I travelled around Taiwan in January 2019. As a Spanish citizen, I had three months “visitor visa”… OR I could buy a ticket out of the country before those 3 months and could explore the island. So I did that.
I’m a planner, but I also like to have the freedom to chose what I want to do each day. For me, it came down to visit the most “important” cities:
Taipei
It’s a big city and has a lot of things going on. I did the Elephant Mountain, went to a few markets and temples and jumped on a train to visit Pingxi, Shifen and Jiufen.
Taichung
It’s a very industrial city, but had the luck to stay through Coachsurfing with a kind host who showed me around. I visited Sun Moon Lake from here as well.
Chiayi
This has more of a village feeling but the hostel I stayed was really nice and I visited Alishan from here.
Kaohsiung
Big city but without all the noise and stress from Taipei. I went to Cijin, Fo Guang Shan Temple and enjoyed walking and moving around the city.
