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Rainbow Castle × Million-Dollar Night View A Romantic, Unpretentious Scenic Café
The coffee from Gukeng in Yunlin, located right on the Tropic of Cancer, enjoys abundant sunlight and rainfall. The Taiwanese native coffee beans produced here are sweet, fragrant, and rich without being bitter, offering a distinctive local flavor that ranks among the world’s finest. Gukeng Township is...
Stay in a Beauty and the Beast scene: Five European-style fantasy castle homestays
European-style landscapes can be found all over Taiwan, and among them, European castle-style architecture is especially beloved by many travelers. In recent years, more and more tourists have chosen to stay in exotic homestays or hotels, where dreamy castles and estates make it feel as if...
12 stalks of colorful calla lilies × Special Itineraries to Deeply Discover the Beauty of the Aerospace City
The 2017 Taoyuan Colorful Calla Lily Festival kicked off at the end of March, grandly held in the farmland around the intersection of Shengde North Road and Tianxi Road in Dayuan District, Taoyuan City. The main exhibition area covered approximately 6.6 hectares. The event began on March 31 and would...
TSUTAYA’s First Lifestyle Hotel: A High-Quality Design Youth Hostel
The audiovisual business operated by Japan’s CCC Group, especially TSUTAYA, has made remarkable progress in recent years. In addition to being home to one of the world’s 20 most beautiful bookstores — Tsutaya Books — it also runs Tsutaya TECO appliances, T-Site department stores, and other cross-industry ventures. It even opened its first overseas hybrid bookstore in Taipei in 2017. This time, TSUTAYA is expanding into the hospitality industry by launching its own brand hostel, Goen Lounge & Stay Hostel, on the fifth and sixth floors of the popular tourist destination T-SITE ANNEX II in Osaka. Just a short walk from the station, it’s highly convenient.
Millennium tribal myths and blue tears — the most breathtaking hidden paradise
Taiwan’s Hualien-Taitung region lies on a tectonic boundary, boasting countless breathtaking natural wonders. Even a three-day, two-night trip may not be enough to take in all the scenery. In Guangfu Township, Hualien, there is a place voted the most beautiful hidden paradise of 2016...
Discover offbeat attractions via the Airport MRT & enjoy classic British brunch
Since the opening of the Airport MRT, many attractions in the Taoyuan area have seen increased visitor traffic, boosting local tourism. Near Taoyuan MRT’s A8 Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Station, there’s a brunch spot brimming with exotic charm—AK...
2017 Tung Blossom Season in Full Bloom: A Guide to Snow-White Blossom Trails
Every spring and summer, Taiwan becomes blanketed in snow-white tung blossoms. Across regions such as the mountainous areas north of Chiayi, as well as eastern locations like Hualien and Taitung, you can admire the breathtaking sight of tung blossoms covering the hillsides. Especially in Hakka villages in Taoyuan, Hsinchu...
Taiwan’s Only Painted Pineapple Fields: A Colorful Alternative to Flower Seas
Pingtung County’s Gaoshu Township is famed for its pineapple production. Recently, the pineapple fields along Section Three of the Mountain Highway have been topped with colorful "hats." The Maolin National Scenic Area Administration got creative to protect the pineapples from the sun, adorning them with vibrant multicolored caps...
A Hidden Wilderness Gem: The Magical Banyan Avenue
Taiwan boasts abundant natural beauty, with many stunning landscapes tucked away in rural streets and alleys. Travelers often stumble upon breathtaking scenery, and through social media sharing, these hidden gems can be discovered by more people...
Two male idols, Jung Woo-sung and Jo In-sung, uncover a web of money, power, and sex
An unprecedented acting powerhouse duo in Korean film history — Jo In-sung, Jung Woo-sung, Ryu Jun-yeol, Bae Sung-woo, Kim Eui-sung, and Kim Ah-young — compete on screen, unveiling an insider story entangled with money, power, and lust, posing the thrilling question to the public: “Who is the real king?”
Heartwarming and Touching Town Doctor A Humorous and Moving Love Remedy
[The Town Doctor] is the third feature film by director Thomas Lilti. Abandoning the approach of making documentaries, Lilti instead uses filmmaking and writing to tell stories that "document" all the medical realities happening in this era...
The Fulong Sand Sculpture Art Festival Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary with Creative Battles Among International Masters
As the weather warms up, Fulong Beach has also become bustling. The 2017 Fulong Sand Sculpture Art Festival has just entered its tenth year, with the exhibition theme centered around "Ten Years, Castle." It kicks off grandly from May 6 to July 9 at Fulong Beach...
Themed Games × Gourmet Wines & Spirits – Five-Star Hotels Present World-Class Culinary Offerings
Mexico is the birthplace of several ancient civilizations in Central America, boasting mysterious Mayan (Maya) cultural relics, stunning Caribbean scenery, and magnificent Spanish-style architecture. Its cuisine primarily features corn as a staple, with each...
Wilderness Beach × World-Class Scenery: A 3-Day Travel Guide for Qingming Holiday
Located at the junction of tectonic plates, the Huatung Valley is a narrow strip of land nestled between the Central Mountain Range and the Coastal Mountain Range, creating many unique natural landscapes. The area boasts an abundance of extraordinary sights that never fail to amaze, as if they were a symphony of streams and...
Plan ahead for Labor Day holiday: Early bird tickets and additional high-speed rail services
Taiwan High Speed Rail has scheduled additional services for the three-day 2017 Labor Day holiday from April 28 (Friday) to May 2 (Tuesday), adding 52 extra train trips (20 southbound and 32 northbound...
Say goodbye to pink cherry blossoms and welcome the dreamy wisteria waterfall
As spring blooms, cascading wisteria flowers hang from trellises, forming enchanting waterfalls. The romantic and stunning sea of wisterias is a must-see floral spectacle in spring. From now until April 23rd, Taipei Flower Village is hosting its "Purple Craze" fun festival...
Traversing Time and Space on the Guanling Ancient Trail – A Classic, Magnificent, and Dreamlike Route
The Engling Cross-Mountain Trail is a historic path, originally established by the Atayal and Seediq peoples, and later developed into an official road during the Japanese colonial period. It stretches from Ren’ai Township in Nantou County, passing through the central section of the Central Mountain Range—namely the Qilai Range and the Engling Range—to Tongmen Village in Xiulin Township, Hualien County...
A Fantasy Scene Brought to Life: Turkey’s Floating Forest Trail Park
Imagine how astonishing it would be to recreate fantastical action-movie settings—like those in *King Kong* or *Jurassic World*—in real life. New York-based architecture firm DROR is currently working on a project in Turkey’s largest city—–Istanbul...
Golden Trumpet Trees × Rainbow Water Pipe Houses: New Instagram-Worthy Highlights
Located in Hsinchu, the Jupu Leisure Farm is one of the hidden gems for viewing golden trumpet trees, where the flowers bloom densely and vibrantly, rivaling other popular scenic spots. Recently, the farm has unveiled a new hidden highlight—a large...
Wu Pao-chun unveils new Smile Tower; semi-soft crispy Taiwanese flavor draws crowds
Taiwan’s pride and world bread champion Chef Wu Pao-chun creates deeply moving and delicious bread using local Taiwanese ingredients. Recently, not to be outshined by Japan’s cheese tarts, he and his team have launched a brand-new “TAKE SMILE Smile Tower.”