If you end up visiting Taipei, likelihood is you’ll contemplate a day journey to Jiufen. The mountainous city in northeast Taiwan is likely one of the hottest day journeys from Taipei and for good motive. For starters, it’s extremely picturesque with slender alleyways, teahouses and outdated world appeal. Secondly, there’s an unimaginable alternative of Taiwanese meals and native delicacies (plus among the finest bubble tea you will discover within the nation!)
Attending to Jiufen from Taipei
The best solution 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are additionally on supply, it’s faster, simpler and cheaper to hop on a bus in Taipei that can take you on to the outdated city of Jiufen.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 visitors. The worth of the bus is just a few {dollars}, making it an inexpensive day journey to take by yourself (although there are numerous corporations providing day journeys when you want to go together with a information).
Which bus do you have to 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. The most effective time of day to go to is exterior of peak 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 usually considered the foodie capital of Taiwan. It’s additionally right here in Jiufen the place I had the perfect bubble tea of the journey, so be sure you 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 few 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 perfect that I can advocate are A-MEI Teahouse and JiouFen TeaHouse.
