Taichung
Taiwan · 80 m
Description
Taichung (臺中) is Taiwan's second-largest city and the most relaxed of the three big ones, with a mild climate and a drier record than either Taipei or the south. Its landmark is the National Taichung Theater by Toyo Ito, a concrete building with no straight interior walls, built from a lattice of curved surfaces. Fengjia is the largest night market in the country by footfall, wrapped around a university campus. Rainbow Village on the edge of town is a handful of veterans' houses painted over every surface by a single resident, which is what stopped them being demolished. Out at the coast the Gaomei Wetlands are a sheet of tidal flat crossed by a boardwalk, best at sunset behind the wind turbines. Taichung is also the base for the mountain roads up to Cingjing and Hehuanshan.
Length of stay
Recommended length of stay: 1 to 3 days (optimal 3 days)
Travel season
Best time to visit: March – April or November
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Highlights
- Fengjia Night Market
- Rainbow Village
- Gaomei Wetlands
- Dajia Jenn Lann Temple(Day trip)
- Miyahara
- National Taichung Theater
- Shen Ji New Village
- National Museum of Natural Science
- Taichung Park
- Yizhong Street Night Market
- National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
- Chun Shui Tang Original Bubble Tea Store
- Zhongxiao Road Night Market
- 921 Earthquake Museum(Day trip)
- Taichung Second Market
- Dakeng Hiking Trails
- Taichung Railway Station and Railway Cultural Park
- Taichung Cultural Heritage Park
- Calligraphy Greenway
- Guguan Hot Springs(Day trip)
- Audit Village
- Painted Animation Lane
- Baojue Temple
- Taichung Confucius Temple
- Lihpao Land
- Sanyi Woodcarving Village(Day trip)
- Wuqi Fishing Harbour
- Luce Memorial Chapel
- Taichung Literature Museum
- National Taiwan Museum of Comics
- Wufeng Lin Family Garden
- Dali Art Plaza
- Zhongshe Flower Market (January - March)
Getting there
- Airports:
- RMQ
- Train stations:
- Taichung
- Seaport:
- Reachable by ship or ferry