If you end up visiting Taipei, likelihood is you’ll take into account a day journey to Jiufen. The mountainous city in northeast Taiwan is without doubt one of the hottest day journeys from Taipei and for good motive. For starters, it’s extremely picturesque with slim alleyways, teahouses and previous world appeal. Secondly, there’s an unbelievable alternative of Taiwanese meals and native delicacies (plus a few of the greatest bubble tea you can see within the nation!)
Attending to Jiufen from Taipei
The simplest technique to go to Jiufen is by bus. Whereas trains are additionally on supply, 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 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 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 most effective 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 often 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 you arrive hungry and able to attempt the native delicacies!
In case you take pleasure in sweets, there are an abundance on supply in Jiufen. This suited me effectively being a vegetarian, as I had beforehand missed out on plenty of native meals choices – however alas, Jiufen didn’t disappoint! A few of the greatest candy delicacies on supply 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 suggest are A-MEI Teahouse and JiouFen TeaHouse.
