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Beishan Broadcasting Station
About 1km north of the Guningtou War Museum, the now defunct Beishan Broadcasting Station stands on a cliff right by the sea. The concrete wall boasts 48 speakers, each with a reported range of 25km, that used to crank out propaganda like Our steamed buns are bigger than your pillo
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Beihai Tunnel
Carved out of a sheer rock face by soldiers using only simple hand tools, construction of this 700m tunnel began in 1968 and took three years to complete, with many losing their lives in the process. It was used as a hiding place for military boats and is supposedly large enough to
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Tittot Glass Art Museum
From the outside, this museum just east of Guandu MRT station looks like a factory. Inside, however, beautiful glassware objects are displayed on two levels as well as detailed explanations of glass-making techniques (such as the lost wax technique). Glass-blowing demonstrations a
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Ciaotou Sugar Factory
Ciaotou consists of a defunct factory (which you can walk into, and explore the old mechanisms and vats) and an old village that retains most of its early-20th-century flavour. There are also some handsome old offices in what is called the Japanese Dutch Colonial style.The sugar fa
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Xiangshan Visitor Center
This visitor centre offers splendid views of Sun Moon Lake from atop a modern structure that fits neatly in with the surroundings. Wood and concrete come together in a pattern of smooth lines meant to resemble outstretched arms. Theres a cafe and a small museum about the surroundin
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Ershui Formosan Macaque Nature Preserve
The 94-hectare park covers the slopes of Songbo Ridge and contains well-preserved mid-elevation forests favoured by the Formosan macaque, the islands sole monkey species. They are easiest to spot in the morning.The reserve and exhibition halls are 6km east of Ershui off County Rd 1
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Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines
There are currently 14 recognised indigenous tribes in Taiwan, and the exhibits at this museum cover the belief systems, festivals, geographic divisions, agriculture and art of them all. Fine examples of aboriginal handicrafts can be seen on each level, and videos relate the tribes
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Taiwan Folk Arts Museum
This museum opened in 2008 in a Japanese-style building constructed in 1921 as a high-class hotel. The 1st floor features exhibits of various folk arts, such as cochin (koji) pottery, wood and stone carving, and puppetry. The 2nd floor preserves the look of the original tatami-floo
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Tomb of Ryukyuan Sailors
This historical site is a collective tomb of 54 sailors from Ryuku (today’s Okinawa), killed by Paiwan aborigines in 1871. The incident subsequently ignited the battle between the Japanese and the Paiwan in Shihmen in 1874. Note that the first three characters on the stele, literal
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Nanya Peculiar Rocks
Just south of Jinguashi on Provincial Hwy 2 (KM81.5) is a quirky bit of eroded coastline. The most famous formation is a swirling tower that genuinely looks like a striped ice-cream cone. The odd shapes and colours were formed by the sea and wind eroding sandstone rocks that just
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Cixian Temple
Dedicated to the worship of Matsu, this 1927 reconstruction of the original 1864 design sits at ground central for Shilin Night Market. Its worth a visit even if you arent in the area to snack in order to examine the masterful cochin ceramic panels above the arched doors in the ma
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Taipei City Hakka Cultural Theme Park
This 4-hectare park is richly informative of the Hakka (descendents of immigrants from Guandong province) across Taiwan, though largely in the form of video and posters. The best time to visit is during a traditional event, such as the Yimin Festival (18th to 20th of the seventh lu
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Little Great Wall
Green Island has some intriguing volcanic-rock formations. The 300m-long promontory called Little Great Wall is the northern wall of the crater of the volcano that formed Green Island. It leads to a pavilion where you can see Haishenping (海參坪, Hǎishēn Píng), the crater bay. Across
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Beitou Hot Spring Museum
Built in 1913 as the Beitou Public Baths, this handsome building is a copy of the bathhouses in Shizuokaken Idouyama in Japan. It is also a good example of the turn-of-the century fascination among Japanese architects for blending Eastern and Western architecture and esthetics. Th
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Guningtou War Museum
Guningtou was the site of a ferocious battle between the communists and the Kuomintang (KMT) in 1949. The museum, on the actual battlefield site, provides a glimpse into a conflict that saw 5000 soldiers from both sides lose their lives over a 56-hour period. Beishan and Nanshan, t
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Cinbi Village
Chief among the preserved villages of Beigan is Cinbi Village, comprising interconnected stone homes built into the side of Pishan (Bi Mountain), overlooking Turtle Island. The houses are built from slabs of granite and feature high, narrow windows to protect the inhabitants from w
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Former Tait & Co Merchant House and Anping Tree House
The merchant house was built in 1867 and holds a permanent exhibit of household artefacts from the 17th century. Through a series of decorated rooms, the exhibit highlights the lifestyle of Dutch, Chinese and aboriginal families.But nobody comes for that. Instead, its the Anping Tr
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Road to Dona (Duona)
County Rd 132 from Maolin Village to Dona features a number of roadside attractions, including the Dona High Suspension Bridge (多納吊橋, Duō nà diàoqiáo), the Snake Head mountain (蛇頭山, Shétóu Shān) and the Dragon Head mountain (龍頭山, Lóngtóu Shān), which are odd-shaped mounds in the ri
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Kuanyin Cave
The underground Kuanyin Cave is dedicated to Kuanyin and features a stalagmite wrapped with a red cape. Legend has it that during the Qing dynasty a fisherman became lost at sea and a fiery red light came down from the sky and led him to safety in the cave. The fisherman believed
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Taipei Zoo
This sprawling 165-hectare zoo includes a wide variety of simulated geographical regions, including a tropical rainforest zone, a desert and an enclosed nocturnal world section. The koala, panda and penguin houses are popular with the little ones. The zoo has a minitrain (NT$5) for
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