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Alishan

mountain

18km

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Sun Moon Lake

largest lake in Taiwan

40km

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Puli

city in Nantou County, Taiwan

50km

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Sights (30)

Yushan National Park

park in Taiwan

0m

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Zhushan, Nantou

An urban township in Nantou County

33km

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Nantou County

county in Taiwan

54km

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Jhen Wen Academy

63km

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Beinan Cultural Park

Associated with the Museum of Prehistory the Beinan Cultural Park contains the largest and most important prehistoric archaeological site in Taiwan. Beyond the archaeological site the park also consists of beautiful grounds with a commanding view of the surrounding area. Tours in Chinese begin twice a day at 10:00 and 15:00. English tours must be planned in advance.

71km

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National Museum of Prehistory (Taiwan)

In the 1980s and 1990s, a team of archaeologists from National Taiwan University excavated over 1,500 stone coffins and more than 20,000 stone and pottery artifacts belonging to the Peinan culture. This museum is dedicated to this discovery and is located a few kilometers from the actual archaeological site. It also houses an extremely in depth exhibit on the current aboriginal groups in Taiwan. Outside the Museum building there are beautifully sculpted grounds and garden area.

74km

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National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts

art museum in Taichung, Taiwan

75km

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Taichung Mosque

mosque in Taichung

75km

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Changhua

A city in Changhua County

76km

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Taichung Folklore Park

A cultural center in Taichung

77km

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Farglory Ocean Park

84km

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Taichung Metropolitan Park

85km

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Pine Garden

A former military office in Hualien County

89km

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Xiangde Temple

93km

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Qixingtan Beach

One of the most popular attractions of Taiwan, although maybe not the most spectacular one. Crescent bay and clear blue waters with a beach full of colorful agates. This used to be a small fishing village but has now multiple scenic trails, pagodas, beach pavilions, and a star-gazing square. Excellent vistas of the ocean, delicious seafood, friendly people and a restaurant specializing in goat milk coffee. The beach is not popular for swimming as the tides and currents are quite dangerous, the bottom drops off steeply, and doesn't have much sand (mostly pebbles). It is important to stay near the coast.

94km

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Fort Provintia

Chihkan Tower s the landmark of Tainan and its most famous historic site. In 1653 the Dutch built "Fort Providentia" in the area, and the Chinese named it "Tower of Savages" or "Tower of Red-haired Barbarians." Even though Chihkan Tower has survived different historical periods, it retains its rich and graceful architectural aspects. Crammed with various kinds of steles, stone horses, weight lifting rocks, stone weights, ponds with colorful fish and nine stone tortoises carrying royal stele carved in Chinese and Manchurian, the courtyard looks like an outdoor museum. Chihkan Tower is particularly attractive at night.

96km

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State Temple of the Martial God

96km

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National Museum of Taiwan Literature

public art museum in Tainan, Taiwan

96km

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Koxinga Ancestral Shrine

A small shrine dedicated to Koxinga, with plaques and information about his life. Locally known as Zheng Chenggong, Koxinga is an intriguing iconic hero of Taiwan, symbolic in different ways to different people and his image bent to fit whoever is in charge. He was a pirate to the Dutch, a brave and loyal general to the Chinese, a brutal conqueror to the Aboriginal tribes and a favored son to the Japanese through his mother. He was even a beacon of hope to the KMT in their aims to reclaim the mainland, though perhaps not the best example for them. The garden is quiet and serene, and a statue of Zheng Chenggong on horseback guards the entrance.

97km

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Taiwan Confucian Temple

A serene destination surrounded by a small park. Explore the temple, then go to the incredibly popular shaved-ice store right on the opposite side.

97km

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Great South Gate

97km

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Eternal Spring Shrine

100km

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Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan)

In the early 17th century, European seafarers came to Asia to trade and develop colonial outposts. In 1624, the Dutch occupied today's Anping and took ten years to build a fort named "Fort Zeelandia." After 1662, because Koxinga and his son lived here, it was named "King Castle," "Anping Castle" as well as "Taiwan Castle." The Japanese rebuilt it and named it "Anping Old Fort." Today, the only Dutch remains are the ruins of a semicircular bulwark and a section of the outer fort's brick wall; the root of an old banyan tree on the wall remains a witness to the fort's long history. Its commanding views of the ocean make it a popular place to watch the sunset. Nevertheless, the fort itself is not that impressing, and neither is the view from the tower during the day. Also, there is not much space in the tower, so it is questionable that many people will be able to enjoy the sunset. Hence, you could skip it for Anping Tree House instead.

100km

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Anping Tree House

Anping Tree House was built as the warehouse of Tait & Co. During the Japanese Occupation it was the office and warehouse of the Japan Salt Company. After World War II, the salt industry in Anping declined, and this area was abandoned. The aerial roots and branches of banyan trees wrapped around the building, combined with the soil, red brick and partial concrete wall creates an unusual sight.

100km

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Shakadang Trail

Trail in Hualien County, Taiwan

101km

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Eternal Golden Castle

A 19th-century coastal fortress, it was built during the Qing dynasty and armed with cannons to defend against the threat of Japanese invasion. Bricks from the remains of Fort Zeelandia were used during the fort's construction. The squarish fort feels like a very big park aside from its thick walls and gate tunnel, and paddle boats are even available for rent in the moat surrounding the fort. There are sometimes musical events and performances in the evening.

101km

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Hsinchu railway station

Built in 1913 in the classic Baroque style that was popular in Taiwan at the beginning of the 20th century. There is nothing to see inside, but the facade provides a good backdrop for souvenir photographs of the city.

135km

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Image Museum of Hsinchu City

A museum in Hsinchu City

135km

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Hsinchu City Fire Museum

A museum in Hsinchu City

135km

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Hsinchu Museum of Military Dependents Village

136km

24.81416667120.96694444
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Yushan

Taiwan
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Yushan

Yushan, also known as Jade Mountain or Mt. Jade, at 3952m, is the highest mountain in Taiwan. It has also been claimed to be the tallest mountain in East Asia, but this depends on how one defines "East Asia".

Taiwan, with the tropic of Cancer across the center of the island, has a climate between tropical and subtropical. The average temperature is 23.5 °C (74.3 °F). Here low elevation areas support evergreen broadleaved forests. As elevation increases, evergreen broadleaved forests are gradually replaced by deciduous forests and coniferous forests. At mountain peaks with alpine conditions, only mosses, liverworts and occasionally grasses can be found on the ground.

  • Formosan serow (台灣長鬃山羊)
  • Reeves's muntjac (台灣山羌)
  • Formosan black bear (台灣黑熊)
  • Formosan blue magpie (台灣藍鵲)
  • Formosan rock macaque (台灣獼猴)
  • Hemimyzon taitungensis (台東間爬岩鰍) and Varicorhinus tamusuiensis (Oshima) – Two unique fish species living in the Lekuleku River area.

The island of Taiwan is situated at the intersection of two tectonic plates – the Eurasian Plate and the Philippine Sea Plate. Even as “recently” as the late Paleozoic (some 250 million years ago), the land here was still but a sedimentary seabed layered with silt and sand. As the two plates began pressing against each other, the land buckled, bent, and created the landscape – 165 mountains higher than 3,000 m (9,800 ft) above sea level on a relatively small island (38th largest in the world).

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Climate

Average temperatures

Jan

3.7°C-4.5
Precipitation: 83.1 mm

Feb

3.7°C-3.7
Precipitation: 120.5 mm

Mar

5.4°C-1.9
Precipitation: 139.1 mm

Apr

7.8°C0.4
Precipitation: 244.4 mm

May

10.6°C2.6
Precipitation: 414 mm

Jun

12.1°C4.2
Precipitation: 488.2 mm

Jul

13.8°C4.4
Precipitation: 445.6 mm

Aug

13.6°C4.4
Precipitation: 519.3 mm

Sep

13°C3.8
Precipitation: 325.2 mm

Oct

13.2°C2.6
Precipitation: 144.3 mm

Nov

10.2°C0.3
Precipitation: 77.6 mm

Dec

6.2°C-2.7
Precipitation: 70 mm