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 unimaginable alternative of Taiwanese meals and native delicacies (plus among the finest bubble tea you can see within the nation!)
Attending to Jiufen from Taipei
The simplest option 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 site visitors. The worth of the bus is just a few {dollars}, making it an affordable day journey to take by yourself (although there are numerous corporations providing day journeys should you favor 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 most effective time of day to go to is exterior of peak site 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 often considered 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 you should definitely arrive hungry and able to strive the native delicacies!
When you take pleasure in sweets, there are an abundance on provide in Jiufen. This suited me effectively being a vegetarian, as I had beforehand missed out on quite a lot 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.
