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 purpose. For starters, it’s extremely picturesque with slender alleyways, teahouses and previous world appeal. Secondly, there’s an unbelievable selection of Taiwanese meals and native delicacies (plus a few of 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 provide, it’s faster, simpler and cheaper to hop on a bus in Taipei that can take you on to the previous city of Jiufen. The journey time from Taipei to Jiufen is round 60-90 minutes relying on visitors. The value of the bus is only some {dollars}, making it an affordable day journey to take by yourself (although there are lots of firms providing day journeys in case you choose 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 instances, and each 40-60 minutes off-peak. The perfect time of day to go to is exterior of peak visitors instances 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 thought to be the foodie capital of Taiwan. It’s additionally right here in Jiufen the place I had the very best bubble tea of the journey, so make sure to arrive hungry and able to strive the native delicacies!
For those who take pleasure in sweets, there are an abundance on provide in Jiufen. This suited me properly being a vegetarian, as I had beforehand missed out on a variety of native meals choices – however alas, Jiufen didn’t disappoint! Among the finest candy delicacies on provide in Jiufen are:
- Brown sugar bubble tea
- Peanut ice cream rolls
- Taro ball soup
- Mochi
One other spotlight for foodies visiting Jiufen is the standard teahouses. These tea homes date again to Japanese rule and really feel like a step again in time. Two of the very best that I can advocate are A-MEI Teahouse and JiouFen TeaHouse.
