Taipei is a very small city and we felt that there very few things we can do in Taipei which is why we had a short trip (3 full days) arranged for our visit. We were right about the small part as we were able to complete our itinerary ahead of the schedule but what we were wrong about was that there were so many things you can do in Taipei that really made our trip exciting and memorable.
How we created our itinerary?
We listed down all the things we want to do in Taipei, places we wanted to visit, and food that we wanted to eat. Then we grouped them together based on proximity to each other so we’ll save time traveling back and forth. Based on our research, there were only 4 must do things in Taipei: Night Markets, Food, Taipei 101, and Palaces visits. We also added in themed restaurants as part of our must do since we wanted to capture the experience and share it in this blog.
Day 1 – the places we visited did not take long so we were able to complete it very quickly. Bulk of what we did was to eat since our objective was to try out all the themed restaurants on day one. So the itinerary looked very cramped but we took our time to go around Taipei 101, Ximending, and also Shilin Night Market.
Day 2 – since we already completed some of the day 2 itinerary in day 1 (themed restaurants), we looked for any other places we can visit outside of Taipei and good thing that we were able to search Yehliu Geopark which is outside of Taipei but just 1 hour and 20 minutes away. You may spend half day here if you decide to walk to the top of the mountain but we decided to skip that since we wanted to finish our other itinerary on time. For the Taipei Zoo, we arrived a bit late so the Zoo was already closed when we arrived at 5pm but we decided to for a Maokong Gondola ride on the top and enjoy their world famous Tea.
Day 3 – We went to these places just for the sake of visiting but we were not able to do anything here (National palace and in Miramar Shopping Mall). We decided to go to Longshan Temple last minute as well and enjoy again their night market.
Overall – you can visit Taipei in only 2 days and if you decide to skip visits to Themed restaurants, you’ll have more free time on hand. You can also skip Miramax Shopping Mall as it is an ordinary mall and IKEA as we only went there for their meatballs and Salmon. My advice is for you to spend more time on night markets since these are huge and also enjoy nature by going to Maokong and Yehliu Geopark.
Disclaimer: This is an old post from my Blogspot account dated May 1, 2014
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