Top 10 Must-Visit Check-in Spots for New Year’s Holiday Trips

Text by / MOOK Scenic Spots Family Travel Life Network Editorial Team
 
As 2015 draws to a close, many new attractions and shops are taking the chance to open before 2016, such as the adorable third branch of Charlie Brown Café, IKEA’s lifestyle concept experience store IKEA HOUSE, the world’s first Pikachu Station, the Mountain Stream Glass Bridge... and other hot spots that have become very popular. If you haven’t decided where to go for the three-day New Year’s holiday, quickly seize the time to conquer the following attractions.

● Rocking Horse Accompanies Flower Sea Viewing
To welcome the 2016 Sanchong Flower Sea Balloon Festival, Sanchong Township Office has created an 8.3-meter-long, 3.1-meter-wide, and 6.4-meter-high balloon rocking horse, incorporating elements of the Year of the Monkey, featuring a lucky monkey accompanying the rocking horse, along with eight super-large balloons that are 3 meters tall and 2.5 meters wide to welcome everyone to enjoy the flower sea in Sanchong.

【Info】
2016 Flower Sea Balloon Festival
Date: January 1, 2016 – January 15, 2016
Venue: Within the Shuanghe Redevelopment Area at the end of Provincial Highway 196 and the Tiansongpi area

● Van Gogh’s Starry Sky Prairie
Inspired by Van Gogh’s famous painting “Starry Night,” the Keelung Yongheng Cultural and Creative Park recycled 4 million PET bottles to create a large-scale land art installation, which officially lit up for a trial run on the 26th. The 13,000-ping Starry Sky Prairie offers different visual experiences day and night.

【Info】
Starry Sky Prairie
Trial Opening Date: December 26, 10:00–21:00
Address: No. 218, Liuhe Street, Xinyi District, Keelung City (Yongheng Cultural and Creative Park)
Park Admission: Adults NT$100 / Students, Seniors, and People with Disabilities NT$50 / Free for children under 6
Free Shuttle Bus: Daily 10:00–21:00 at Badu Railway Station (Weekdays every 15 minutes / Weekends every 5–8 minutes)
 
● Qigu Salt Mountain Love Deity
To celebrate Christmas, New Year’s Eve, and Valentine’s Day, Qigu Salt Mountain has created a giant Love Deity installation art piece on the main hill, making it the most unmissable happy spot. In previous years, Qigu Salt Mountain always delivered a “big” surprise, and this time it has created Taiwan’s largest Love Deity to spread love and peace, wishing everyone happiness in welcoming 2016.