THE BEST Sights and Attractions in Taipei

🏛️ Sights and Attractions in Taipei

• Taipei 101 — , formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, is a 508-meter, 101-story skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan. It is owned by the Taipei Financial Center Corporation. It was officially classified as the world's tallest building from its opening on 31 December 2004, unti
• Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall — The Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is a national monument and landmark in central Taipei, built in 1980 to honor the former ROC president. The white-walled, blue-roofed hall sits in a 25-hectare park with the National Theater and National Concert Hall, and features a changing of the guard ceremony every hour.
• Longshan Temple — Longshan Temple, built in 1738, is Taipei's oldest and most famous temple, dedicated to Guanyin (the Bodhisattva of Mercy). A masterpiece of traditional Chinese architecture with intricate wood carvings, dragon columns, and bronze bells, it remains an active place of worship where locals come to pray, burn incense, and seek guidance.
• National Palace Museum — The National Palace Museum, also known as Taipei Palace Museum, is a national museum headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in Beijing in 1925, the museum was re-established in Shilin, Taipei, in 1965, later expanded with a southern branch in Taibao, Chiayi, in 2015.
• Shilin Night Market — Shilin Night Market is a night market in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan, often considered to be the largest and most famous night market in Taiwan.
• Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall — The Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is a monument to the founding father of the Republic of China, built in 1972 in Zhongshan Park. The building combines Chinese traditional architecture with modern elements and houses a museum, an auditorium, and a statue of Sun Yat-sen, with a changing of the guard ceremony every hour.
• Ximending — is a neighborhood and shopping district in the Wanhua District of Taipei, Taiwan. The Ximending Pedestrian Area was the first pedestrian zone constructed in Taipei and remains the largest in Taiwan.
• Dihua Street — is a street located in Dadaocheng, Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan, winding from the south of the district to the north near Dalongdong. The street, then known as Centre Street (中街), was constructed during the 1850s, when many commercial entities belonging to Quanzho
• Beitou Hot Springs — Beitou Hot Springs is a geothermal valley district in northern Taipei, known for its sulfur hot springs, Japanese-era bathhouses, and the Beitou Hot Spring Museum. The area offers public bathhouses, luxury spa resorts, and the steaming Thermal Valley (Diren Valley) where water reaches 90°C.
• Elephant Mountain — Elephant Mountain (Xiangshan) is a 183m hill in eastern Taipei, offering the best view of Taipei 101 and the city skyline after a 20-30 minute climb up stone steps. The hike is especially popular at sunset and for night photography of the city.
• Baoan Temple — Dalongdong Baoan Temple also known as the Taipei Baoan Temple (臺北保安宮) is a Taiwanese temple built in the Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan. The present temple was originally built by clan members in Tong'an, Xiamen, Fujian, who immigrated to Taipei in the early 19th century and gave the temple the name Po-an in order to "protect those of Tong'an" (保佑同安). The Taipei Confucius Temple is located adjacent to the Baoan Temple.
• Lin An Tai Historical House — Lin An Tai Historical House is a preserved 18th-century Chinese courtyard mansion in Zhongshan District, originally built in 1754 by a Fujianese merchant family. One of the oldest surviving residential buildings in Taipei, showcasing traditional feng shui design and Minnan architecture.
• Huashan 1914 Creative Park — The Huashan 1914 Creative Park is a multi-purpose park in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan.
• Songshan Cultural Park — Songshan Cultural Park is a former tobacco factory built in 1937 by the Japanese colonial government, now a creative hub with design shops, exhibition spaces, a cultural park, and the Eslite Spectrum bookstore, hosting art exhibitions and design events.
• Daan Forest Park — 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 (新生南路), 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.
• Raohe Street Night Market — The Raohe Street Night Market is a night market in Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan.
• Ningxia Night Market — Ningxia Night Market is a night market in Taipei, Taiwan.
• Taipei Zoo — The Taipei Zoo is the largest zoo in Asia, covering 165 hectares in the Muzha hills, home to over 400 species including giant pandas, koalas, and penguins. Accessible by the Maokong Gondola, it is one of Taipei's most popular family attractions.
• Maokong Gondola — The Maokong Gondola is a gondola lift transportation system in Taipei, Taiwan. It is operated by the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation and integrated with its fare system. Opened on 4 July 2007, the Maokong Gondola operates between Taipei Zoo and Maokong over a distance of 4.03 km
• Yangmingshan National Park — Yangmingshan National Park, located in both Taipei and New Taipei City, is one of the nine national parks in Taiwan. The districts that are partially in the park include Taipei's Beitou and Shilin Districts; and New Taipei's Wanli, Jinshan, Sanzhi and Tamsui Districts. The national park is known for its cherry blossoms, hot springs, sulfur deposits, fumaroles, venomous snakes, and hiking trails, including Taiwan's tallest dormant volcano, Qixing Mountain rising to 1,120 m (3,675 ft). In June 2020, Yangmingshan National Park was certified as the world's first Urban Quiet Park Quiet Parks International in recognition of World Environment Day.