Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #9 in Taipei, Taiwan

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Number of sights 19 sights
Distance 10.6 km
Ascend 208 m
Descend 215 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: 先天道院

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The Congrata Courtyard is located in Baoxing Street, Taipei City, Taiwan. The building was built in 1967 and is now an ancient temple building in Wanhua District, Taipei. In addition, the tissue format of the temple is managed, and the festival date is June 15th of the lunar calendar each year.

Wikipedia: 先天道院 (ZH)

539 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Taiwan Highway Museum

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The Happiness Highway Museum is the first highway museum in Taiwan, located on the first floor of the Highway Bureau Building of the Ministry of Communications on Dongyuan Street, Wanhua District, Taipei City, and opened at 9 o'clock on August 3, 2015.

Wikipedia: 幸福公路館 (ZH)

1973 meters / 24 minutes

Sight 3: 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

373 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: 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

111 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Postal Museum

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The Postal Museum is a museum located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan. The museum encompasses seven floors and covers postal history, modern postal service, philately, and special exhibitions.

Wikipedia: Chunghwa Postal Museum (EN), Website

148 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Guling Street Avant-grade Theatre

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The Guling Street Avant-garde Theatre is located in Zhongzheng District of Taipei, Taiwan. It was constructed in 1906 to serve as a police station during Japanese rule. In 2002, a small theatre was opened and has hosted more than 8,000 guests.

Wikipedia: Guling Street Avant-garde Theatre (EN), Website

301 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: 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

413 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 8: South Gate of Taipei

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South Gate of Taipei 台北旅遊網 / Attribution

The South Gate of Taipei City, also known as the Great South Gate, is located at the intersection of Park Road and Aiguo West Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan, and is now listed as a national monument of the Republic of China.

Wikipedia: 臺北府城南門 (ZH)

371 meters / 4 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)

586 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 10: 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

562 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 11: 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)

840 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 12: Taipei 228 Memorial Museum

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Taipei 228 Memorial Hall, located in Taipei 228 Park, was officially opened on February 28, 1997, and symbolized the 50th anniversary of the 228 Incident. Its building was formerly known as the former Taipei Broadcasting Bureau Concert Hall of the Taiwan Broadcasting Association during the Japanese occupation.

Wikipedia: 臺北二二八紀念館 (ZH)

358 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: Jieshou Park

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

Wikipedia: Jieshou Park (EN)

344 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 14: East Gate of Taipei

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The East Gate of Taipei Fucheng, officially known as Jingfu Gate, is located in the Boai Special Zone of Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan, and the Taipei Fucheng City Gate in front of the President of the Republic of China Palace, which is now listed as a national monument of the Republic of China.

Wikipedia: 臺北府城東門 (ZH)

293 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 15: 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)

587 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 16: 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)

617 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 17: 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)

993 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 18: 臺北監獄圍牆遺蹟

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臺北監獄圍牆遺蹟 Winertai / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Remains of Taipei Prison Wall are located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan at the end of Aiguo East Road and Jinshan South Road adjacent to the Southern Taipei operations center for Chunghwa Telecom. Approximately 100 meters of wall exist on both sides of the Chunghwa Telecom property. The walls were built during Japanese rule.

Wikipedia: Remains of Taipei Prison Wall (EN)

1212 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 19: Da-an Forest Park

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Da-an Forest Park 臺北市政府觀光傳播局 / Attribution

Daan Forest Park is a public park near the centre of the Da'an District of Taipei, Taiwan. The park occupies twenty-six hectares and is bordered on its north, south, east, and west by Xinyi Road (信義路), Heping E. Road (和平東路), Jianguo S. Road (建國南路), and Xinsheng S. Road (幸生南路), respectively. The park is used by residents of Taipei as a green activity space and for various outdoor activities. The park was created in 1994 after the eviction of longtime squatters and the demolition of illegal buildings on municipal land.

Wikipedia: Daan Forest Park (EN)

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