15 Secrets & Best Places in Tainan, Taiwan
This is my ultimate travel guide for Tainan, Taiwan including 15 best things to do and best places to visit which I carefully selected, like Fort Zeelandia, Du Xiao Yue for its epic Dandan noodles, Chun Sui Tang - the inventor of bubble tea, mega gachapon machine and the eating bizarre chicken butts. Subscribe to my channel ► for weekly videos!
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Sadly, #Tainan is not popular with foreign tourists even though it is the oldest city in #Taiwan. Tainan became a top priority on my bucket list for the simple reason that it was found by the Dutch in 1624. The city is home to Dutch VOC fortresses Zeelandia and Provintia which were massive fortifications for its time. I visited Tainan to find the remnants of my ancestors since I am Dutch myself.
Tainan is known by the Taiwanese as the food mecca of the country due to its many locally grown produce, from epic mango shaved ice desserts to Chun Sui Tang - the original restaurant where bubble tea was invented but also its delicious beef noodle bowls called dandan noodles at Du Xiao Yue.
My first stop was the Dutch Fort Provintia where the Dutch VOC's (Dutch East India Company) administrative heart of Taiwan was located. I was blown away to learn that the foundation of all these Dutch forts was made with a mortar recipe containing crushed oyster shells, sugar and sticky rice since cement was hard to come by on the island.
In the evening I went for dinner on the ancient Shennon street which is gorgeous during the evening for its small historic shops and cozy atmosphere. At a local street restaurant I went all out and tried their bizarre local delicacy; grilled chicken butts. One place where you should definitely eat is Du Xiao Yue, the oldest noodle shop in Taiwan founded in 1895 and order the Dandan noodles! Alternatively, try their milk fish, rice eel and incredible fried shrimp rolls. Let's not forget about the delicious beef soup and beef tongue and Win Chang restaurant..
The highlight of my visit was Fort Zeelandia, a massive Dutch VOC fortress on the Anping peninsula which the Dutch held onto until 1662 when the Ming Dynasty sent Koxinga to take over Formosa (Taiwan's original name) and banish the Dutch. Fort Zeelandia showcases a huge collection of Dutch artifacts from that time period. If you want even more Dutch history, check out the Merchant House for many ancient Dutch maps and VOC ship scale models, additionally visit the incredible treehouse, a warehouse completely engulfed by nature.
My favorite object was the scale model of Fort Zeelandia, the sheer size was absolutely mindboggling. The Dutch were besieged by Koxinga for 9 months which left them with no other option than to surrender after which Taiwan became Chinese territory and the Dutch retreated back to Batavia in Indonesia, nowadays known as Jakarta.
Tainan doesn't really have a big nightlife, for good parties you'll have to go to either Taipei or Kaohsiung but luckily Tainan has one major nightclub called MUSE Tainan where I had a great time drinking and socializing with the locals. For just 700 NT ($25 USD) it was an all-you-can-drink party. It was a crazy experience seeing not many people at the bar even with it being an all-you-can-drink event, I guess the Taiwanese know their limits very well.
In conclusion, I had a fantastic time in Tainan and I will consider visiting Tainan in the near future to see what other great places this magical city has to offer so I can create another #TravelGuide for you guys!
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Three days in Tainan, southern Taiwan doing sightseeing and goofing around. Fun Times!
02:05 Tainan Judicial Museum 台南司法博物館
05:10 Little Secret restaurant 小覓秘麵食所
05:40 Blueprint Culture and Creative Park 藍晒圖文創園區
06:50 Old Taiwan Magistrate Residence 台南知事官邸
07:50 The Place Tainan 台南老爺
09:30 Lin Mo-Niang Park 林默娘公園
10:15 Eternal Golden Castle 億載金城
11:45 Yuguang Island 漁光島
13:15 Taijiang National Park Visitor Center 台江國家公園遊客中心
14:30 Anping Tree House 安平樹屋
15:55 Anping Fort 安平古堡
16:50 Chou’s Spring Rolls 周氏蝦捲
17:30 Jingzaijiao Tile-paved Salt Fields 井仔腳瓦盤鹽田
18:00 Vanaheim 愛莊園
24:35 Anping Canal Cruise 安平運河
29:05 Zhu Xin Ju restaurant 筑馨居
30:30 Duiyue Gate 兌悅門
30:50 Cloudy Mountain Tea Shop 雲澗茶小賣所
31:20 Fox Café 狐狸小屋
32:25 Zhengxing Street 正興街
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Tainan Judicial Museum
The Tainan Judicial Museum (No. 307, Sec. 1, Fuqian Rd., West Central Dist.; judicial.gov.tw/museum/; Chinese) complex, inaugurated as the Taiwan District Court in 1914, is considered one of Taiwan’s three supreme Japanese-era works of architecture.
Blueprint Culture and Creative Park
This is a narrow-lane complex of renovated simple, cement-walled dormitories originally built by the Japanese to house judicial-authority employees. The dorm buildings are today home to an attractive cluster of artisanal outlets and creative eateries.
Little Secret
The “hidden-away” Little Secret (No. 17, Ln. 689, Sec. 1, Ximen Rd., South Dist.; facebook.com/littlesecret17) restaurant is the go-to foodie haunt here. The emphasis is on bringing cultural-creative flourishes to familiar Taiwanese noodle classics, each dish celebrating a regional icon ingredient.
Old Taiwan Magistrate Residence
The Old Taiwan Magistrate Residence (No. 1, Weimin Street, East Dist.; otmr.com.tw), built in 1900, was used as a residence by visiting Japanese royals, most notably the future Emperor Hirohito during his 1923 grand Taiwan inspection.
The Place Tainan
This new boutique hotel is situated at one end of a monstrous block-style retail/entertainment/leisure complex. The contemporary-décor hotel has minimalist-theme guestrooms with strong black and white schemes. hotelroyal.com.tw/tainan
Lin Mo-Niang Park
Overlooking the south side of Anping Harbor is a giant 16m-high hilltop statue of Lin Mo-Niang located in the breezy Lin Mo-Niang Park. Lin was the young mortal maiden who became the immortal Mazu, Goddess of the Sea, protector of seafarers.
Eternal Golden Castle
This “castle,” actually a fort (No. 3, Guangzhou Rd., Anping Dist.), was built by the Chinese in the 1870s as protection against grasping colonial powers. Massive bastions are found at the ends of the four high, thick walls, with a moat making enemy access even more difficult.
Taijiang National Park Visitor Center
Taijiang National Park (tjnp.gov.tw) is a watery world of estuaries, sandbars, tidal flats, old irrigation canals and small-craft shipping channels, mangrove swamps, wetlands, and aquaculture farms. The white-walled buildings of the visitor complex, built on stilts above retired fish farms, resemble traditional fishermen dwellings and circle a faux “lagoon.”
Anping Fort
This stronghold, originally called Fort Zeelandia, was built at the north-end head of a great sometimes sandbar/sometimes silt island (at high tide) that jutted out from the mainland.
Anping Tree House
Old Tait & Company Merchant House (No. 108, Gubao St., Anping Dist.) and, directly behind, the Anping Tree House, were both built by a British trading firm after the Second Opium War forced China to open ports to Western trade in 1858. The treehouse, originally conjoined warehouses, has been completely overrun by massive banyan trees, creating a fairytale maze.
Chou’s Shrimp Rolls
This restaurant (No. 125 Anping Street, Anping Dist.) is one of the best restaurants in Anping serving shrimp rolls, a local the delicacy.
Jingzaijiao Tile-paved Salt Fields
Just south of the fishing village of Beimen are the Jingzaijiao Tile-paved Salt Fields, Taiwan’s oldest salt fields, created in 1818. This site is a showcase example of how the bottom of evaporation ponds were paved with pottery shards, producing cleaner salt and making harvesting easier.
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Mode of Transport from Kaohsiung to Tainan: Roadtrip on Motorcycle!
Featured Food Places in Tainan:
1:43 Fu Hua Night Market (復華夜市)
2:32 Tu Hsiao Yueh (度小月)
2:39 Yifeng Wintermelon Tea (義豐冬瓜茶)
2:45 Zhang Coffin (張家棺材板)
3:12 Pistacchio (綠皮開心果)
3:42 Flower Night Market (花園夜市)
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0:10 Anping Tree House (安平樹屋)
0:51 Anping Old Street (安平老街)
1:01 Cigu Salt Mountain (七股鹽山)
2:19 Chikan Tower (赤崁樓)
2:50 Sihcao Green Tunnel (四草綠色隧道)
3:21 Hayashi Departmental Store (林百貨)
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Chimei Museum
National Museum of Taiwan History
Beehive Firecrackers
Ten Drum Cultural
National Cheng Kung University
Guanziling Hot Spring
National Museum of Taiwan Literature
Anping Tree House
Wusanto Reservoir
Hayashi Department Store
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1. Sicao Green Tunnel
2. Cigu Salt Mountain
3. Tainan Confucius Temple
4. Anping Old Street
5. Anping Old Fort
6. Tainan Garden Nightmarket
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Tainan, Taiwan - Best Travel Destination
Tainan, officially Tainan City, is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait in the west and south. Tainan is the oldest city in Taiwan and also commonly known as the Capital City for its over 200 years of history as the capital of Taiwan under Koxinga and later Qing dynasty rule. Tainan's complex history of comebacks, redefinition and renewals inspired its popular nickname the Phoenix City. Tainan was initially established by the Dutch East India Company as a ruling and trading base called Fort Zeelandia during the period of Dutch rule on Taiwan. After Dutch colonists were defeated by Koxinga in 1661, Tainan remained as the capital of the Tungning Kingdom until 1683 and afterwards the capital of Taiwan Prefecture under the rule of Qing Dynasty until 1887, when the new provincial capital was moved to Taipei. Tainan has been historically regarded as one of the oldest cities in Taiwan, and its former name, Tayouan, has been claimed to be the origin of the name Taiwan. It is also one of Taiwan's cultural capitals, for its rich folk cultures including the famous local snack food, extensively preserved Taoist rites and other living local traditions covering everything from child birth to funerals. The city houses the first Confucian school–temple, built in 1665, the remains of the Eastern and Southern gates of the old city, and countless other historical monuments. Tainan claims more Buddhist and Taoist temples than any other city in Taiwan.
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TAIWAN // Day 2 Kaohsiung // Lotus Pond, Fo Guang Shan, Liouhe Night Market
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Day 2 was spent traveling to Kaohsiung, visiting the Carton King store, and checking into our Airbnb. We then walk to the Lotus Pond where Kelly sees a puppy.
We eat a few delicious morsels from a local bakery, and then explore the different pagodas along the waterfront.
From the Lotus Pond we trek to Fo Guang Shan where we marvel at the giant Buddha statue, and then we hit the Liouhe Night Market for Cheesy Stuffed Clams, Sugar Cane Juice, Fresh Prawns, and then a few Spicy Mushroom Straws.
The night ends in our Airbnb as we recap the day & our various travels.
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