HOTSPRINGS AND SPAS

Beitou (Xin Beitou Station)

To get to Beitou take the Danshui line to Beitou then switch to the line that goes to Xin Beitou
Station - one stop from Beitou.Beitou is famous for hot springs. A huge bubbling pool of water
feeds into a stream that runs picturesquely through Beitou Park. The area is filled with spa
hotels in which you can bathe in the waters. There are also several museums including the hot
springs museum and two Taiwanese Aboriginal museums. Beitou is worth visiting for the spas
or just for a walk around.

NIGHT MARKETS

Shilin Night Market (Jiantan MRT Station)

Taipei's Shilin Night Market is one of the most exciting night markets around. The Market is
actually much closer to the Jiantan MRT station than the Shilin MRT station. One of the area's
chief attractions is food- there is an indoor market filled with hundreds of small vendors,
eaching selling delicious Taiwanese food, including chicken steak (jhi-pai), bubble milk tea
(jhen-jhu nai cha), mango milk (man-guo niu nai), oyster noodles (oa mi-sua), and stinky tofu
(chou do-fu), all very reasonably priced. There is a seperate shopping part of the night market,
where it's possible to buy t-shirts, watches, fake designer goods, and almost anything else
imaginable, at prices that range from extremely cheap to unreasonably expensive.

LANDMARKS

(cost: NT$400 for adults, NT$370 for kids under 12). It's worth taking a ride up, as the views are stunning.
It opens 10am - 10pm daily. The best time to visit would be in the late afternoon when you spend a couple
of hours and see both day and night views of Taipei.

PRICE for METRO TAIPEI

Fares are between NT$20 and NT$65 for one-way trips around town

Trains generally run from 6AM to midnight, with convenient bus connections outside the stations.
Student cards with even deeper discounts are also available for purchase, but only upon request at a
desk and a student ID