Taoyuan Tourism
The first stop in Taoyuan- A City Tour
As the fifth largest city in Taiwan, Taoyuan City has districts such as Taoyuan, Zhongli, Pingzhen, Bade, Guishan, and Yangmei along its central corridor. The Taiwan Railways Administration's Western Trunk line and the public transportation and passenger network make transportation here quite convenient.
With a diverse population, Taoyuan City's local cultural resources are rich and colorful. Before, lined-up factories had become tourist attractions, a new highlight of life and tourism. The shallow mountains and ponds in the suburbs allow people to get close to nature quickly, making it an excellent place to relax.
Suppose you want to pursue fashionable shopping or taste night market cuisine. In that case, Taoyuan has various options, such as traditional commercial districts, department stores, shopping centers, and outlets, which can provide travelers with a rich experience.
Art Walk
There are multiple cultures where people enjoy different customs in one place.
Many different ethnic groups live together in Taoyuan, which brings the city rich cultural colors.
The 'Taoyuan Martyrs' Shrine' is a place of worship for the ancestors and has the most complete shrine-style buildings preserved outside Japan. The 'Matsu New Village Cultural and Creative Park' was rebuilt from a military dependents' village and has countless moving stories behind it.
The Jing Fu Gong Temple, which has a history of over two hundred years, is a center of local faith and deserves a deeper understanding of the beauty of its architectural style. The 'Longgang Mosque,' with a jade green-colored appearance, represents the Islamic faith, and its origins are related to the residents who withdrew from Taiwan from Yunnan and Burma.
With urban renewal, Taoyuan Arts Plaza (Iron Rose Theatre and Taoyuan City Library, etc.), Taoyuan 77 Cultural Streets, Chung Yuan Cultural and Creative Park, and holiday markets held from time to time have become places for people to relax.
City Museum
Disclose the brand manufacturing process! Experience tour to tourism factory.
In the early years, Taoyuan was a production base in northern Taiwan with countless factories of various sizes. Some have been transformed into tourism, leveraging their industrial characteristics and potential to interact with the public, making them suitable for parent-child travel. These dazzling highlights have transformed Taoyuan into a city ideal for sightseeing and living.
The 'HeySong Museum' collects a rich collection of surrounding cultural relics with a solid Taiwanese flavor. Coca-Cola has opened the 'Coke Pavilion' in Guishan, with nine exhibition areas allowing people to explore the red whirlwind sweeping worldwide.
You can learn about the pastry-making process at the 'Kuo Yuan Ye Museum of Cake and Pastry,' its 'Nostalgic Pineapple Cake Handmade Course' is more popular among tourists from home and abroad. As the first chocolate museum in Southeast Asia, the 'Republic of Chocolate (Hunya Food Co., Ltd)' integrates cocoa-related knowledge into interactive experiences.
There are many tourism factories in the Taoyuan area, and you can choose according to your preference.
Urban Green Path
You can explore nature by traveling back and forth to city back gardens.
'Hutoushan Park' is the public's urban green lung, with three major hiking trail systems. The tree house and slide built for children in 'Owl Forest School' are very popular with children. The 'Hutoushan Park All-age-friendly Hiking Trail' is built with elevated wooden planks, allowing wheelchair and stroller users to enjoy the joy of being embraced by the forest.
The 'Hutoushan Environmental Park' used to be an environmental landfill. After it was transformed into a place to enjoy the city's night view, it was nicknamed 'Star Park.'
The “farm pond” is an important landscape feature of Taoyuan. The 'Bade Pond Ecology Park' is like a green ark where tree frogs, dragonflies, egrets, wild ducks, and other animals live with water birds. The well-planned facilities allow people to get closer to nature in a more friendly way.
Shopping District
It's the best shopping paradise, from affordable trends to department store boutiques.
Taoyuan has a population of over 2 million and is one of the top five cities in Taiwan. Shopping is convenient. Choose from various traditional street shopping districts, large department stores, shopping malls, and outlets.
The 'Shopping District in front of the Taoyuan Train Station' refers to the downtown where various trendy and famous shops gather in front of Jing Fu Gong Temple, starting from two department stores and extending along Zhongzheng Road. There are many traditional snacks around Jing Fu Gong Temple.
The “Gloria Outlets” along the Taoyuan Airport MRT line is a large American-style outlet where you can have beer and skittles all day. The surrounding Xpark and IKEA are also full of people. Global Mall Taoyuan A19 is adjacent to the Rakuten Taoyuan Baseball Stadium, which is convenient for watching ball games, entertainment, and shopping.
The Zhongzhen Market in Longgang, Pingzhen, features Yunnan and Myanmar specialty cuisine. The Longgang Flag Rice Noodles and the Lost Army Story House are also worth a visit.
Night Market Tour
There are a variety of delicious foods to challenge your taste buds.
Night markets are shopping choices that deeply embody Taiwanese characteristics and the charm of ordinary people. Of course, Taoyuan also has many rich and exciting night markets.
The “Taoyuan Tourist Night Market” is about 3 kilometers long and has over a hundred stalls, gathering local snacks and Taiwanese cuisine.
Located on the east and west sides of Zhongli City, the “Zhongli Tourist Night Market“ and “Zhongyuan Commercial Area (Zhongyuan Night Market)“ have various types of stalls available, making them excellent choices for residents to eat and relax at night. Most of all, the “Zhongyuan Night Market“ is near the university campus, gathering various check-in foods and high CP value shops.
The “Xingren Night Market“ in Bade has more stalls, making it one of the largest night markets in northern Taiwan. The ceiling-cover environment doesn't dampen people's interest in strolling through night markets, even on rainy days.
