Travel: Taiwan - Taipei

[June]

Hi, jus came back from TPE a mth ago…If u are just staying in TPE dun need tour…as quite ez to get around (smtg like HKG)…in TPE a 5 days is good enuff…


Places of interest:
YangMing shan (for hot spring)
DanShui
Jiufen九份
Longshan Temple (if got time)
XimenDing
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
Taipei 101 台北101
Wu Fen Pu 五分铺
Raohe St. Night Market 绕河夜市
CKS Memorial Hall Station
Shihlin Night Market 士林夜市

[simple2005]

MJ2009:

Hi there,


My husband and I are planning to bring our 2 boys (5 & 3yo) to taiwan next Tue for 2 weeks. Any idea of some fun places that the kids can enjoy?

Musuems? Theme Parks?...

Not sure what is to your liking. Our family travelled (self drive) to Taiwan when the boys were about 3 & 5 and had a good time at the farm resort at YiLan, and Taroko Gorge, then drove over the He Huan mountains and stayed at Qing Jing (another farm there) and to Sun-Moon lake.

Around Taipei, moving around by public transport is easy, and people are friendly. Went up to Yeliu and WuLai (?) for the hotsprings.

Didn't go to the theme park though, but i heard some people like it.

Cheers,
Chubby

[sachiko]

Shangri-la leisure farm at Yilan is nice. Here's the website.


http://www.shangrilas.com.tw/indexa.php

MJ2009:

Thanks Simple

Ya...farm stay would be good experience for boys. Will look into these farm resorts and see if we can go to any cos we're flying off this afternoon liao.

My DH will be having meeting from 5-8 Feb, so we'll not be able to do much during those times, but will explore more before and after.

Keep the input coming and I'll try to access them in TWN!

Shalom!

[simple2005]

sachiko:

Shangri-la leisure farm at Yilan is nice. Here's the website.


http://www.shangrilas.com.tw/indexa.php

MJ2009:

Thanks Simple

Ya...farm stay would be good experience for boys. Will look into these farm resorts and see if we can go to any cos we're flying off this afternoon liao.

My DH will be having meeting from 5-8 Feb, so we'll not be able to do much during those times, but will explore more before and after.

Keep the input coming and I'll try to access them in TWN!

Shalom!

That's the one. Don't forget to ask them for details of the short day trip/tour to the local tea plantation, where the kids can pick tea leaves and also learn to make mooncakes. They had a van to drive us down.

Cheers,
Chubby

[lovejoypeacce]

The Shangrila farm stay…is it far from taipei? How do we get there?


Is it worth the experience to stay in the farm?

thanks!!

[simple2005]

lovejoypeacce:

The Shangrila farm stay...is it far from taipei? How do we get there?


Is it worth the experience to stay in the farm?

thanks!!

The farm is at Yilan, http://shineyou.hotel.com.tw/eng/, to me it isn't too far, I drove there from Taipei, half a day's drive, probably.

It's probably okay for a two nights stay if you want to have a bit of fun with the kids. We went there on our own, and explored at our leisurely pace. Visited the tea plantation at the bottom of the hills, and learnt to make mooncakes with the kids.

We saw tour groups that came in the evening, rushed through the activities and left early next morning.... not my kind of trip, esp with kids.

Cheers,
Chubby

[mwchua]

hi all,


Between Master Bear resort & ShangriLa Leisure farm, which one would you think would appealRmore to a 7-year old kid?

Thanks

Rgds,
Ming

[amylqf]

Our family had just came back from 4 days' Taipei vacation.

We brought out P2 daughter there and she enjoyed her trip.
I did the booking for the air tickets and hotel online.
The weather during March school holiday was around 15-25 degree.
so it is ideal temperature for traveling. Hooray! finally we got out of singapore humid weather!

We took the SQ flight (promotion rate: 664/person) and arrived at Taipei airport. We stayed at Sheraton hotel. As recommended by a Taiwan mum, we took a direct bus(大有巴士） from airport to hotel which cost NT225 (Adult:NT90, child:NT45) for a hour's drive. If you took a taxi, it would be a lot expensive (about NT1200).

Transportation:Just in front of the hotel, there is a mrt station called \"善道寺站\". There were day tickets which you can took as many rides as you can in a day that costs NT200.
As we brought child along and won't be travel from place to place a lot, we chose a top up cards. It is just like our singapore mrt card which you can enjoy 20% discount. refundable deposit for the card is NT100 which you can get it back when you return the card at the end of the holiday. pls take note that there is NT20 admin charge. Taipei's mrt system is similar to singapore mrt, quite easy to navigate. Whenever you want to go anywhere, just hop on the mrt to the nearest station to the destination. Then take a taxi from there.

Day 1: Babyboss City
It was a rainy day. so we decided to stay indoor \"Baby boss\".
It is a indoor playground where the kids can experience more than 20 jobs (aircrew, beauty salon, police, fire fighter, taxi driver, newspaper editor, judge, banker, etc...). For each job, the child would be dressed up a uniform. After each job done, the salary would be given. Then the child can save the money in the bank. ATM card will be use to withdraw the money to buy gift or redeem for cooking class (such as making pizza, donut, ice-cream, etc)
It is on 7th floor of the Living Mall (京华城). Mummy can shopping inside the mall where children can play inside the babyboss for whole day! please take note that there must be 1 adult accompany with the child.

Ticket: Child: NT900, Adult: NT500
How to go: take mrt to 忠孝复兴站,take taxi or free shuttle bus (10:30-22:30, every 20-30 min)
website: http://www.babyboss.tw/

where to eat:
lunch: at restaurant inside the babyboss
dinner: 鼎太丰inside the SOGO department store near 忠孝复兴站.

Day 2: National Museum-Science center-Night market
- In the morning, goto National Museum where you can see all the treasures stolen from Forbidden City Beijing.
Ticket: Adult NT160. Student: NT80
How to go: take mrt to \"Shi Lin\"士林站,take bus red 3 or taxi there.
- National Taiwan Science education center
It covered from 3rd - 7th story. Although it is pretty big in area, personally I still prefer Singapore science center (suppose more interactive).
Just beside science center, there is Astronomical museum.
we didn't have time to visit there
- Shi lin night market for dinner (near Shi lin mrt)
It is famous night market where you can get local food and small shops along the road side.
you can try 蚵仔煎，天妇罗(like fried fish cake)，生煎包,
串烤...

Day 3: 小人国
It is a mini-nature and theme park suitable for younger children. 六福村, which is a bit further away, is the theme park, more suitable for bigger children and adult.
http://www.leofoo.com.tw/village/wannaplay.html

ticket: Promotion price for all ages : NT499
How to go: http://www.woc.com.tw/index_1.asp

Day 4: Shopping
There are a lot of place for shopping. I went to CityHall area, all big building and dept. store. no small shops. the roads are wide. The environment looks like pudong in Shanghai.
-Elite bookstore (good environment)
- Shin-Kong Mitsukoshi dept store.
- Taipei 101 (you can go up to the top of the building to see taipei view), ticket NT400/person. This department store have all the worldwise famous brand, like our takashimaya/paragon.

If you have more days to spend in Taipei, there are other choices, such as:
- Hot spring bath @Bei tou
- Zoo
For more ideas, you can visit the website:
http://www.r-r.com.tw/tale/tale-list.php?id=25


hope above information and our experience can benefit you in your next trip to Taipei

[Piggymum]

wow...thanks amylqf for sharing your holiday details. I have never been to Taiwan and would love to go there. Saw from tv that it has many yummy local food too?


The only thing I am scared of is earthquake :S I experienced a bad tremor when in Tokyo. Started to have phobia visiting earthquake prone countries :nailbite:

[CharleneX]

Hi


Is it too warm to go Taiwan in month of Jun?

Tks.
Lene