Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
No. 21 Zhongshan S Rd, Dongmen, Zhongzheng District, 100011, Taiwan
The Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is Taipei's most imposing landmark — a white marble and blue-tile monument on a 25-hectare plaza that honours the Republic of China's founding leader and is simultaneously a political monument, a cultural venue, and the most contested piece of architecture in Taiwan.
Jiufen Old Street
Jiufen, Ruifang District, New Taipei City
Jiufen is a hillside village an hour east of Taipei that was a gold mining town in the Japanese colonial era, fell into quiet decline when the mines closed, and was reborn as one of Taiwan's most popular tourist destinations after it was widely (though inaccurately) identified as the inspiration for the spirit bathhouse in Hayao Miyazaki's 'Spirited Away.
Longshan Temple
No. 211, Guangzhou Street, Wanhua District, Taipei
Longshan Temple is the most important temple in Taipei — a 1738 Buddhist-Taoist-folk religion complex in the Wanhua district that has survived earthquakes, typhoons, Japanese colonial prohibition of Chinese religion, and a World War II Allied bombing that destroyed the main hall (the statue of Guanyin, the goddess of mercy, survived unscathed in the rubble, which cemented the temple's reputation for divine protection).
National Palace Museum
No. 221 Zhishan Rd Sec 2, Linxi, Shilin District, 111001, Taiwan
The National Palace Museum houses the world's largest collection of Chinese art — nearly 700,000 artifacts spanning 8,000 years that were brought to Taiwan by Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government when they fled the Chinese mainland in 1949.
Presidential Office Building
No. 122, Section 1, Chongqing South Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei
The Presidential Office Building is Taiwan's most important government building — a red-brick and concrete structure completed in 1919 as the Governor-General's Office of Japanese-controlled Taiwan and now serving as the office of the President of the Republic of China.
Shilin Night Market
No. 101, Jihe Road, Shilin District, Taipei
Shilin Night Market is the largest and most famous night market in Taipei — a sprawling labyrinth of food stalls, clothing vendors, game booths, and the general sensory chaos that makes Taiwanese night markets one of the greatest street food experiences on Earth.
Taipei 101
No. 7, Section 5, Xinyi Road, Xinyi District, Taipei
Taipei 101 was the tallest building in the world from its completion in 2004 until the Burj Khalifa surpassed it in 2010 — a 508-metre tower of blue-green glass designed by C.
Taipei's Bubble Tea Culture
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Bubble tea (zhēnzhū nǎichá, pearl milk tea) was invented in Taiwan in the 1980s — a drink of tea, milk, and chewy tapioca balls (boba) that has become one of the most successful Taiwanese cultural exports and is now available in virtually every city in the world.
Yongkang Street Food District
Yongkang Street, Da'an District, Taipei
Yongkang Street is Taipei's most famous food street — a tree-lined lane in the Da'an district where Din Tai Fung (the xiao long bao dumpling restaurant that started here in 1972 and has since expanded to a global chain with Michelin stars) sits alongside independent noodle shops, mango shaved ice parlours, and the kind of small, family-run restaurants that make Taipei one of the great eating cities.
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