If you end up visiting Taipei, likelihood is you’ll contemplate a day journey to Jiufen. The mountainous city in northeast Taiwan is likely one of the hottest day journeys from Taipei and for good purpose. For starters, it’s extremely picturesque with slim alleyways, teahouses and previous world allure. Secondly, there’s an unimaginable alternative of Taiwanese meals and native delicacies (plus a few of the finest bubble tea one can find within the nation!)
Attending to Jiufen from Taipei
The simplest technique 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 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 affordable day journey to take by yourself (although there are numerous firms providing day journeys in the event you desire 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 very best time of day to go to is exterior of peak site 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 the perfect bubble tea of the journey, so you’ll want 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 finest 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 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 suggest are A-MEI Teahouse and JiouFen TeaHouse.
