Taipei for luxury travelers
Zhongshan district for a first trip to Taipei. It sits on both the red and green MRT lines, 2 stops from Taipei Main Station and 4 from Taipei 101. Budget NT$2,500-4,500 ($80-140) per night for a mid-range hotel. Da'an is the pick if Yongkang Street's dumpling scene matters more than transit centrality.
Questions luxury travelers ask about Taipei
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Where to stay
Zhongshan district for a first trip to Taipei. It sits on both the red and green MRT lines, 2 stops from Taipei Main Station and 4 from Taipei 101. Budget NT$2,500-4,500 ($80-140) per night for a mid-range hotel. Da'an is the pick if Yongkang Street's dumpling scene matters more than transit centrality.
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Must-see
The National Palace Museum in Shilin, founded in 1925 and relocated from Beijing to Taipei in 1949, holds around 697,000 artifacts including the Jadeite Cabbage and Meat-shaped Stone. Admission is NT$350. Go at 9am on a weekday when tour-group buses from Keelung port are still loading. The air-conditioned galleries are a relief from Taipei's summer heat.
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Food culture
Taipei runs on night markets, breakfast soy-milk shops, and 30-TWD bowls of lu rou fan from hole-in-the-wall lunch counters. Raohe and Ningxia night markets feed the city after dark with pepper buns, oyster omelettes, and stinky tofu grilled over charcoal. Beef noodle soup is the civic obsession. Tipping is not expected. Budget 300-500 TWD per day eating well from stalls.
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Cultural etiquette
Taipei runs on understated politeness, not formal ritual. The two mistakes visitors make most are sticking chopsticks upright in a rice bowl (it mimics funeral incense) and eating on the MRT, which carries a fine of NT$1,500 to NT$7,500. Tipping is not expected anywhere. Give and receive items with both hands, business cards above all.
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Airport to city
Take the Taoyuan Airport MRT Express from TPE to Taipei Main Station. It costs 160 TWD ($5) and takes 35 minutes, with trains every 15 minutes from 6:00am to 11:00pm. After midnight, the Kuo-Kuang 1819 bus runs 24 hours for 140 TWD ($4.30). Taxis cost 1,200 to 1,500 TWD ($37-46).
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