If you end up visiting Taipei, chances are high you’ll contemplate a day journey to Jiufen. The mountainous city in northeast Taiwan is among 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 unbelievable alternative of Taiwanese meals and native delicacies (plus a few of the greatest bubble tea you will discover 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 can take you on to the previous city of Jiufen. The journey time from Taipei to Jiufen is round 60-90 minutes relying on site visitors. The value of the bus is only some {dollars}, making it an inexpensive day journey to take by yourself (although there are numerous corporations providing day journeys when you 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 instances, and each 40-60 minutes off-peak. One of the best time of day to go to is exterior of peak site 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 usually thought to be the foodie capital of Taiwan. It’s additionally right here in Jiufen the place I had the perfect bubble tea of the journey, so remember to arrive hungry and able to strive the native delicacies!
In case you 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 plenty of native meals choices – however alas, Jiufen didn’t disappoint! A few 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 normal 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.
