The Fulong International Sand Sculpture Art Festival: An Incredible Journey of Wonder Begins in May

Text by MOOK Scenic Spots Family Travel Network, reported by Chen Guanxin

 

The “2014 Fulong International Sand Sculpture Art Festival” will be held from May 3 to June 30 on Fulong Beach. This year, 30 sand sculptors from 17 countries—including the United States, Canada, France, Ireland, Australia, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Russia, the Czech Republic, India, West Africa, Portugal, Bulgaria, Latvia, Singapore, and Taiwan—have been invited to participate in an international competition, currently creating their works on Fulong Beach. This year’s theme, “An Incredible Journey of Wonder,” will allow visitors to travel through time and space right on the sands of Fulong. Journey alongside Marco Polo along the “Silk Road

Visitors planning to attend the Sand Sculpture Festival are advised to take a train operated by Taiwan Railways to Fulong Station, which is about a 5-minute walk from the event venue. For those driving, the organizers have designated multiple parking areas, such as in front of the Fulong Visitor Center and next to Fulong Elementary School, offering a total of approximately 800 parking spaces. For more details, please visit the official website of the 2014 Fulong Sand Sculpture Festival. To help maintain traffic flow at the venue, visitors are recommended to park their vehicles at parking lots along Provincial Highway 2B, Yenliao Seaside Park, or the Taipower Longmen Construction Site, and then take a free shuttle bus to the festival site. The shuttle buses operate on weekends and holidays during the event period, from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, running approximately every 20 minutes (actual intervals may vary depending on traffic conditions).

 

Additionally, the “Taiwan Tourist Shuttle – Golden Fulong Line” runs once an hour on weekdays and every 30 minutes on weekends and holidays, taking passengers to nine major attractions in the Northeast Corner (Ruifang Railway Station, Jiufen, Gold Ecological Park, Shuishe Cave, Bitou, Dragon’s Cave Bay Marine Park, Dragon’s Cave Four Seasons Bay, Aodi, and Fulong). In addition to the ongoing “NT$50 One-Day Bus Pass” allowing unlimited rides, Lion Travel also continues to offer the “Golden Fulong Line Tour Package” promotions. These include the “Take the Golden Fulong Line to See the Sand Sculptures” package for NT$350, which includes a bus pass, a Taiwan Railways local train ticket, a sand sculpture festival entry ticket, and a Fulong boxed lunch; and another option for NT$299 that includes a bus pass, a Taiwan Railways local train ticket, a bicycle experience voucher, and a Fulong boxed lunch. For detailed event and promotional information, please visit the official website of the Northeast and Yilan Coast National Scenic Area Administration.

 

 

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