Anping District, Tainan, Taiwan.

Wikipedia: Former Tait & Co. Merchant House (EN)

435 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Haishan hostel

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The Haishan Hall is a former military assembly hall in Anping District, Tainan, Taiwan.

Wikipedia: Haishan Hall (EN)

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: 安平觀音亭

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Anping Guanyin Pavilion is located in Anping District, Tainan City, Taiwan, is one of the four major public temples in Anping, the main worship of Guanyin Bodhisattva, from Anping fishermen from the original hometown of Chinese mainland, but there is also a saying that Anping residents built huts in the eighteenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1590) to worship the statue of Guanyin.

Wikipedia: 安平觀音亭 (ZH)

507 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 5: Fort Zeelandia

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Fort Zeelandia was a fortress built over ten years from 1624 to 1634 by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), in the town of Anping on Formosa, the former name of central island of Taiwan, during their 38-year rule over the western part of the island. The site had been renamed several times as Fort Orange, Fort Anping, and Taiwan City ; the current name of the site in Chinese is Chinese: 安平古堡; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: An-pêng Kó͘-pó; lit. 'Anping Old Fort'.

Wikipedia: Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan) (EN)

229 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: 安平開臺天后宮

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The Tianhou Temple, also known as the Kaitai Tianhou or Mazu Temple, is a temple to the Chinese Goddess Mazu, who is the Goddess of Sea and Patron Deity of fishermen, sailors and any occupations related to the sea. The temple is located in the Anping District of Tainan on Taiwan.

Wikipedia: Tianhou Temple (Anping) (EN)

339 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: 安平大眾廟

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Anping Public Temple is located next to the first cemetery in Anping District, Tainan City, Taiwan, one of the four major public temples in Anping, and the main worship is Kuifu Chitose. The current temple was rebuilt in 1988, and only a remnant wall of the old temple remains.

Wikipedia: 安平大眾廟 (ZH)

986 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 8: 鳳鳴玉山

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The Taiwan Lantern Festival is an annual event hosted by the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in Taiwan to celebrate the Lantern Festival.

Wikipedia: Taiwan Lantern Festival (EN)

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