DISCOVER TAIPEI Jul/Aug 2014 Vol.102
Money-Saving Tips for Having Fun in Taipei
Meticulous budget planning is standard pre-trip preparation for many travelers. By controlling travel costs you get to see more, do more, and bring home more memories. In February this year the popular American social news and entertainment website BuzzFeed published 26 Remarkable Places for Solo Travel – with Taipei first on the list of 26 cities! The website noted that Taipei is not only stylish and highly cultured, but also offers very friendly prices, making it the ideal travel-destination choice.
Our theme this issue is “Money-Saving Tips for Having Fun in Taipei,” and our aim is to help you keep your costs as low as possible while rambling around the city. We showcase economical youth hostels, wallet-friendly spots with great food, and quality shopping destinations with smile-inducing prices. In tandem with the inexpensive metropolitan public-transport system, you can explore Taipei to your heart's content without worrying about your travel funds drying up. Taipei – you'll find it well-nigh impossible not to fall in love with this place.
This year is the 130th anniversary of Taipei's founding. Hidden away in the city's old quarter are many heritage buildings that are witnesses to our history and statements of our culture. In our Taipei New Images section, we take you to two official city heritage sites, Futai Street Mansion and Kishu An, and tell you the story of how they have been revitalized. The clear blue skies of summer make this the best season for kite-flying, and in our In-Depth City Culture Explorations department we've invited master kite-maker Buteo Huang to tell us how his exquisite artistry has brought him an international reputation.
During the dog days of summer, how can you retain a healthy appetite and keep cool too? Answers await in our Taipei's Best Foods & Gifts section, where we introduce the city's tasty cold noodles and almost endless array of ice treats, cooling delights your taste buds will welcome no matter how hot it gets. Elsewhere, the attractive cultural-creative souvenir items available at local museums and other cultural venues are highly recommended additions to any international traveler's collection of mementos. In our Mapping the Taipei Lifestyle section we explore the pleasant shady lanes and alleys of the Minsheng Community, sampling and savoring the various specialty shops that give the neighborhood such character and give visitors so many surprises. And back on the subject of beating
the summer heat, another cooling idea is playing in the water. Head to the public pools in the city's parks for a combination of water and scenic beauty, take in the 2014 Taipei Aqua Friendly Festival, or sign up for some water-fitness sessions. All are great activities for the whole family.
This summer, explore Taipei in the most affordable ways, enjoying its priceless arts and cultural dynamism. You'll discover for yourself that this is indeed one of the world's best places for solo travel, and that we are a friendly city you'll want to come back to again and again.
Meticulous budget planning is standard pre-trip preparation for many travelers. By controlling travel costs you get to see more, do more, and bring home more memories. In February this year the popular American social news and entertainment website BuzzFeed published 26 Remarkable Places for Solo Travel – with Taipei first on the list of 26 cities! The website noted that Taipei is not only stylish and highly cultured, but also offers very friendly prices, making it the ideal travel-destination choice.
Our theme this issue is “Money-Saving Tips for Having Fun in Taipei,” and our aim is to help you keep your costs as low as possible while rambling around the city. We showcase economical youth hostels, wallet-friendly spots with great food, and quality shopping destinations with smile-inducing prices. In tandem with the inexpensive metropolitan public-transport system, you can explore Taipei to your heart's content without worrying about your travel funds drying up. Taipei – you'll find it well-nigh impossible not to fall in love with this place.
This year is the 130th anniversary of Taipei's founding. Hidden away in the city's old quarter are many heritage buildings that are witnesses to our history and statements of our culture. In our Taipei New Images section, we take you to two official city heritage sites, Futai Street Mansion and Kishu An, and tell you the story of how they have been revitalized. The clear blue skies of summer make this the best season for kite-flying, and in our In-Depth City Culture Explorations department we've invited master kite-maker Buteo Huang to tell us how his exquisite artistry has brought him an international reputation.
During the dog days of summer, how can you retain a healthy appetite and keep cool too? Answers await in our Taipei's Best Foods & Gifts section, where we introduce the city's tasty cold noodles and almost endless array of ice treats, cooling delights your taste buds will welcome no matter how hot it gets. Elsewhere, the attractive cultural-creative souvenir items available at local museums and other cultural venues are highly recommended additions to any international traveler's collection of mementos. In our Mapping the Taipei Lifestyle section we explore the pleasant shady lanes and alleys of the Minsheng Community, sampling and savoring the various specialty shops that give the neighborhood such character and give visitors so many surprises. And back on the subject of beating
the summer heat, another cooling idea is playing in the water. Head to the public pools in the city's parks for a combination of water and scenic beauty, take in the 2014 Taipei Aqua Friendly Festival, or sign up for some water-fitness sessions. All are great activities for the whole family.
This summer, explore Taipei in the most affordable ways, enjoying its priceless arts and cultural dynamism. You'll discover for yourself that this is indeed one of the world's best places for solo travel, and that we are a friendly city you'll want to come back to again and again.