Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Taipei, Taiwan
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5.2 km
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Experience Taipei 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.
Activities in TaipeiIndividual Sights in TaipeiSight 1: 台北西站A棟(舊國光客運台北東站)原址
Taipei West Railway Station Building A, located in the southeast corner of the No. 6 transportation site in the special exclusive area of Taipei Main Station in Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan, is one of the main highway long-distance passenger (highway) stations in Taipei City, formerly known as Taipei East Railway Station, Taipei North Railway Station and Taipei Expressway Passenger Transport Taipei Terminal. In order to cooperate with the Taipei City Government's West District Gateway Plan, it was discontinued and demolished on October 30, 2016, and replaced with Taipei Travel Plaza.
Sight 2: Taipei Travel Plaza
Taipei Travel Plaza (English: ), formerly known as Jiaoliu Square, is a green space on the northeast side of the intersection of the first section of Zhongxiao West Road and the first section of Chongqing North Road in Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, and is one of the rings of the West District Gateway Plan proposed by Taipei Mayor Ke Wenzhe, covering a total area of about 1.6 hectares, which was completed and opened on January 26, 2017 (the sixth bus station at the southern intersection of the square was opened for use on April 29 of the same year). The plaza is located next to the busy Taipei Main Station, so that passengers can find a neat and open green space next to the crowded station; It also enables residents to have a secret place where they can relax quietly in the noisy city.
Sight 3: 台北西站B棟(舊國光客運台北西站)原址
Building B, Taipei West Railway Station is a demolished highway passenger terminal in Taipei, Taiwan. It is located in the southwestern corner of the 6th corner of transportation 6 of Taipei Station, Taipei Station, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City. The Taipei West Station was originally established by the Taipei Transport Department of the Taiwan Provincial Highway Bureau. It was completed on May 12, 1950. It was transferred to the Taiwan Automobile Passenger Transport in 1980, and it was transferred to the National Light Passenger Transport in 2001. It was one of the main stations of the Taiwan Provincial Highway Bureau, the Taiwan Automobile Passenger Transport, and the Guoguang Passenger Transport in Taipei; at 5:00 on September 28, 2016, all routes were moved to Taipei Transit Station after completing the transportation task; November 1, 2016 Disassemble and change the Taipei Travel Square.
Sight 4: Old Site of Mitsui & Co. Warehouse
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.'s old warehouse, also known as Taipei Memory Warehouse, was originally located in Zhongxiao Qiaotou, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan, built in 1914 by Mitsui & Co., Ltd. during the Japanese occupation, listed as a historical building, in 2015 due to the West District Gateway Planning Area moved to Jiaoba Square, resulting in protests by cultural groups, in 2018 after the reorganization and restoration of the art exhibition.
Sight 5: North Gate of Taipei City Wall
Constructed in 1884, Taipei North Gate, formally Cheng'en Gate, is the best-preserved gate of the Walls of Taipei, and is a National Monument of Taiwan. Its design is a 2-story closed blockhouse of solid construction with traditional Chinese wooden roof truss and streamlined carved ornamentations. Important in the Qing layout of the city, restoring it to visual prominence in the city has been a feature of recent urban planning. It gives its name to Beimen metro station.
Sight 6: Railway Department Park
The Railway Department of the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan is a National Historic Site in Taiwan. The site, near the Taipei North Gate, was in use for railway administration during the late Qing dynasty, but the current extant building is a Japanese colonial administrative building in Taipei dating from 1919, used until 1945 as the headquarters of the Taihoku Railway Bureau and the Railway Department of the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan's Bureau of Transportation, and then from 1948 until 1990 as the headquarters of Taiwan Railways Administration. It was granted national monument status in 2007, and is a part of the National Taiwan Museum.
Wikipedia: Railway Department of the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan (EN), Website
Sight 7: 建成圓環公園
The Chien-Cheng Circle or Taipei Circle is a public plaza in Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan. Formerly it was a traffic circle, and the area used to host a bustling night market.
Sight 8: Ningxia Night Market
Get Ticket*Ningxia Road Night Market, referred to as Ningxia Night Market, is a night market attraction located on Ningxia Road, Datong District, Taipei City. In 2015, the Taipei City Government held an online poll for "The Best of Taipei Night Market", and Ningxia Night Market won the championship of "Best Night Market", "Most Delicious Night Market", "Most Charming Night Market", "Most Green Night Market" and "Most Friendly Night Market" in the night market theme.
Sight 9: 菩提講堂
The Bodhi Lecture Hall is located on Nanjing West Road, Taipei, Taiwan, and is a Buddhist temple dedicated to Shakyamuni. The temple was built in 1954 and is a four-storey antique temple in Taipei's Datong District. In addition, the temple is organized as a manager, and the festival date is the eighth day of the fourth lunar month every year
Sight 10: Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei
The Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei is a museum of contemporary art, located in Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan.
Sight 11: 中山長老教會
Completed in 1937, the building of Zhongshan Presbyterian Church is a Gothic Protestant church located in downtown Taipei. The church, which was originally a state-owned property, was donated to the Presbyterian Church of Christ in Taiwan in 1972 and designated as a municipal monument on October 14, 1998.
Sight 12: Kangle Park
Recreation Park is the No. 15 park site of the large-scale metropolitan park planned by Taipei City before the war, and was originally a Japanese cemetery in Mihashicho during the Japanese occupation era. It is located in Zhongshan District, Lane 21 of the first section of Nanjing East Road, Lane 39 of the second section of Zhongshan North Road, and the area enclosed by Linsen North Road (located in the west of Linsen Park). At present, the land is fully developed as a park, and it was completed and opened in March 2002, also known as Zhongshan No. 15 Park, and is planned as a sensory experience park.
Sight 13: Linsen Park
Linsen Park, also known as Linsen Recreation Park and Zhongshan No. 14 Park, used to be the reserved site of No. 14 Park, a large metropolitan park planned by Taipei City before the war. Now it is a park, the park is located in Zhongshan District, between Lane 28, Xinsheng North Road, Nanjing East Road, and Xinsheng North Road, and adjacent to Linsen North Road and Recreation Park (No. 15 Park) on the west side.
Sight 14: The Prison Fellowship
Taiwan Rehabilitation Fellowship is a Taiwanese member of the International Rehabilitation Fellowship, which was initiated and established on September 29, 1981 by Lu Guodong, a retired warden of Yilan Prison, with the purpose of "preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the salvation of the inmates in all prisons across the country, guiding them to repent and convert to the Lord, renewing their lives through the Holy Spirit, and helping them to live a Christian life, so that they will no longer sin after being released from prison, and promote the peace and tranquility of the country and society".
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