Country Info
- Taipei
- Capital
- New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
- Currency
- 22,370,461
- Population
- TW
- Country Code
Taipei Slideshow
Top Hotels in Taipei
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Happiness Hotel Taipei
4 reviews -
Pacific Business Center Taipei
38 reviews -
Hotel Riverview Taipei
61 reviews -
Paradise Hotel Taipei
212 reviews
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Dandy Hotel(Tianjin Street) Taipei
54 reviews -
Cosmos Hotel Taipei
284 reviews
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Beauty Hotels Taipei - Starbeauty Resort
79 reviews
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Eastern Star Hotel Taipei
8 reviews
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Welcome Hotel Taipei
57 reviews
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Donghwa Hotel Taipei
6 reviews
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Forte Orange Business Hotel (Kaifeng) Taipei
58 reviews
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Friends Yo Lai Regency Taipei
14 reviews
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Dong Wu Hotel Taipei
170 reviews
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Liz Business Hotel Taipei
7 reviews
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Lotty Hotel Taipei
5 reviews
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Beauty Hotels Taipei - Zimei Business
41 reviews
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Key Mall Traveler Hostel Taipei
1 review
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Beauty Hotels Taipei - Roumei Boutique
135 reviews
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Ferrary Hotel Taipei
19 reviews
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Lake Hotel Taipei
5 reviews
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Onestar Chang-An Hotel Taipei
7 reviews
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Silk Valley Resort Taipei
2 reviews
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Delight Hotel Taipei
66 reviews
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Wonstar Hotel (Songshan) Taipei
14 reviews
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Wonstar Hotel Zhonghua Taipei
46 reviews
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Atami Hotel Taipei
10 reviews
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Guest House Taiwanmex Taipei
15 reviews
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Joan Resort Taipei
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Burgary Hotel Taipei
11 reviews
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Chair Man Hotel Taipei
44 reviews
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Chocolate Box Backpackers Taipei
5 reviews
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Taipei Charming City Hotel
13 reviews
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Flowers Hotel Branch Wing Taipei
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Regal Executive Suites Taipei
49 reviews
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Fortune Hyatt Hotel Taipei
35 reviews
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Many Flower Business Hotel Taipei
16 reviews
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Rido Hotel Taipei
12 reviews
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Dahshin Hotel Taipei
72 reviews
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Wish Hotel Taipei
14 reviews
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Hotel Puri Taipei
26 reviews
Taipei
Travel Blogs from Taipei, Taiwan
Disaster has struck!
Disaster has struck! The unthinkable has happened! An unimaginable tragedy has descended upon me. Are you sitting down? Here it is. I am tired of Chinese food. I know, I know. I'm trying to deal with it as well as I can. It all happened so ...
Jubilee in Junan
... Sunday's adventure, I want to reassure all of those who have been following my culinary misadventures throughout my stay in Taiwan. A few entries back, I reported that I was sick of Chinese food and was having difficulty reconciling that with my desire ...
What are you in the market for?
... booths, cheap clothing stores, fortune-tellers, massage parlors, novelty shops, and crowds, crowds, crowds. Every city in Taiwan has a night market, and Taipei has several. On Thursday, Sarah and I went to one called "Snake Alley," where in addition to ...
Apologies!
... never wanted to see Mao Zhe Dong, in the same way that I don't want to see Pinochet or a Hitler Memorial, and although Taiwan is now a modern democracy Chang Hai Sheck was a corrupt old warlord and Taiwan benefited from his death. Nice building from the ...
Enter Taiwan and it's crazy capital Taipei
... The Turn of the Screw" and the time just dripped past. Our flight was delayed about an hour and a half and we landed in Taiwan around 1:30am. Needless to say, the airport was a ghost town and Mike and I had absolutely no clue what the conversion was ...
What about Bob?
... moving or visiting the area for work have contacted me. My most recent encounter was with Bob from Microsoft. He was in Taipei for the weekend. Joe and I met him for drinks. We had a wild time and are looking forward to his next ...
New Top 10 places I want to travel to but haven't.
Just thought about it this week: By the end of 2006: I have traveled to more than 20 new countries , a new personal record for myself. Because I have some fascination with numbers, lists, and charts. I have a lot of "Top 10" or even "Top 40" list for ...
christmas in taipei
... my entire family for the holidays! this is the first time the 5 of us have all been here together since 2003!! anyway, taiwan is pretty much a food lover's paradise. there is amazing street food everywhere, and it's all so cheap!! i am actually really ...
Another Layover
Back in Taipei again. Seems very familiar for some reason..... Kind of disappointed because we couldn't see Taipei 101 (second tallest building in the world at 1,669 ft. behind the new one in Dubai) on our way here from L.A., or on our way back ...
This is Where I Used to Live
... much of an inconvenience for him. Interestingly enough, Damian is Sarah's (my original roommate's) boyfriend. I started my year in Taiwan living with her and ended it living with him. Funny how life comes full circle sometimes. Attached are some ...
Impromptu Interview
... . What a curious thing this secret society is. Speaking of curious things, have I mentioned the lack of copyright laws in Taiwan? I haven't? Well, I can't say for sure that there aren't copyright laws in Taiwan, but I can say for sure that they are ...
Crazy About Karaoke
... 's national pastime, and soccer is every country in Europe's national pastime, and rugby is Australia's national pastime, what is Taiwan's national pastime? Despite popular misconception, it's not kung fu, or tai chi, or even acupuncture...it's ...
I saw dead people
... establishment. The wings were pretty good, as Hooters regulars will attest, but there was something strange to me about Hooters in Taiwan. Taiwanese women are not really known for their voluptuous bosoms, and, I hate to say this, but there really ...
Baaack to Taipei
... con hermanas #4 y #7, y numero 1, la hermana mayor, Jin_feng y su familia viene a verme este finde.) Ma volvio a Taipei conmigo para ver las hermanas y los nietos. Hemos estado mucho tiempo juntos aunque nuestras conversaciones son muy limitadas a temas ...
In Hot Water on Easter
... and Jerome were nice enough to show me the ropes. Apparently, there are two options when it comes to hot springs in Taiwan. There are the public springs, where men and women frolic together in their bathing suits, and the private springs, where men and ...
Goodbye Pacific, Hello Suburbia
... gave us any confirmation. I guess only time will tell.... well that will be in approximately four hours. The return tickets to Taipei guaranteed us two seats together, but on the slow train. At least that will give us plenty of time to munch ...
The Second Balkan Trip Starts
My flight leaves at 8pm, so there is still time to do some shopping around at daytime. Well, what happen is that I haven't even made any hotel reservation for my first stop (Athens) because I am not certain about my exact plan yet (and didn't tell my ...
Just transfering to another plane
Getting to Sydney from Bangkok with China Airlines is only possible through Taipei. So I had to wait an hour on Taipei Airport to get from one Airbus to another. Both better equipped to entertain passengers than the Boeing that got me in Bangkok. ...
Eventful weekend in Taipei!!
... every hour they would change shift with two other guards (the process is so long and complicated!) Our next destination is the Taipei 101 (yay!). After a filling lunch with unlimited drink (all for less than $8 – I find it really great how ...
Beauty is in the Eye of the Explorer
... November 9 to November 22, I have been eagerly entertaining to the above-mentioned visitor. We spent the first week in Taipei, where, in between classes, I schlepped him to the Grand Hotel, the Shilin Night Market, and Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall. On ...
Smelling the roses through rose colored glasses
... two main lines running from East to West and from North to South. As you can imagine, in a city of 2.65 million people, Taipei Main Station gets pretty crowded during rush hour. In fact, the whole system would come to a crashing halt if there weren't ...
What's Left of Me
... view). Of course I fell asleep immediately after the plane took off. Three hours later, the plane had already flown into Taiwan's territory. The island looked quite sunny today. The sky was blue and relatively cloudless. It was a good day to celebrate ...
Back to Taiwan (y espanol para todos mis amigos)
... ARE FOR THE FOLLOWING ENTRY IN TAITUNG. I MESSED UP DOWNLOADING. SORRY! LAS FOTOS SON DE TAITUNG. ME EQUIVOQUE BAJARLAS...) Back to Taiwan, and on the way to Taitung,the place of my birth. Made a pitstop here in the People Republic's capital. Not much ...
After the Long Flight
... full length of Japan and if I could see better out the right side here Koreas would be a few hundred miles to the north. IN TAIPEI, TAIWAN AIRPORT: Being in airports and on airplanes doesn't give one much to comment on. It is very dull and wet here in ...
Photos galore #1
... New Zealand's clean beaches, the dry hot weather, summer Christmas by the beach with bbq....but one must not gloom!!! I am in Taiwan and I gotta make the most of it! On a lighter note, since I haven't posted a lot of pictures lately I will ...
We drove into Taipei
Sunday we drove into Taipei and went to Taipei 101. We walked around the mall and checked out the Observatory. Very cool. Taipei reminds me of San Francisco or Boston. A lot of English is spoken here. We are still recovering from time change and ...
Taipei Duty-Free Shopping
So we succesfully completed the first leg of our flight to Chiang Mai. We spend 4 1/2 hours in the Taipei airport. Confusing place but we wandered thru the duty-free shopping and considered a few Fendi, Coach, and Bally purses and wallets for a few ...
Taipei - Day 2 - Taipe 101, CKS, Longshan Temple
... they are good. Chewy and garlicky. Irene's brother suggests that they are better with beer. So, Irene's cousin orders Taiwan beer. Yes! They are better. I now learn the true meaning of kam-bai. It does mean ...