Plan your trip
MAP ILLUSTRATION: ALEX VERHILLE. PHOTOGRAPHS: BRENT HOFACKER/ALAMY, MOVIESTORE COLLECTION LTD/ALAMY, MATT MUNRO, YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/GETTY IMAGES1
Start your trip by
getting to grips with
the futuristic design
start-ups and landmark
towers of the capital city
Taipei (p46).
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Next head along the
coast and inland to
Taroko Gorge,
home to both magnificent
waterfalls and Taiwanese
aboriginal culture (p48).
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Tainan was
the first city to be
founded in Taiwan: spend
a couple of days exploring
its many temples and
teahouses (p50).
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Finish your trip on the
beach with a coconut
to sip from. Kenting
is where the locals go
to relax at the island’s
southern tip (p52).