Taipei GP Travel Guide WelcometoTaipei! !

CompiledbyHansWang.

“WhatcanIhelpyou?”shouldbethefirstsentencemostofthejudgessaywhentheyarriveamatch,andthisiswhyweareallgatheredhere,tohelpplayersplaymorefairly,tohelptheeventrunmoresmoothly.Thisguideisalsoforthesamepurpose,tohelpyoualltohaveagreatBmehere.

Ihopeyoualllikethiscity,myhometown.

TosomeofyouwhohadcomeTaipeitwoyearsagofortheGP,thistravelguideisbasedontheoneyouhadtwoyearsago,withsomechanges;tothosewhodidn’tcomein2014,Ihopethistravelcanhelpyouwell.

ThisediBonofTaipeiTravelGuidewillbeincludingfewpartsyoumayinterestinandmayneedtoknow:LanguageandTravelingInformaBon,TransportaBonGuides,ScenicSpots,Restaurants,NightMarkets,Entertainmentandfinally,MagicStores.I’llalsosharesomeofmybest-loveplaces(inmyopinion!)fordining,sight-seeing,orshopping,whichyoumaynotnormallybefoundonatravelguide.

So,areyouready?Youhave50minutes,youmaybegin.

Whichyoumayalreadyknowbeforeyoustart:

JudgeHotel:

ChientanYouthAcBvityCenter MRTStaBon:Tamsui-XinyiLine,JiantanstaBon

No.16,Sec.4,JhongshanN.Rd.,ShilinDistrict,TaipeiCity111,Taiwan(R.O.C.)

h_p://chientan.cyh.org.tw

EventVenue:

TaipeiExpoPark-ExpoDome --

MRTstaBon:Tamsui-XinyiLine,YuanshanstaBon

Address No.1,YumenSt.,ZhongshanDist.,TaipeiCity104,Taiwan(R.O.C.) 1

h_p://www.taipei-expopark.tw/english

TravelingInformaAon

Language

ChineseistheofficiallanguageinTaiwan,andwri_eninTradiBonalChineseopposedtotheSimplifiedChineseinChina.Basically,signswillbewri_eninChineseandEnglish,soitwon’tbeabigproblemifyoucan’treadChinese;butkindlynotethatinTaiwan,wedon’thaveofficial“pronunciaBonsystem”inRomeCharacters,soifyoufoundtwoRoadnamesarespeltdifferently,theycouldprobablyallbethesameone.So,justspeakitout....

MostyoungTaiwanese(Taipei-er)canspeakali_leEnglish,sodon’tbeafraidofaskingtheminEnglishifyouhaveanyproblemorgefnglost,Ibelieveyoucangetyouranswer.Or,youcancallmeat886-926-209-296anyBme,24-7.(Roamingfeemayoccur)

Currency

TheNTD(NT$,alsorepresentedwith inTaiwan)istheTaiwancurrency.1USDequalsabout33NTDand1EURequalsaround38NTD.Creditcards(VISAandMastercard)areacceptableinmostofthestores,butifyou’regoingtovisitsomesmallrestaurantsornightmarkets,thoseplacesarecashonly.

UnlikeotherSouth-East-AsianCountries,inTaiwan,youcanonlyexchangecurrencyinbanks(orairport),whichonlyopenintheweekdaysBll15:30,sowe’dsuggestyoutomakethecurrencyexchangeinyourhometown.Somebankswillchargeforexchangefee,soifyou’renotgoingtochangeforabigamount,I’llsuggestyoutochooseTaiwanBank.

MRT YUANSHAN station, exit 1

UsefulPhrasesforCommunicaAon

Phrase Means... Pronounce of...

Good morning /ZhaoAn/

Good afternoon /WuAn/

Good night /WanAn/

Hello /NiHao/

Thank you /ShieShie/

Good bye /ZaiJian/

Excuse me /BuHaoYiSe/

I’m sorry /DueBuChi/

Phrase Means... Pronounce of...

One /Yi/

Two /Er/

Three /San/

Four /Si/

Five /Wu/

Six /Liu/

Seven /Chi/

Eight /Ba/

Nine /Jiu/

Ten /Shi/

Phrase Means... Pronounce of...

Whoseturn? /ShuiDeHueHo/

CardsinHand? /JiZhangShoPai/

Whowon? /ShuiYin/

Iconcede. /WoRenShu/

Electricity:AC110V,60Hz

Timezone:GMT+8

Countrycode:+886

Cellphonenetwork:

GSM,WCDMA(S4llmakesurewithyourcourierfirst)

EmergencyCalls:

110(Police;Ambulance)119(Fire)

Weather:

Checkwithyoursmartphone:)

Others

NotipsneededinTaipei/Taiwan.Somerestaurantswillchargeextra10%servicefeebasedontheprice.SmokingisprohibitedbylocalregulaBonsinalltheindoorplaces.Youcanfindconveniencestoreseverywhere24-7inTaipei,likeFamilyMartand7-11.

TransportaAon

Airports

Thereare2airportsfortravelingtoTaipei:TaipeiTaoyuanInternaBonalAirport(TPE)andSongshanAirport(TSA).MostoftheinternaBonalflightslandatTPE,butsomeflightsfromTokyoandShanghaiwilllandTSA.

FromTaipeiTaoyuanInternaAonalAirport(TPE)ByAirportShuNleBus-ByMRT

Youcanfindairportshu_lebusstopsatbothTerminal1or2,with8routes(toTaipei)runningby4differentcompanies.AllthebuswillstopatleastonestopattheMRTstaBon(thenyoucantransfertheMRT),butwe’llsuggestyoutotakeroute1819whichmaybethemostconvenientandcheapest.

ThedesBnaBonofthisbus(1819)routewillbeTaipeiMainStaBon,whereyoucantransfertheMRT.TaketheTamsui-XinyiLine(RedLine)headingTamsuiLinefor4stops,getoffatYuanshanstaBontothevenue;AlsotaketheTamsui-XinyiLine(RedLine)headingTamsuiLinefor1stopgetoffatJiantanstaBontothejudgehotel.

ThebusfromtheairporttoTaipeiwilltakeabout60minutes(NTD$125-$150);andtheMRTwilltakeabout20minutes(NTD$30).

ByTaxi

Youcanalsotakethetaxifromtheairportdirectlytothejudgehotel.Remembertobargainwiththepriceinadvance,thepriceshouldbeaboutNTD$1,200-1,300,whichwilltakeaboutanhour.

FromSongshanAirport(TSA)

OnlyZhaobenXutakesthisopBon,so,canwejustskipit?

ByMRT

YoucanjustsimplytaketheMRTWenhuLine(BrownLine)headingTaipeiZoooutsidetheairport,thentransferatZhongXiaoFuXingforBannanLine(BlueLine)headingYongNing,thentransferatTaipeiMainStaBonforTamsui-XinyiLine(GreenLine)headingTamsuiLinetogetthejudgehotelatJiantanstaBon.TheenBrejourneywilltakeabout40-50minutes.Or,youcanjustsimplygrabacabtothejudgehotel,willcostaboutNTD$200.

MRT

Now,therearefivemainlinesinourMRTsystem:Tamsui-XinyiLine(RedLine),Songshan-XindianLine(GreenLine),BannanLine(BlueLine),Zhonghe-HsinchuangLine(YellowLine)andWenhuLine(BrownLine).AllthelinesarerunningbyTaipeiMetro,sodon’tworryaboutifyouneedtogetoutandgetbackwhenyouaretransferanotherline.TheTicketfareisfromNTD$20-NTD$70(fromTamsuitoXindianLine),normallyaboutNTD$20-NTD$35.

IfyouareplanningtostayinTaipeiforatleasttwomoredaysbefore/auertheevent,I’llsuggestyoutobuyaEasycardthenyoudon’tneedtobuyanone-wayBcketeveryBme.ThecardcanbeboughtatalltheMRTstaBonforNTD$100(withnodeposit).YoucanalsousetheEasycardtotakeabusorbuystuffsintheconveniencestores.

ScenicSpotsLocatedatthenorthofTaiwanasthecapitalofRepublicofChina(Taiwan,R.O.C),TaipeihasbeenamajorhubofcommunicaBons,transportaBon,andinternaBonalexchange.Hereunder,youcanfindthesomeofthemostfamousspotsinTaipeiandcheckthemoutbyyourself!

TheNaAonalPalaceMuseum

TheNaBonalPalaceMuseum isanartgalleryandmuseumcollecBngancientChinesearBfacts.Evenit’sfromthesameinsBtuBonwiththePalaceMuseuminBeijing,therearenowdifferentasaresultoftheChineseCivilWarin1940,whichalsodividethecollecBons.TheNaBonalsPalaceMuseuminTaipeiboastsitscollecBonascollecBngtheworld’smostlargestcollecBonofarBfactsfromancientChina.

TransportaAon:MRTTamsui-XinyiLine,ShihlinstaBon;Thentransferbus: 30(Red30),255,304

Taipei101

Taipei101 101 ,formerlyknownastheTaipeiWorldFinancialCenter,isalandmarkskyscraperinTaipei.Itwastheworld’stallestbuildingfrom2004to2010unBltheopeningoftheBurjKhalifainDubai.Taipei101comprises101floorsabovegroundand5floorsundergroundanddesignedtowithstandtyphoonsandearthquakes.AmulB-levelshoppingmalladjoiningthetowerhouseshundredsofluxurybrands,fashionstores,restaurantsandclubs.

Taipei101featuresanIndoorObservatory(89thfloor)andanOutdoorObservatory(91stfloor).Bothoffer360-degreeviewsandabstractvisitorsfromaroundtheworld.TheIndoorObservatoryisopenthirteenhoursaday(9:00am–10:00pm)throughouttheweekaswellasonspecialoccasions;theOutdoorObservatoryisopenduringthesamehoursasweatherpermits.Ticketsmaybepurchasedonsiteintheshoppingmall(5thfloor)orinadvancethroughtheObservatory'swebsite.TicketscostNT$450andallowaccesstothe88ththrough91stfloorsviahigh-speedelevator.EveryDecember31st,Taipei101hascount-downfireworkstocelebratetheNewYear,whichisthebiggestNYEeventinTaiwan.

TransportaAon:MRTTamsui-XinyiLine,WorldTradeCenter/Taipei101staBon.

LongshanTemple

LongshanTemple wasbuiltin1738byse_lersfromFujian,China.ItservedasaplaceofworshipandagatheringplacefortheChinesese_lers.Thetemplehasbeendestroyedeitherinfullorinpartonnumerousearthquakesandfires.

Taipeiresidentshaveneverthelessconsistentlyrebuiltandrenovatedit,anddidsoagainauertheendoftheWorldWarIIafewmonthslater.LongshanTempleisseenasanemblemaBcexampleofTaiwaneseclassicalarchitecture,withsouthern

Chineseinfluencescommonlyseeninolderbuildings.LikemosttemplesinTaiwan,thetempleworshipsamixtureofBuddhist,Taoist,andfolkdeiBessuchasMatsu.

TransportaAon:MRTBannanLine,LongshanTemplestaBon.

ChiangKai-ShekMemorialHall

ChiangKai-ShekMemorialHall isafamousmonument,landmarkandtourista_racBonerectedinmemoryofChiangKai-Shek,formerpresidentoftheRepublicofChina.Themonument,surroundedbyapark,iswhitewithfoursides.Theoctagonalshapepicksupthesymbolismofthenumber8,anumbertradiBonallyassociatedinAsiawithabundanceandgoodfortune.Twosetsofwhitestairs,eachwith89stepstorepresentChiang'sageattheattheBmeofhisdeath,leadtothemainentrance.

InscribedonthewallaboveandbehindtheseatedfigurearetheChinesecharactersforEthics,Democracy,andScience.InscripBonsonthesidewallsreadThepurposeoflifeistoimprovethegenerallifeofhumanityandThemeaningoflifeistocreateandsustainsubsequentlivesintheuniverse.

RepresentaBvesofthearmedforcesguardthemainhallduringitseveryopenhours.

TransportaAon:MRTTamsui-XinyiorSongshan-XindianLine,ChiangKai-ShekMemorialHallstaBon.

NaAonalTaiwanUniversity

NaBonalTaiwanUniversity NTU; ,generallyconsideredthetop-rankeduniversityinTaiwan,isanaBonalco-educaBonalresearchuniversityinTaipei.Itconsistsof11colleges,54departments,103graduateinsBtutesand4researchcenters.

Theuniversitywasfoundedin1928bytheJapaneseadministraBonduringtheJapanesecolonialeraandwasknownastheTaikoku(Taipei)ImperialUniversity.AuerWorldWarII,thegovernmentresumedtheadministraBonofTaikokuUniversityandreorganizedandrenameditNaBonalTaiwanUniversityonNovember15,1945.

TransportaAon:MRTSongshan-XindianLine,GongguanstaBon.

SongshanCulturalandCreaAvePark

ThislocaBonhastransformedthroughhistorysince1937asthe“TaiwanSōtokufuTobaccoMonopolyBureau”duringtheJapanesecolonialBme,andauerrestoraBon,itwastakenoverbytheTaiwanMonopolyBureauandrenamedthe“TaiwaneseProvincialTobaccoandAlcoholMonopolyBureauSongshanPlant”.In2001,itwasappointedbytheTaipeiCityGovernmentastheNo.99culturalheritagesiteofthecityandrenamedthe“SongshanCulturalandCreaBvePark”.ThissitewasoncehometothefirstmodernizedtobaccoFactoryinTaiwan,whichcreatedtremendouseconomicvaluetothenaBon.OnNovember15th,2011,aueritofficiallyopenedtothepublic,ithasnowbeentransformedintoacreaBvehubofTaiwan. Theconceptofan“industrialvillage”wasemployedduringtheiniBaldevelopmentoftheSongshanTobaccoFactory,andbesidestheproducBonline,thebenefitsandneedsoftheplant’semployeeswerealsotakenintoconsideraBonforthedesignofthesite.Withitslargeopenspacesandcourtyards,thesitewasapioneeringdesignforindustrialplantsatthatBme. Itsarchitecturalstylebelongstothegenreof“JapaneseEarlyModernism”,withemphasisplacedonhorizontallines,simpleclassicshapes,andrefinedworkmanship.ThebuildingswereconsideredtobeanexcepBonalmodelforindustrialplantsinthatera.Theboilerroom,mechanicalmaintenancefactory,andtobaccoFactorywerecompletedin1939,androlledtobaccosbeganproducBoninOctoberofthesameyear,with1200workershiredinitsiniBalstage.In1940,theofficebuildingandinspecBonroomwerecompleted,withtheconstrucBonoftheenBreplantcompletedinthespanofthreeyearsandthreemonths.

TransportaAon:MRTBannanLine,TaipeiCityHallstaBon.

Restaurants

DingTaiFong YongKangBeefNoodles

Address:No.194,Sec.2,XinyiRoad,TaipeiCity.MRTDongmenstaBon

Tel:+886-2-2321-8928 Category:SteamedBuns

PriceRange:NTD$300-$600/person

Address:No.17,Ln.31,Sec.2,JinshanS.Rd.,TaipeiCity.MRTDongmenstaBon

Tel:+886-2-2711-6298 Category:BeefNoodles

PriceRange:NTD$200-$300/person

JinFongPorkRice

Address:No.10,Sec.1,RooseveltRd.,TaipeiCity.MRTChiangKai-ShekMemorialHallstaBon

Tel:+886-2-2396-0808 Category:PorkRice

PriceRange:NTD$100-$150/person

AyChungNoodles

Address:No.8-1,EmeiSt.,TaipeiCity.MRTXimensta4on

Tel:+886-2-2388-8808Category:ThinNoodles

PriceRange:NTD$50-$60/person

JiJiaZhuang

Address:No.9,Ln.105,Sec.1,ZhongshanN.Rd.,TaipeiCity.MRTZhongshanstaBon

Tel:+886-2-2541-8261 Category:TaiwaneseCourse

PriceRange:NTD$300-$500/person

TaiHoDian

Address:No.315,Sec.4,XinyiRd.,TaipeiCity.MRTXinyiAnhestaion Tel:+886-2-2541-8261 Category:SpicyHotPot

PriceRange:NTD$600-$1000/person

NightMarketAsyoumayknow,nightmarketplaysanimportantroleinTaiwanese’snightlife.AllofthemstartsfromaboutfiveandwillstayAllmidnight,soitwon’tbeaproblemifyoufeelhungrylateinthenight.HereIlistsixofthemostfamousmarketsinTaipeicityandandyoumustgoatleastoneofthembeforeyouleave!

ShihlinNightMarket

Area:DadongRd.,DananRd.,WenlingRd.,JiheRoadMRTJiantanstaBon

NingxiaNightMarket

Area:MingshengW.Rd.,NingxiaRd.MRTShuanglianstaBon

RaoheNightMarket

Area:RaoheSt.,Sec.4,BaideRd..MRTHoushanpistaBon

ShidaNightMarket

Area:ShidaRd.. MRTTaipowerBuildingstaBon

TunghuaNightMarket

Area:LinjiangSt.,TonghuaSt.MRTSunXInyiAnhestaBon

JingmeiNightMarket

Area:JingmeiSt.MRTJingmeistaBon

EntertainmentXinyiXinAandi

XinBandiisinXinyidistrict,theheartofTaipei,closetoTaipeiCityHallandTaipei101;It’syourbestchoicetorealizewhatpeopleinTaipeidoatnight.Ifyouwanttogoshopping,youhaveTaipei101,ShinKongMitsukoshi,BellavitaandATT4Fun;Ifyouwanttoseeamovie,youhaveVieshowTheater;Ifyouwanthavesomedrinksormeetsomehotgirls,youhaveRoom18,SparkandMint;Evenifyoujustdon’twanttowasteyouBmeforsleeping,youcanalsofindthebiggestEslitebookstorehereopenlateforyou!

MRTBannanLine,TaipeiCityHallstaBon

XimenAng

XinmenBngisinthewestsideofTaipei,whichisalsotheoldpartofTaipeicity.Now,XimenBngistheplaceforteenagers,justliketheShibuyainTokyo,gatheringallthenewthingsforjuniorhigh/seniorhighstudentsauerschool.

YoucanfindtheremainingoldSouthGateofTaipeiCityhere.

MRTBannanLine,XimenstaBon

GuanghuaMall

TheGuangHuaDigitalPlazabuildingtodayconsistsofsixstoriesabovegroundandonestorybelowground.ThefirststoryabovegroundisanexhibiBonspaceforelectronicproducts.ThesecondandthirdstoriesarethenewlocaBonsforthe196vendorsoftheoriginalGuangHuaMarket.ThefourthandfishstoriesarethenewlocaBonsforthevendorsofXiningGuozhaiElectronicsMarket.Thesixthfloorisreservedforrepairshops,educaBonclasses,andoffices.Thebasementfloorisparking.Themarketa_ractstensofthousandsofvisitorseachday.ItislocatedonthecornerofXinshengNorthRoadandCivicBoulevard.Thesurroundingareaandstreetsarealsofullofshopssellingelectronics.Largecompanies,includingMicrosouandIntel,regularlyunveilproductsatGuangHuaDigitalPlaza.

MRTBannanLine,ZhongxiaoshinshengstaBon

CardStoresCardmaster

3F.,No.23,Sec.1,NanchangRd.,ZhongzhengDist.,TaipeiCity100,Taiwan(R.O.C.)

MRT:Tamsui-XinyiLineorSongshan-XindianLine,ChiangKai-ShekMemorialHallstaBon.

FantasyCardShop

1F.,No.10,Ln.94,Sec.3,XinshengS.Rd.,Da’anDist.,TaipeiCity106,Taiwan(R.O.C.)

MRT:Songshan-XindianLine,GungguanstaBon.

Moku

3F.,No.11-6,TaiyuanRd.,DatongDist.,TaipeiCity103,Taiwan(R.O.C.)

MRT:Tamsui-XinyiLineorBananLine,TaipeiMainStaBon

MagicStar

2F.,No.231,Sec.2,HepingE.Road,DaanDist.,TaipeiCity106,Taiwan(R.O.C.)

MRT:WehuLine,TechnologyBuildingStaBon

Gamesquare

2F.,No.9,Lane135,Sec.1,ZhongshanN.Road,ZhongshanDist.,TaipeiCity104,Taiwan(R.O.C.)

MRT:Tamsui-XinyiLine,ZhongshanStaBon

AkmiGames

3F.,No.283,Sec.2,XinyiRoad,DaanDist.,TaipeiCity106,Taiwan(R.O.C.)

MRT:Tamsui-XinyiLine,DongmenStaBon

Friends

2F.,No.55,Mingde.Road,BeitouDist.,TaipeiCity112,Taiwan(R.O.C.)

MRT:Tamsui-XinyiLineLine,MingdeStaBon