Trips / Abroad / 07

Taipei & Jiufen, Tea & Bookshops

Three and a half hours away. Nothing starts before eleven.

Length
5 days · 4 nights
Season
Oct–Apr
Guests
1–2, never a group
From
$500 / person

Dadaocheng · Da'an · Jiufen at dusk

The easiest quiet trip from Bangkok. Rainy teahouse windows, bookshops open past midnight, and Jiufen's lantern lanes after the day tours have gone home.

  • No morning plans before 11:00
  • Jiufen after 17:30, when the buses leave
  • Visual ordering cards for every meal
  • No group
  • No icebreakers
  • Your own room
  • Every activity optional

Day by day

A sample plan. Your version is adjusted to your rhythm before you pay the balance.

  1. Day 1

    Short flight

    • —Pickup at Taoyuan
    • 17:00Hotel in Da'an; night market map, optional
  2. Day 2

    Tea at the window

    • 11:00Nothing before this. Then Dadaocheng
    • 14:00Oolong at a teahouse window seat
  3. Day 3

    Paper

    • 13:00Bookshops and stationery in Da'an and Zhongshan
    • 22:00Eslite after dark, reading lounge
  4. Day 4

    Jiufen, late

    • 17:30Silent Ride to Jiufen as the buses leave
    • 19:00Tea booth held for you above the lanterns
  5. Day 5

    Late breakfast

    • 11:00Silent Ride to the airport

Where you sleep

32dB

A small hotel in Da'an

Tree-lined lane, park across the road.

Night-time Quiet Score, sample measurement

What the price covers

  • Included
  • Every night's stay
  • Silent Ride transfers and the boats, trains or bikes listed
  • Every experience in the plan, booked
  • Departure Kit: coin, route book, map, audio stories
  • Text concierge, 08:00–22:00
  • Not included
  • International flights (we book at cost if you want)
  • Meals not listed in the plan
  • Travel insurance

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