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 unimaginable alternative of Taiwanese meals and native delicacies (plus a number of the greatest bubble tea you can see within the nation!)
Attending to Jiufen from Taipei
The simplest method to go to Jiufen is by bus. Whereas trains are additionally on provide, it’s faster, simpler and cheaper to hop on a bus in Taipei that may 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 value of the bus is just a few {dollars}, making it an inexpensive day journey to take by yourself (although there are lots of corporations providing day journeys when 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 occasions, and each 40-60 minutes off-peak. The perfect time of day to go to is outdoors 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 often thought to be 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 remember to arrive hungry and able to strive the native delicacies!
Should you get pleasure from sweets, there are an abundance on provide in Jiufen. This suited me effectively being a vegetarian, as I had beforehand missed out on quite a few native meals choices – however alas, Jiufen didn’t disappoint! A number of the greatest candy delicacies on provide in Jiufen are:
- Brown sugar bubble tea
- Peanut ice cream rolls
- Taro ball soup
- Mochi
One other spotlight for foodies visiting Jiufen is the normal 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.
