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Taiwan is 394 km long and 144 km wide, and mountains take the eastern two-thirds of it — more than two hundred peaks above 3,000 m, the highest of them Yushan at 3,952 m. The 23,299,132 people counted in December 2025 are pressed into the western third, which is where the railway runs and where every city a visitor is likely to open sits: Taipei with New Taipei and Keelung at the north end, then Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung down the plain. The east coast is the other trip entirely, reached by crossing the ranges rather than skirting them.
Every city catalogued in this country so far, ranked by how much there is to see.
Photograph · Heeheemalu · CC BY-SA 4.0
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陽明山國家公園
Yangmingshan National Park is a protected volcanic mountain area on the northern edge of Taipei Basin. Established in 1985, it encompasses dormant volcanoes, hot springs, fumaroles, and subtropical forest.
介壽公園
馬場町紀念公園
新北大都會公園
中山公園
碧湖公園
建成圓環公園
大湖公園
蔣渭水紀念公園
林森公園
南興公園
榮星花園公園
雙溪公園
象山公園
圓山公園
西本願寺廣場
大佳河濱公園
福德坑環保復育公園
牛奶湖
140高地公園
八德公園
成美右岸河濱公園
富陽生態公園
觀山河濱公園
景行公園
康樂公園
黎和生態公園
民族公園
木柵公園
南港公園
三民公園
興隆公園
新新公園
陽光運動園區
天母運動公園
天壽公園
建成公園
景美運動公園
新中公園
永春崗公園
永春陂溼地公園
永盛公園
玉成公園
玉東公園
朝陽茶葉公園
芝山公園
農村公園
北投公園
台北市民廣場
大崙湖
金華公園
山水綠生態公園
石雕公園
臺北行旅廣場
迎風河濱公園
中正河濱公園
八二三紀念公園(4號公園)
大湖
中央藝文公園
士林官邸公園
胡適公園
傅園
古亭河濱公園
華中河濱公園
金龍湖
絹絲瀑布
蘭州公園
樂活公園
美堤河濱公園
仁愛公園
山北公園
聖人瀑布
天母公園
新生公園
逸仙公園
青年公園
至聖公園
41號公園
中研公園
安強公園
百福公園
磅空頂綠地
瓶蓋印象公園
昌隆公園
承德公園
振興公園
成美左岸河濱公園
市民公園
翠山公園
大港墘公園
道南河濱公園右岸
大同16號廣場
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata ·
Seven to ten days can combine three or four days in Taipei with Tainan, Taichung or Kaohsiung on the western rail corridor. The east coast, central mountains and offshore islands require slower connections and should replace, rather than merely extend, that compact route.
Taiwan’s National Immigration Agency provides the current entry and online-arrival requirements. Check passport eligibility and permitted duration there, with consular guidance where relevant; do not assume a transit permission or previous visa exemption covers a different journey.
Taoyuan Airport connects to Taipei by airport metro, and high-speed rail makes western cities straightforward to combine. Conventional rail and buses reach the east and smaller places, but mountain roads take longer and are more vulnerable to weather disruption.
Spring and autumn often suit city and rail travel, while summer brings heat, heavy rain and typhoon risk. Mountain conditions can diverge sharply from Taipei or Kaohsiung, so check the Central Weather Administration outlook for the specific route.
New Taiwan dollar is the recorded currency. Transit stations and urban shops increasingly support electronic payment, yet night markets and small regional businesses may prefer cash; withdraw TWD through recognised banking channels and verify any foreign-card fee.
Use 110 for police and 119 for fire or ambulance; Taiwan uses Type A and B sockets at 110 V. Tap-water guidance is Not recorded here, and typhoon or earthquake instructions should be taken from official alerts rather than social-media summaries.
