If you end up visiting Taipei, chances are high 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 slim alleyways, teahouses and previous world appeal. Secondly, there’s an unimaginable selection of Taiwanese meals and native delicacies (plus among the finest bubble tea you will see that within the nation!)
Attending to Jiufen from Taipei
The simplest approach 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 inexpensive day journey to take by yourself (although there are numerous firms providing day journeys if you happen to want to go along with a information).
Which bus must you take?
Take bus quantity 965 from Taipei to Jiufen, which operates between Banqiao and Jinguashi. Buses run each 30-40 minutes throughout peak occasions, and each 40-60 minutes off-peak. The perfect time of day to go to is exterior of peak visitors occasions 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 considered the foodie capital of Taiwan. It’s additionally right here in Jiufen the place I had one of the best bubble tea of the journey, so you should definitely arrive hungry and able to strive the native delicacies!
If you happen to get pleasure from sweets, there are an abundance on supply in Jiufen. This suited me nicely being a vegetarian, as I had beforehand missed out on quite a lot of native meals choices – however alas, Jiufen didn’t disappoint! A number of the finest 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 one of the best that I can suggest are A-MEI Teahouse and JiouFen TeaHouse.
