This one-day Taipei tour visits the city’s main tourist attractions, including temples, monuments, and a visit to the top of the iconic Taipei 101 skyscraper. All while enjoying the explanations of a local guide and the possibility of doing it by private transport.
We will meet at the starting point, and from there, we will start by visiting the famous National Palace Museum, the museum with the largest collection of Chinese art in the world. It houses objects spanning 8,000 years of Chinese history. After exploring the museum, we’ll take a stroll through one of the traditional gardens that surrounds it.
The National Palace Museum features a collection of 700,000 pieces of Chinese artifacts and artworks, many of which were transferred from the Forbidden City’s Palace Museum in Beijing.
National Palace Museum.
From the museum and its gardens, we’ll move on to the popular Longshan Temple, one of the oldest and most iconic temple in the city, where we’ll enjoy the unique atmosphere surrounding it.
Traditional Temple in Taipei.
In the underground shopping gallery of this temple, you’ll find various divination centers, connected by the divine influence of the temple itself. If you wish (optional visit), you can consult and discover your destiny with the help of the small sparrows, guided by their masters, who will answer your personal questions about love, health, and wealth.
Divination is a tradition regularly practiced in Taiwan and is often found around temples and night markets.
Sparrows used in the art of divination.
After visiting Longshan Temple and the sparrows, we’ll take a break for lunch and recharge. Once we finish our meal, we’ll head to the exterior of the Taiwan Presidential Palace, a historically significant building constructed during the Japanese occupation.
Next, we’ll go to Freedom Square, which houses the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall as well as the majestic buildings of the National Theater and Concert Hall. The mausoleum is dedicated to the former dictator who ruled Taiwan for decades. If we’re lucky, we might witness the changing of the guard ceremony held in front of the statue inside the mausoleum.
Freedom Square. In the background, Chiang Kai-Shek Mausoleum.
After visiting the Mausoleum, we’ll head to the economic district of Xinyi and explore the surroundings of the city’s most iconic building, Taipei 101 (observatory visit not included). From there, we’ll walk through the nearby 44 South Community to discover the historical past of Chinese soldiers and families who sought refuge in Taiwan in the 1940s.
44 South Community and Taipei 101 skyscraper.
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