Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #6 in Taipei, Taiwan

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 10.2 km
Ascend 204 m
Descend 203 m

Explore 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 TaipeiIndividual Sights in Taipei

Sight 1: 朱厝崙福聚宮

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The full name of Zhu Cuo Lun Fu Ju Palace is Taipei City Zhu Cuo Lun Fu Ju Palace, located in Longjiang Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan, and is a Taoist temple dedicated to Fu Zhengshen. Built in 1961, it adopts antique modern architecture. In addition, the temple is organized as a foundation corporation, and the festival date is the second day of the second lunar month every year.

Wikipedia: 朱厝崙福聚宮 (ZH)

146 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: 慧日講堂

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Huiri Lecture Hall, located near Zhongxing Middle School on Zhulun Street in Taipei, Taiwan, is a Buddhist temple dedicated to Sakyamuni. Built in 1960, this temple is a traditional temple located in Zhongshan District, Taipei. In addition, the temple is organized as a steward, and the festival date is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month every year.

Wikipedia: 慧日講堂 (ZH)

1812 meters / 22 minutes

Sight 3: Central Art Park

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Central Art Park

Central Arts and Wen Park, also known as Central Park, Huashan Park, and Huashan Prairie, is a large park located in the original site of Huashan Station, Taiwan Railway Administration, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan.

Wikipedia: 中央藝文公園 (ZH)

823 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 4: 李國鼎故居

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The Li Kwoh-ting's Residence is a former house of Li Kwoh-ting in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan.

Wikipedia: Li Kwoh-ting's Residence (EN)

617 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 5: 東門福德宮

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Dongmen Lifu Palace, located in the East Gate and Linsen South Road Lane, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan, is a case of the Taipei City Government using the Cultural Assets Preservation Act to protect precious old trees to preserve temples.

Wikipedia: 東門里福德宮 (ZH)

587 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 6: National Taiwan University Medical Humanities Museum

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The Museum of Medical Humanities of National Taiwan University (NTU) is a museum about medical humanities at the NTU College of Medicine campus in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan.

Wikipedia: Museum of Medical Humanities (EN)

488 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 7: National Concert Hall

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The National Theater Hall and National Concert Hall, or together the National Theater and Concert Hall, are twin performing arts venues at Liberty Square in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan. Completed in 1987, the landmarks stand on the south and north sides of the square with Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall to the east. Together the venues are referred to by the abbreviation NTCH. The square itself sits near Ketagalan Boulevard, site of the Presidential Office Building, the National Central Library, the National Taiwan Museum, and the 228 Peace Memorial Park.

Wikipedia: National Concert Hall (Taiwan) (EN)

562 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 8: Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall

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The Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is a national monument and tourist attraction erected in memory of Chiang Kai-shek, former President of Taiwan. It is located in Taipei, Taiwan.

Wikipedia: Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall (EN), Website

586 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 9: National Theatre

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The National Theater Hall and National Concert Hall, or together the National Theater and Concert Hall, are twin performing arts venues at Liberty Square in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan. Completed in 1987, the landmarks stand on the south and north sides of the square with Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall to the east. Together the venues are referred to by the abbreviation NTCH. The square itself sits near Ketagalan Boulevard, site of the Presidential Office Building, the National Central Library, the National Taiwan Museum, and the 228 Peace Memorial Park.

Wikipedia: National Theater (Taipei) (EN)

698 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 10: 臺灣菸酒公司

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The Monopoly Bureau was established in 1901 as a public sales organization during the Japanese occupation period in Taiwan. It was under the jurisdiction of the Governor-General's Office of Taiwan, and was later reorganized into the "Taiwan Provincial Monopoly Bureau" in 1945, and then changed to the "Taiwan Provincial Tobacco and Alcohol Sales Bureau" in 1947. Its office building is located next to the south gate of Taipei's Fucheng, which was the center of Taiwan's monopoly business until the Public Sales Bureau was privatized as Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Co., Ltd. in 2002.

Wikipedia: 專賣局 (ZH), Website

350 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 11: National 228 Memorial Museum

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National 228 Memorial Museum 臺北市政府觀光傳播局 / Attribution

The Taiwan Education Association Building is a building in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan.

Wikipedia: Taiwan Education Association Building (EN), Website

373 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 12: National Museum of History

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National Museum of History Yu tptw / CC BY-SA 4.0

The National Museum of History is located in the Nanhai Academy in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan. After the Republic of China government moved to Taiwan, the National Museum of History was the first museum to be established in Taiwan.

Wikipedia: National Museum of History (EN), Website

279 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Herbarium of Taipei Botanical Garden

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The Taipei Botanical Garden Leaf Pavilion was built in 1924 as the Leaf Pavilion of the Forestry Department of the Academia Sinica of the Governor-General's Office. In the early days of the Japanese occupation, in order to develop Taiwan's forest resources, he planned to engage in the "Taiwan Plant Survey Project", and the plants collected in the field were dried and made into "leaf specimens" for preservation, so as to identify plant species. As a result, the museum became the first herbarium in Taiwan to be built specifically for the storage of plant leaf specimens, and is the birthplace of Taiwan's forestry research and plant resources survey. The museum is affiliated with the Forestry Laboratory of the Council of Agriculture, an administrative body of Taiwan, and was declared a municipal monument by the Taipei City Government in 2008. The precious herbarium has now been moved to a modern herbarium. 2016 is the 120th anniversary of the Taipei Botanical Garden, and the Forestry Laboratory is to inherit the history of plant research in Taiwan. Reopened in 2017, it provides a glimpse into the history of botanical research and continues the mission of botanical research, conservation and education in Taiwan.

Wikipedia: 台北植物園腊葉館 (ZH)

651 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 14: Datong House

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Datong House, located in Taipei, Taiwan, Zhongzheng District, Boai Special Zone, next to the former residence of Yan Jiagan, completed in 1954, was originally a guest house for the US military stationed in Taiwan, and later became the office of former Taiwan President Yan Jiagan, and is now a national monument.

Wikipedia: 大同之家(含網球場) (ZH)

53 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: Yen Chia-Kan's Residence

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The former residence of Yan Jiagan, located in the Boai Special Economic Zone, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan, is the official residence of Yan Jiagan, the 5th president of the Republic of China, and is a national monument.

Wikipedia: 嚴家淦先生故居 (ZH)

803 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 16: Jieshou Park

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Jieshou Park is an urban type park in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan.

Wikipedia: Jieshou Park (EN)

453 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 17: 二二八公園福德宮

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228 Park Fude Palace, located in Taipei City, 228 Park Rush Gong Hao Yifang, address: No. 109, Huaining Street, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, commonly known as the New Park Land Temple, the main worship of Fu Zheng God (Land Gong), is a well-known land temple located in the Boai Special Zone, is one of the most famous land temples in northern Taiwan.

Wikipedia: 二二八公園福德宮 (ZH)

475 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 18: National History Museum Exhibition Hall

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The National History Museum is the highest historical and political agency of the Republic of China government. It is a directly -owned institution of the Presidential Palace. It is the main task of compiling the national history, historical materials, historical materials collection, and collection of historical materials, and the management of presidents and deputy presidential cultural relics that have been unascured since the Constitution of the Constitution.

Wikipedia: 國史館 (ZH)

131 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 19: 婦聯總會舊址

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The China Women's Federation building is a registered historic site in Taipei, Taiwan. It is located on Changsha Street in the Zhongzheng District of Taipei.

Wikipedia: China Women's Federation (EN)

356 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 20: Armed Forces Museum

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Armed Forces Museum Carpkazu / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Republic of China Armed Forces Museum was a museum located on Guiyang Street in the Zhongzheng District of Taipei, Taiwan. It opened on October 31, 1961, under the administration of the Republic of China Ministry of National Defense Department of History and Translation Office. The Museum encompassed 3 floors, and served to preserve and present the heritage and history of the ROC military to the general public.

Wikipedia: Republic of China Armed Forces Museum (EN)

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