Originally Posted by
ProleOnParole
Hyatt (Xinyi Planned Area, Taipei 101)
Next to the landmark Taipei 101. This area has been planned as the most presentable part of Taipei, and is full of shopping malls and department stores, which are all fine but look exactly like their counterparts anywhere else in the world. If you stay there, you'll enjoy it but you'll not be experiencing much of the real Taipei
I cannot stop laughing about all these comments on the location of the GH....
What people seem to ignore is that the location is good for getting on the subway and that is something that is required if you want to see the sights. Things are spread out a bit. Lots of tourist locations are also within walking distance and if you walk the other way (not to 101) it takes you about 5 minutes to see the "real" Taipei, whatever that is.
It's a nice hotel and the lounge is not bad either, something you get to appreciate as a Diamond.