If you end up visiting Taipei, chances are high you’ll contemplate a day journey to Jiufen. The mountainous city in northeast Taiwan is among the hottest day journeys from Taipei and for good purpose. For starters, it’s extremely picturesque with slim alleyways, teahouses and outdated world attraction. Secondly, there’s an unbelievable selection of Taiwanese meals and native delicacies (plus among the finest bubble tea you will see that within the nation!)
Attending to Jiufen from Taipei
The simplest method to go to Jiufen is by bus. Whereas trains are additionally on supply, it’s faster, simpler and cheaper to hop on a bus in Taipei that can take you on to the outdated city of Jiufen. The journey time from Taipei to Jiufen is round 60-90 minutes relying on site visitors. The value of the bus is just a few {dollars}, making it an affordable day journey to take by yourself (although there are numerous firms providing day journeys should you favor to go along with a information).
Which bus must you take?
Take bus quantity 965 from Taipei to Jiufen, which operates between Banqiao and Jinguashi. Buses run each 30-40 minutes throughout peak occasions, and each 40-60 minutes off-peak. One of the best time of day to go to is outdoors of peak site visitors occasions in Taipei, because it took as noticeably longer to return to Taipei when returning after sundown from Jiufen.
What to do in Jiufen
Jiufen is often thought to be the foodie capital of Taiwan. It’s additionally right here in Jiufen the place I had the most effective bubble tea of the journey, so make sure to arrive hungry and able to attempt the native delicacies!
When you take pleasure in sweets, there are an abundance on supply in Jiufen. This suited me nicely being a vegetarian, as I had beforehand missed out on various native meals choices – however alas, Jiufen didn’t disappoint! A number of the finest candy delicacies on supply in Jiufen are:
- Brown sugar bubble tea
- Peanut ice cream rolls
- Taro ball soup
- Mochi
One other spotlight for foodies visiting Jiufen is the normal teahouses. These tea homes date again to Japanese rule and really feel like a step again in time. Two of the most effective that I can advocate are A-MEI Teahouse and JiouFen TeaHouse.
