TAIWAN

BEITOU
Hotels
●Broadway – 250 Guangming Road; 011-886-2-2895-6658; broadway-hotspring-hotel.come.tw; “Japanese-style” rooms.
Sights & Sites
●Beitou Hot Spring Museum – Zhongshan Road; 011-886-2-2893-9981.
●Beitou Outdoor Public Baths – Qinshui Park; 011-886-2-2893-7014.


TAINAN
Hotels
●Tayih Landis Tainan Hotel – 660 Section 1 (Shimen Road); 011-886-6-216-0000; tainan.landishotelsresorts.com/chinese-trad.


TAIPEI
Hotels
●Grand Hyatt Taipei – 2 Song Shou Road; 011-886-2-2270-1234; taipei.grand.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp; located within walking distance of world’s tallest building, Taipei 101.
●Riviera Hotel – 646 Linsen North Road; 011-886-2-2585-3258; rivierateipei.com/index.htm; walking distance from MRT station.
●San Want Hotel Taipei – 172, §4, Zhong Xiao East Road; 011-886-2-2772-2121; sanwant.com/en/index.aspx; mere steps from MRT transit station.
●W Hotel – 10 Zhongxiao East Road, Sec. 5, Xinyi District; 011-886-2-7703-8888; www.wtaipei.com; familiar, luxurious comfort; try to get room on 24^th Floor.

Restaurants
●Bai Gu Yuan – 17, Lane 71, Ren Ai Road, §4; 011-886-2-8773-3160; excellent mushroom dishes.
●Din Tai Fung – 194 Xinyi Road, §2; 011-886-2-2321-8928; famous for steamed soup dumplings; fried pork chop also good; open for years.
●Kiki – 51 Dong Fend Street; 011-886-2-2752-2781 or 2791; Sichuan restaurant with Taiwanese flair; numbingly hot, Mala Hot Pot.
●Tai Ho Dian – 315 Xinyi Road, §4; 011-886-2-2705-0909.

Sights & Sites
●Beitou – 40 minutes by train from Taipei; famous for hot springs.
●Lengshuikeng Hot Springs – 011-886-2-2861-0036; ymsnp.gov.tw.
●National Palace Museum – 221 Chih-shan Road, §2 (Shih-lin); 011-886-2-2881-2021; npm.gov.tw/en/home.htm.
●Taipei 101 – 7 Xinyi Road, §5; taipei-101.com.tw/index.en.htm; until Burj Dubai, world’s tallest skyscraper; 1,670 feet high.
●Yangmingshan – dormant volcano on which hiking; Taipei outskirts.


WANLI
Sights & Sites
●Yehliu Geopark – No.167-1 Kantung Road (Yehliu Village); 011-886-2-2492-2016; ylgeopark.org; geographical terrain is nothing short of miraculous, with towering green mountains, lush forests, deep rivers and gorges, natural hot springs and lunar-like landscapes.


YANGMINGSHAN
Hotels
●Landis Resort – 111 No. 237 Ger-Zhi Road; 011-886-2-2861-6661; landisresort.com.tw; refined; blond woods and stone.
Sights & Sites
●Yangmingshuwu – 12 Chungshin Road; 011-886-2-2861-1444; ymsnp.gov.tw; call ahead for English language tours.
●Yangmingshuwu National Park – 011-886-2-2861-3601, ext. 271; ymsnp.gov.tw; call ahead for English language tours.