Beitou Hot Springs
Beitou District, Taiwan
Beitou is Taipei's hot spring district — a valley on the northern edge of the city where volcanic activity heats natural springs to temperatures of 40-100°C, creating a bathing culture that has been central to Taipei life since the Japanese colonial government developed the area as a resort in the early 1900s.
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.
Maokong Gondola & Tea Plantations
Wenshan District, Taiwan
Maokong is Taipei's tea mountain — a hillside of tea plantations, temple gardens, and traditional teahouses south of the city that is accessible by a 4-kilometre gondola ride from Taipei Zoo station, providing aerial views of the city, the zoo, and the forested mountains before depositing you at the top of a hill where Tieguanyin oolong tea has been grown since the late 19th century.
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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