If you end up visiting Taipei, likelihood is you’ll think about a day journey to Jiufen. The mountainous city in northeast Taiwan is likely one of the hottest day journeys from Taipei and for good cause. For starters, it’s extremely picturesque with slim alleyways, teahouses and outdated world appeal. Secondly, there’s an unimaginable selection of Taiwanese meals and native delicacies (plus among the greatest bubble tea you can find within the nation!)
Attending to Jiufen from Taipei
The best 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are additionally on supply, it’s faster, simpler and cheaper to hop on a bus in Taipei that may take you on to the outdated city of Jiufen.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 affordable day journey to take by yourself (although there are lots of corporations providing day journeys in case you favor 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 perfect time of day to go to is outdoors 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 considered the foodie capital of Taiwan. It’s additionally right here in Jiufen the place I had the perfect bubble tea of the journey, so you’ll want to arrive hungry and able to attempt the native delicacies!
When you take pleasure in sweets, there are an abundance on supply in Jiufen. This suited me nicely being a vegetarian, as I had beforehand missed out on numerous native meals choices – however alas, Jiufen didn’t disappoint! A number 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 perfect that I can advocate are A-MEI Teahouse and JiouFen TeaHouse.
