The train station is only a 5-10 minutes walk from the port, the train ride into central Taipei station take 30 minutes. Once we got into town we went straight for local Taiwanese breakfast at Yong He Soy Milk King. Than toured National Palace museum, Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, The National Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall and finally up to the Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival, there were many local buses ...
Keelong-Taiwan. This is the port city for Taipei. The ship parks right in town. A simple walk and you are in downtown. A bit run down and not much to mention. Access to Taipei is very easy by bus or train but as we had been here before and done Taipei, we just went ashore, walked to Miaokou Market , local temples, department stores, then back on board. ...
Took the highlight excursion to Taipei. Had a really lovely day. There was some character to this city unlike others we had visited. Would recommend visiting from Keelung, either by yourself or with an excursion. ...
This tour was done with other Cruise Critic members. It was really good. We did a temple, market, geological formation park and best of all a town that releases small kerosene paper balloons, ...
This was the second visit to Taipei for my husband and I, and the first time for my parents. The ship actually docks at Keelung which is approximately 30km from Taipei City. When you walk off the pier you will be mobbed by taxi touts wanting to sell their services. Their aim is to lock you in with a driver for the day by negotiating a fixed price up front, but be warned that this is very ...
Again we had a private guide as we wanted to visit Jiufen as a priority (we are anime fans and needed to see the inspiration for Spirited Away). Totally fell in love with Taiwan the landscape from our tour was a welcome surprise ...