By MOOK Scenic Spots Editorial Team
Tainan, the largest city in the Jianan Plain region, is known as a historic cultural capital and a food paradise, boasting rich, diverse, and naturally advantaged tourism resources. Aside from the recently popular container market on Zhengxing Street, other highly photogenic spots in Tainan are also well worth a visit. Below are three recommendations featuring all-white architecture and natural landscapes that feel like beautiful snowy scenes even in the peak of summer.
Taijiang Academy (Photo by Micchan Chen)
Taijiang Academy (Administrative and Visitor Center of Taijiang National Park Headquarters)
Taijiang National Park has built Taiwan’s first stilt house-style visitor center constructed over fish ponds. Its unique structure has even been recognized as the first diamond-rated green building among southern government facilities. Combined with the area’s original ecological habitat features and integrated with daily functions, it becomes a highly meaningful and distinctive landscape architecture.
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Address: No. 118, Sicao Blvd., Annan District, Tainan City
Opening Hours: 8:30 - 17:30
Taijiang Academy, different from traditional visitor centers (Photo by Micchan Chen)
The all-white stilt house of Taijiang Academy (Photo by Micchan Chen)
Qigu Salt Mountain
Qigu Salt Mountain is one of Tainan’s famous must-visit attractions. Every year, it also displays different large-scale installations, competing to be the largest art display in Taiwan and drawing waves of tourists. This year, a two-story-tall giant owl mascot was erected atop the salt mountain.
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Address: No. 66, Yancheng Li, Qigu District, Tainan City
Business Hours: 9:00 - 17:30
Qigu Salt Mountain featured a two-story-tall giant owl mascot this year (Image source: Qigu Salt Mountain)
The giant owl mascot at Qigu Salt Mountain has now been moved down to ground level (Image source: Qigu Salt Mountain)
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