Free half-day tours available for foreign passengers in Taiwan
Apr 20, 2017, 9:21 am
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Free half-day tours available for foreign passengers in Taiwan
Just saw this interesting news. Looks like something similar to the free tours offered in Seoul (ICN).
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- Taiwan's Tourism Bureau is offering free half-day tours for transit or transfer passengers with 7- to 24-hour layovers, who have valid Taiwan travel visas or come from countries eligible for visa-exempt entry.
There are both morning and afternoon half-day tours. The morning tour includes visits to sites in Sanxia and Yingge. The afternoon tour includes visits to Taipei 101, Longshan Temple, and Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and Memorial Park, among other sites in Taipei.
There are both morning and afternoon half-day tours. The morning tour includes visits to sites in Sanxia and Yingge. The afternoon tour includes visits to Taipei 101, Longshan Temple, and Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and Memorial Park, among other sites in Taipei.
Apr 21, 2017, 12:01 am
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Nice development. The afternoon itinerary looks solid. As for the morning one, the pottery museum is worth a visit (possibly longer than the 45 minutes allotted for it) but I'd skip the so-called "Old Street." In any case, beats staying at any airport though on a long layover.
Apr 24, 2017, 9:01 am
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Nice development. The afternoon itinerary looks solid. As for the morning one, the pottery museum is worth a visit (possibly longer than the 45 minutes allotted for it) but I'd skip the so-called "Old Street." In any case, beats staying at any airport though on a long layover.
In Sanshia, I would prefer to stay at the Temple rather than stroll the 'Old Street" stores which have nothing unique to my recollection. Have never been to the Hakka museum.
And I agree both of these visits are better than sitting at TPE for 8 hours. Nice job Tourism Taiwan.
Apr 25, 2017, 1:41 pm
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Nice to see this. TPE is always my final destination but this is great to see for those with long layovers. Went on one of the ones at ICN once when a planned overnight layover turned into just a long day due to flight cancellations/delays and it was really nice to get out of the airport and see a couple things. I do think the durations are short on this and they may be trying to pack too much in to the 2 different itineraries.