TAIPEI

Stay:

  • Eclat. Affordable 5* hotel with interesting and funny art objects. You can book it here.

Eat:

  • Taiwanese breakfast: sweet soy milk (DouJiang) with long donuts (YouTiao)
  • NiuRouMian: Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soups e.g. at Yong Kang
  • ChouDouFu: Stinky tofu – if you can stand the smell.
  • Dim Sum, different kinds of dumplings such as famous XiaoLongBao.
  • FongLiSu: Pineapple cake.

Do & See:

  • Taipei 101. Until 2010 the tallest building in the world with a big sphere inside – the so-called wind damper.
  • Shopping in Ximending area or on night markets.
  • Beitou: most northern area of Taipei and famous for its hot sulfur springs. You can take the MRT to get to Beitou. Do also take a look at the first "Green Building" of Taipei, the Beitou Library. 
  • Do not miss highlights like the Yangmingshan National Park and the National Palace Museum.
  • Yingge Ceramics Museum lies in New Taipei City and shows beautiful objects.