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-->Huwei Fort臺北縣淡水鎮ä¸æ£è·¯1段6å·34號886 (02) 26295390admission: 50NT ——————–Just 1 kilometer from Fort San Domingo is Huwei Fort. At 1st glance, you’d know that it was meant for military action. I also noticed that the place had a lot of plants & small animals. Visitors could definitely sit there on the top and enjoy the view (well just [...]
淡水紅毛城 Fort San Domingo臺北縣淡水鎮ä¸æ£è·¯28å·1號886 (02) 26231001admission: 60NT ——————–Tamsui’s most famous site is Fort San Domingo. It is one of the most treasured historical site in Taiwan. Fort San Domingo could trace its origins back to 1626 when it was a Spanish colony. Through the years, a lot of nationalities clashed & fought with each other [...]
æ·¡æ°´ç¦ä½‘å®® Tamsui Fuyou Temple臺北縣淡水鎮ä¸æ£è·¯200號886 (02) 26211731 ——————–The oldest temple in Tamsui, Fuyou temple lies in the middle of Tamsui Old road (Zhongzeng Rd.). In the old days, this beautiful temple was visited by families & wives for the safe return of their men. Fuyou Temple was once called Ma Zu Temple when it was first [...]
Tamsui Longshan Temple æ·¡æ°´é¾å±±å¯ºè‡ºåŒ—縣淡水鎮ä¸å±±è·¯95å·22號886 (02) 26214866 ——————–Located in the middle of the numerous stalls of a jampacked market is Tamsui Longshan Temple. This is the smaller version of the 2 Longshan Temples located at Taipei, Taiwan. As I said, it’s pretty small but still a place where people go to. Tamsui Longshan Temple was built in [...]
Tamsui Morning MarketZhongzheng Road, Taipei, Taiwanopen sunrise to noontime ——————–Last September 19, we decided to go around Tamsui. It had sooooooo many tourist spots in the area that it took us the whole day just to visit most of it. So we started the day by going to the well known Tamsui Morning Market. They [...]
Taipei Story House181-1, ZhongShan N. Road, Section 3, Taipei 10461, Taiwan886 (02) 2587-5565admission: 50NT ——————–Taipei Story House was built in 2003 by a tea trader as a museum dedicated to Taiwan life culture. The building was said to be inspired by a building a tea trader saw during his visit on the 1900 Paris Expo. [...]
Taipei Fine Arts Museum181, Section 3, ZhongShan N. Road, Taipei 104, Taiwan886 (02) 2595-7656admission: 200NT ——————–You know what I find sad? That there was a place that I visited in Taipei that I could only appreciate because I saw it for myself but am unable to share it with you. See, we were not allowed [...]
Confucius Temple275 Dalong Street, Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.886 (02) 25923934admission: free ——————–This is a very famous temple in Taiwan that replaced the original 1879 temple that was damaged during the Japanese occupation. Confucius is known to be China’s greatest educator & you could see all his teachings at this temple. Reconstruction started in 1925 [...]
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