Preparation
1) Taiwan certificate: two certificates and one visa
Taiwan Pass and Endorsement: Handle at the entry and exit;
Taiwan Entry Permit: It seems that you can apply for a travel agency, online tb, travel software, for me, online tb, the fee is ￥258/person, after the payment is successful, the store will guide you to a small program, according to the above process and needs Just take a photo of the information and upload it, and the visa will be issued in about four days, and then it must be printed out in color and kept in a safe place.
2) Air tickets and accommodation: Book in advance. For the first time in my life, I chose Shenzhen to fly freely. In fact, it is more cost-effective to fly to Hong Kong. The port time exceeds the estimated time...), so, I would rather spend more money. (The cost of the round-trip air ticket is ￥1815/person) I don’t want to waste time and spoil my happy heart. As for the accommodation, I abide by the principle of eating well and staying well, and not dragging the water (luggage). I chose to stay in Taipei Royal Seasons Hotel (Nanxi Branch), a total of 5 nights and two breakfasts (￥492/day). The hotel has a comfortable environment , the transportation is convenient, close to Ningxia Night Market and Ximending, most of the residents are foreigners, and most of them are Japanese.
3) Cash: I exchanged NT$30,000 at the Bank of China. There are still many shops in Taipei that only accept cash (such as hawkers in night markets), and you also need cash to recharge your Easy Card. Alipay is not popular in Taiwan. , In addition to daily transportation and food, almost all credit cards are used. It is very cost-effective to use credit cards or UnionPay for overseas travel, and there are even discounts.
4) Phone card and Easy Card: I bought the phone card at the second terminal of Taoyuan Airport, Taiwan Mobile (valid on the 6th) and the fee is NT$400. The EasyCard is also bought at the MRT station. The fee is NT$500 per piece (of which NT$100 is a deposit and cannot be refunded). You can add value at the automatic add-in machine in the MRT station or at a convenience store. The card takes the Taiwan Railway , MRT and even taxis can be used, and can also be used to pay at convenience stores and individual shops.
5) Travel apps: I downloaded N apps based on the recommendations of multiple guides before traveling, but only Xiaohongshu, Ctrip and Baidu Maps (Google Maps is also ok) work.
schedule
Day1. Huatai Famous Brands City - Hotel check in - Ningxia Night Market
9:45——11:30 Aircraft
11:30——12:00 Exit
12:00—14:45 Huatai Famous Brands City: Take the Airport MRT to Exit 2 of High Speed Rail Taoyuan Station (Station A18). After exiting the station, first, look for a luggage locker to store your luggage (you can use the Easy Card to store it), and then , Go straight to the destination according to the guide map. We only went to a few stores. If you want to buy new products, I don’t recommend you to come here. This is the outlets, and there are no new products. As for me, I also bought two small shirts for Beer Pig, and an NB for myself. My boss Yang didn’t see the new product, so he didn’t buy it.
14:45——19:30 Check in at Royal Season: Take the Airport MRT to High Speed Rail Taoyuan Station to Taipei Station (the journey takes about 65 minutes). After exiting from Exit 3 of Taipei Station, turn right to Chongqing North Road and walk for about 8 minutes, walk to the intersection of Nanjing West Road, turn left and walk for a minute or two to the hotel.
19:30 Ningxia Night Market: The opening hours of the night market are from 17:00 to 1:00. The night market gives me the feeling that it is a street of hawkers, crowded and steaming. We walked from the beginning to the end and wrote down our interests. The food, and then go back to buy and pack it back to the hotel. This meal actually cost about NT$800 yuan, thick cut steak (it is better to buy and eat immediately), large intestine wrapped with small intestine, cold fish skin and conch, fried Niuhe, steamed dumplings, and grilled skewers. On the way back, I bought two bottles of kangaroos at the supermarket diagonally opposite the hotel. Well, this meal was full, and I finally experienced the Taipei night market.
Day2. Tamsui Riverside Landscape Trail - Tamsui Old Street - Tamjiang High School - Hongmao City - Fisherman's Wharf (Lover Bridge) - Ningxia Night Market
9:40——10:25 MRT: Tamsui Xinyi Line to Tamsui Station
10:25——11:45 Tamsui Old Street: The Tamsui Riverside Landscape Trail is actually next to Tamsui Old Street. Because of the sun, we went directly to the old street. There are many small shops, souvenir shops, convenience stores, etc. along the road. There are also a lot of granny's iron eggs, but I didn't buy them there because they are all miscellaneous brands. On the way, I went to an online celebrity shop and ate delicious fish balls, which relieved my hunger, and it was pretty good. When I walked to the Tamsui Zheng Market, I sent a postcard to Pizhu in a boutique (this card was delivered to me on April 22 without any risk...it was sent by a kind resident in my community Picked it up in the elevator...).
11:45——12:00 Tamkang Senior High School: In order to check in at this Internet celebrity place, I wronged my boss Yang to accompany me all the way, and it was hot and sunny, but his school was in class time, ha, so much For the recommendation of Xiaohongshu, I just stupidly stood at the door of his house and left a souvenir. On this way, I passed the online celebrity store - the old brand Aji, but it was not open, so I regret to miss the "Jay Chou set meal". After clocking in at Tamkang Middle School, it was noon, and I was tired and hot, so I settled for lunch at a convenience store near the school.
13:05——13:37 Hongmao City: Because the free guided tour bus is only available after two o’clock, we just wandered around the door for a while and then left to the bus stop at the door to wait for the red 26 bus to Yuren pier.
13:43——15:07 Fisherman's Wharf: I originally wanted to come to the Lover's Bridge here in the evening to enjoy the beautiful sunset, but I didn't expect this morning's trip to end early, so I arrived at Fisherman's Wharf in the afternoon. We didn't wait for the beautiful sunset, but we still finished the Lover's Bridge and blew the sea breeze. At that moment, we felt so comfortable that we didn't want to leave.
18:00——18:30 MRT: Take the Red 26 bus to Tamsui MRT Station, then take the Tamsui Xinyi Line to Jiantan Station. I bought a delicious season limited strawberry Daifuku at Taipei Main Station. It is really delicious. Even Mr. Yang, who doesn’t like sweets, said it was delicious. It’s really delicious. Ha, my friend who loves dessert We can try it.
18:45——19:20 Ningxia Night Market: Due to the excessive physical exertion during the day, the originally planned Shilin Night Market was canceled, and we went to Ningxia Night Market again. This time we chose a restaurant to eat——Piao Fragrant Beef Noodles, the ratings in the public are not bad, so I came to try it. Fortunately, I didn’t have to wait in line tonight. I ordered beef tendon noodles and beef noodles. It’s a bit spicy, not bad, friends, you can try it if you have a chance try.
Day3. Jingtong - Pingxi - Shifen - Jiufen
9:10—9:23 Taiwan Railway: Taipei Station to Ruifang Station.
10:14——11:07 Ruifang Station: At Ruifang Station, you can buy a ticket for unlimited entry and exit of the Pingxi Line one-day tour, but we didn’t buy it and just swiped the Easy Card. While waiting for the arrival of the little train, we ate the signature handmade ice cream, stewed cabbage and brown sugar mochi at Baoyun Taro Ball. They were delicious, especially the stewed cabbage, which Boss Yang liked very much.
12:55—14:12 Jingtong: This station is the terminal station of the Pingxi Line. We plan to choose 3 points on the Pingxi Line and play backwards. This is our first stop. The two of us ate the signature Hongbao miner rice and noodle tea (it would be better if it was hot) at the Hongbao Miner Canteen in Jingtong Old Street, which was very nostalgic. Then I bought a bamboo tube and wrote my wish, and hung it on the lover's bridge here, feeling satisfied.
14:17—15:28 Pingxi: We chose to put sky lanterns here because we don’t need to be crowded with people here. Our lanterns fly high and far with blessings. The aunt who took pictures and videos of us is the seller. Really good at shooting, and the people are very nice. Then, we went to eat the Internet celebrity snack Pingxi story sausage, praise. Then I went to "the oldest postbox in Taiwan - Pingxi Post Office Postbox" to check in.
15:28——15:40 Shifen: We walked through Shifen Old Street and walked over the Jing’an Suspension Bridge, then rented a small electric car and went to Shifen Waterfall in a chic way. Take a picture under the "love for a lifetime" in the garden. The funny thing is that I got lost when I came back, and finally the kind uncle guided us to find the store and the small electric, ha.
17:49——19:07 Jiufen: We took a taxi (NT$250/person) to Jiufen with a young couple who rented a car together at Shifen. Shangjiufen is actually mountain climbing, and it is bustling with tourists. It is said that it is the filming location of "Spirited Away", so many people come here for its fame. I bought a meat bun with preserved vegetables in Jiufen Amu Baozi and tasted it. It was delicious. Then I drank a cup of pearl green at the Hanlin Teahouse and watched the night view of Jiufen. Around 7:00 pm, the shops here closed one after another, so we both planned to leave at this time. Before we left, we bought iron eggs and pineapple cakes in Xindongyang. We must have a chance to buy them again, so we didn’t buy a lot . In Xiajiufen, I met the elder sister who was taking pictures of us at Shifen (she took the photos together), and then asked her to take a group photo of us, hahaha, super fate, her photography skills It's also a big deal, thank you very much for this very nice elder sister.
19:07——20:44 Zhongxiao Fuxing Station: We took Keelung Passenger Transport Bus 1062 at Jiufen Police Station to Zhongxiao Fuxing Station (MRT Station). Decided to have dinner at the sogo mall at this MRT station. I ate Din Tai Fung tonight, the taste is relatively light, quite satisfactory, no big surprises. After dinner, I took the MRT back to Taipei Main Station. On the way back to the hotel, I went to 7.11 (there are quite a lot of 7 Chai near this hotel) and bought a dozen shot glasses (delicious) and two small wine versions. It's a pity that 7 Boys in Mainland China didn't sell this bullet cup, so we made a special trip to patronize 7 Boys to sweep the bullet cups in the next few nights, haha.
Day4. Eslite Xinyi Store - 101 - Ximending
10:35——13:00 Eslite Xinyi Store: In view of the rampage of the previous two days, in order to take care of Boss Yang’s mood, today’s schedule is relatively loose. Take MRT Bannan Line to Shifu Station, exit No. 2, and go to Eslite Xinyi Store. This is an Eslite flagship store, with a wide variety of books and various creative stationery. I thought it would be great if I could open one in Dayantian (I really think too much), if it wasn’t for Boss Yang to give me control Time, I think it must have timed out and timed out. In the end, I couldn't help but bought a pair of "soil to dregs" pearl earrings here, haha, they are actually quite beautiful. Then, there was lunch at the food court on the negative floor, a Xiaonanmen oyster omelette set (the oysters are very fresh) and a sun tomato noodle (very popular in Japan).
14:30——17:30 101: After lunch, we walked to 101 (101 is not far from Eslite Xinyi store). We came to 101 for shopping besides looking at the scenery, so I went straight to the old L and the place I was thinking about BVLGARI, the little spring that has been planted for a long time, finally pulled the weeds with the help of my boss Yang, full of diamonds, super happy. In fact, this is often the case. I miss the things I like very much, and then I regret it. Mr. Yang just doesn’t see me regretting, so he encourages me to buy it for me. He said, if I miss it, I will buy it for me. There will be none, and I will regret it when I go back (last night, he also said: I should have bought that new old L from you...)...Thank you for letting me Treat yourself generously, okay? I thought I would take the fastest elevator in the world (maybe it’s not the fastest now) after buying my hands. I went to 101 (the fee is NT$600) to see the night view. Unfortunately, after I went up, I encountered heavy fog and the visibility dropped to 50. %, what a pity! But we still went up to the 92nd floor and saw the damper. Before leaving, I found a gashapon in a souvenir shop and gave it to Po Zhu as a souvenir for this trip to Taipei. Then, I temporarily decided to have dinner here at the food court on the negative floor. I ate the "world Michelin one-star" Liaofan's oily chicken noodles and char siew noodles, which were delicious.
16:00—19:00 Ximending: How can you not visit Ximending when you come to Taipei? Although it is really similar to Dongmen in Shenzhen and Shangxiajiu in Guangzhou, hahaha, there are still some differences. We bought a box of fruit here. The fruits in Taiwan are really big, sweet and cheap, but unfortunately we can’t take them home. Passing by a shop that sells cotton candy - SOLA, I bought a cotton candy ice cream roll, it was so delicious that I cried (this is the first time I have eaten this kind of cotton candy like cotton, puff), we ate it like this While walking back to the hotel, of course, I didn’t forget to pass by Qizai to sweep up all the bullet cups......
Day5. Yangmingshan——The top——Dog it
9:00——15:00 Yangmingshan: Take bus No. 260 at Taipei Main Station to Yangmingshan Terminus, and then take bus No. 108 to Yangming Bookstore Station. Because of wrong information, 1 wasted at Yangming Bookstore For more than an hour, after getting off the bus, I have to walk a long, long, long way to reach the bookstore, and the bookstore does not open until the afternoon (to perfectly miss the 9 o'clock show), I am wronged, I walked all the way, and I encountered taxis on the way. It was someone else's chartered car, and it really broke down at that moment, and it was rare for Boss Yang to comfort me all the way (although he also complained that today seemed to be fixed...), alas. I worked hard and walked back to the platform, and waited for a long time for the minibus, and came to Zhuzi Lake. Fortunately, I saw the calla lily, which was so beautiful, but unfortunately I couldn’t bring it back. Then, I chose a restaurant there with three dishes and one meal. The staple food (stir-fried betel nut flowers, chicken with bitter gourd and pineapple, tofu with crab roe and oil noodles) is just a farm dish, and the cost is NT$1000. After the meal, it started to rain lightly, and it was windy, (it froze me, Boss Yang), and I had to wait for the bus for a long time (this day was almost wasted in waiting for the bus and waiting for the bus), so it is recommended that the friends who want to come should charter a car in advance , which saves a lot of time. Due to the sudden change of the weather, we had to change the itinerary and go to The top in advance.
15:00 The top: Take the No. 260 bus to the Cultural University Station, then walk for about 30 minutes to reach The top. However, we arrived an hour earlier than the original plan, and the door was not opened yet. Alas, we were so pitiful that we went down the mountain in the wind and rain to find a 7 Chai to pass the time. We departed for the romantic dinner at The top at 16:30. There were already people waiting in line at the door. In fact, if it was a holiday, dozens of people would already be queuing at 16:00 (Xiaohongshu said so ......) Waiting and waiting, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, so the store only opened the private room that night, we chose the stir-fried (roof beef stone pot rice, salt and pepper tender lamb chops, steamed lemon fish, four-color Shaomai, the first special tune on the roof, and Mediterranean) are all delicious (the cost is about NT$2100). Although it was a hard day, and there was heavy rain at night, I couldn’t see the beautiful night view, but I still give it to the food of this Internet celebrity restaurant 99 points (if the full score is one hundred). After dinner, because it was raining heavily, we asked the waiter to call a car to the hotel, and the cost was NT$455.
22:00 Let the dog go: After washing up in the hotel, seeing that it was not too late, I decided to go to an izakaya for a late night snack. This izakaya is not too big, but there are quite a lot of customers. It was the one we passed by when we came back from Ximending last night. It looked good, so we came here. Although it was a late night snack, we actually ate NT$2035 yuan. Hahaha, we are leaving tomorrow. Seeing that there is still a lot of cash in our pockets, let us be proud. (So, NT$30,000 for 2 people traveling in taipei for 6 days and 5 nights is more than enough.) When paying the bill, the enthusiastic store manager also recommended us to play places, and helped us find the address for buying souvenirs. That’s great, let me Feeling more about this trip...
Day6. Hotel check out - Ximending - Airport
9:30——10:00 Hotel check out: Boss Yang didn’t go to the hotel for breakfast today because he wanted to stay in bed. My breakfast is a Manchurian meal. I bought it in Dayantian, and it feels good. Go to check out after a while, and then store your luggage at the front desk.
10:00—13:10 Ximending: Direct call (My brother explained the coordinates along the way to us, but I didn’t listen to it at all, and specially recommended us to buy Weige pineapple cakes... However We didn't buy this one, because we heard that it was a designated shopping place for the group tour...) We went to Carrefour in Ximending (a large supermarket recommended by the store manager last night). I twisted two eggs (SNOOPY) here, and bought coffee powder that I don’t know if it’s good or not. Then I rushed to the Xindongyang store to scan the souvenirs... Then I flew back to the hotel to pick up my luggage and took the shuttle bus to Taipei Main Station to take the MRT to the airport.
13:10——17:35 Airport: We arrived at the airport in advance, and we ate Lin Dongfang Beef Noodles at the airport, which really lived up to its reputation. However, Boss Yang may have been caught cold by the strong wind after walking all the way yesterday, and he became more and more uncomfortable (leading to "losing the battle" for two days after returning home). What to order, in fact, I brought two cigarettes to Boss Yang without buying anything (good one to help the tyrant), just because he said it was cheaper to buy here...
17:35-22:30 Return: Originally, the plane could arrive on time. However, the plane was delayed due to some reason of a certain passenger on board, and I was also drunk. It was too late when I got home. Our lovely beer pig had already fallen asleep peacefully. We hadn’t seen each other for a few days, and I missed him very much. I slowly realized that it wasn’t that the child couldn’t live without me, but that I couldn’t live without the child.
words from the heart
Although this fangdang trip ended perfectly, it is inevitable that there are still some regrets. Traveling is like this, like life.
I like the cleanliness of this city, because in this place where tourism is flourishing, you will not see garbage everywhere in its streets and alleys. Every public toilet I have been to is clean and odor-free;
I like the convenient transportation here, because with one card in hand, I can take almost all public transportation;
I like the orderliness here, because when waiting for the bus, you will find that everyone will line up in the specified area and get on the bus one by one. When waiting for the traffic lights, you will find a group of small electric cars parked neatly behind the stop line , and all kinds of motor vehicles followed, it was so spectacular;
I like the convenient service here, because whether it is in the MRT, Taiwan Railway, bus, or waiting point, you will see the caring seat, and it must be reserved for the cared group, while in the MRT or MRT In the station, you will also find a mobile phone wireless charging station;
I also like the warm and polite people here, because when you have problems that cannot be solved, people will take the initiative to help you and answer your doubts. At least we did meet a few such big brothers and sisters during this trip .
In the end, I am grateful to have you, my boss Yang, who took me to fly with me and look forward to the next "XX Couple's Fangdang Travel".
