Travel Plan for Taiwan (Single Day Plan A)

This will be the first of a number of Travel Plans for my Taiwan Trip. I have been to Taiwan 5 times. I planned three Free & Easy trips to Taiwan so far. So I have a few "fixed" day trips I got in my itinerary I use. This is one of them.

This itinerary covers Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall, Nanmen Market, Ximending, Longshang Temple, Hua Xi Night Market, Guangzhou Night Market, Wuzhou Night Market and Xichang Night Market.

Opening hours is based on what I find online and may be inaccurate

Morning
1. Travel by MRT to Chiang Kai Shek Memorial MRT Station | Map

2. Visit the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall | Site Info |  Map
     Opening Hours: Daily, 9am to 6pm

3. Watch the changing of guards
     Daily, once every hour, starting from 10am to 6pm

4. Visit the nearby Nanmen Market | Site Info | Map
     Opening Hours: 7:30am - 6:30pm


Noon
5. Travel by MRT to Ximen MRT Station | Map

6. Have Lunch in Ximending (Recommendation: Ah Zhong Mian Xian)


Afternoon
7. Shopping in Ximending | Site Info | Map
     Opening Hours: Mon to Thu, 11am to 10:30pm. Fri to Sun, 11am to 11pm

8. Shopping in Ximen Station Shopping Mall

     Opening Hours: Mon to Thu, 11am to 10:30pm. Fri to Sun, 11am to 11pm

Late Afternoon
9. Travel by MRT to Longshan Temple MRT Station | Map

10. Shopping at Underground Shopping Bazaar | Site Info | Map


Evening
11. Visit Longshan Temple | Site Info | Map
      Opening Hours: Daily, 6am to 10pm

12. Have Dinner at any one of surrounding Night Markets


Night
13. Shopping in Hua Xi Night Market | Site Info | Map
      Opening Hours: Daily, 4pm to 12am

14. Shopping in Guangzhou Night Market| Site Info | Map
      Opening Hours: Daily, 4pm to 12am

15. Shopping in Xichang Night Market | Site Info | Map

16. Shopping in Wuzhou Night Market | Site Info | Map
      Opening Hours: Daily, 4pm to 12am

Travel Plan for Taiwan (Single Day Plan B)

This will be the second Travel Plan for visiting Taiwan

This itinerary covers Sun Yat-Sen Memorial, Taipei 101, Wufenpu, Roahe Night Market

Opening hours is based on what I find online and may be inaccurate

Morning

1. Travel by MRT to Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall MRT Station | Map

2. Visit the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall | Site Info | Map
     Opening Hours: Daily, 9am - 6pm

3. Watch the changing of guards
     Daily, once every hour, starting from 10am to 6pm

4. If you don't mind walking, use (a), else (b)
     a. Travel by MRT to Taipei City Hall Station | Map
         Walk 13 mins south towards Taipei 101
         Note that on the east side of the walk, there are multiple shopping centers worth checking out.
     b. Travel by MRT to Taipei 101 World Trade Center Station | Map
         Walk east 1 min towards Taipei 101

Noon

5. Visit Taipei 101 | Site Info | Map
     Opening Hours: Daily, 9am - 10pm

6. Lunch at Taipei 101

7. Shopping around Taipei 101 area

Afternoon

8. Travel by MRT to Houshanpi MRT Station | Map
    Walk West for 10 mins towards Wufenpu

9. Shopping at Wufenpu | Site Info | Map
     Opening Hours: Weekday 11am to 9pm. Weekend 11am to 12am,
                                Mondays reserved for Wholesalers

Late Afternoon

10. Still Shopping at Wufenpu
       About 1000 clothing stores here. Men can go one corner and collapse in exhaustion..

Evening

11. Walk north for 8 mins towards Raohe Night Market

12. Dinner at Raohe Night Market | Site Info | Map
      Opening Hours: Daily, 5pm - 12am

Night

13. Shopping at Raohe Night Market

My Travel Plans when going to Taipei!

This entry is about how to plan your Taipei Trip! (And not about how fantastic my Taiwan Trip was!)

Get your free Taiwan Promotion Gift - http://theme.taiwan.net.tw/gift/gift_en.htm

Now this is a difficult site to find if you do not know the exact term to search online. There are many blog references to "Free gifts" people collected if they are travelling to taiwan. This site tells you what is the current free gift. Just remember, this is for tourists who purchase a travel package (plane ticket plus hotel booking) for independent travelers from a travel agency or airline. You must show proof of a booked hotel stay. Collect the gift at 30 Raffles Place, #10-01, Chevron House

Grab those brochures

At the same place where you redeem the free gift, it has tons of brochures on everything Taiwan. The printed maps will be useful for planning and for use while walking about Taiwan. Grab them!

"Follow the train" itinerary

For those that just want to take the MRT to explore the whole of Taipei, this is the best site for you. The Taipei Rapid Transit Transportation have compiled a list of all the places of interest near their stations. Just make sure you do your research on whether is the place is of any interest to you.

http://www.travel.taipei/frontsite/en/cms/cmsAction.do?method=goCMSDetail&listOne=true&contentId=3189&menuId=1030506

Useful Maps Special Mention

This person had the best Night Market Maps I had seen when I first travelled to Taiwan. If you scan through his Night Market blogs, you will find he drew out the lines on how to get to the Night Market from the MRT. And along which road does the Night Market stretches across.

http://mykafkeasquelife.blogspot.sg/2010/01/list-of-night-markets-in-taipei.html

Free WIFI

The Taiwan Government is now providing free WIFI for all visitors. (Yeah!) Just remember to register yourself before you set off.

https://itaiwan.gov.tw/en/