228 Peace Memorial Park
No. 3 Ketagalan Blvd, Liming, Zhongzheng District, 100006, Taiwan
228 Peace Memorial Park is Taipei's most historically significant green space — a park in the civic centre of the city that memorialises the February 28 Incident of 1947, when the KMT government's suppression of an anti-government uprising led to the massacre of an estimated 18,000-28,000 Taiwanese civilians.
Da'an Forest Park
No. 1, Section 2, Xinsheng South Road, Da'an District, Taipei
Da'an Forest Park is Taipei's Central Park — a 26-hectare green space in the Da'an district that was a military housing compound until 1994 and has since been transformed into the most popular urban park in the city.
Elephant Mountain (Xiangshan)
Xiangshan Tunnel, Sanli, Xinyi District, 110049, Taiwan
Elephant Mountain is Taipei's most accessible urban hike and the best place to photograph Taipei 101 — a short, steep trail on the eastern edge of the Xinyi District that climbs through subtropical forest to a series of rock outcrops providing panoramic views of the city skyline with Taipei 101 as the centrepiece.
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
No. 505, Section 4, Renai Road, Xinyi District, Taipei
The Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is a monument to the founder of the Republic of China — a massive Chinese palace-style building in the Xinyi District that houses a 5.
Taipei Botanical Garden
No. 53, Nanhai Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei
The Taipei Botanical Garden is a 15-hectare green space in the Zhongzheng district that has been growing tropical and subtropical plants since the Japanese established it as a research garden in 1921.
Yangmingshan National Park
No. 1-20 Zhuzihu Rd, Hutian, Beitou District, 112092, Taiwan
Yangmingshan is Taipei's backyard volcano — a national park of dormant volcanic peaks, hot springs, sulphur fumaroles, and subtropical forest on the mountains north of the city that provides the most dramatic natural landscape accessible from any Asian capital.
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