Taoyuan
Taoyuan is a special municipality located in northwestern Taiwan, neighboring New Taipei City to the north-east, Yilan County to the south-east, and Hsinchu County to the south-west.
Taoyuan is a special municipality located in northwestern Taiwan, neighboring New Taipei City to the north-east, Yilan County to the south-east, and Hsinchu County to the south-west. Taoyuan District is the seat of the municipal government and which, along with Zhongli District, forms a large metropolitan area. Taoyuan developed from a satellite city of Taipei metropolitan area to become the fourth-largest metropolitan area, and fifth-largest populated city in Taiwan. "Taoyuan" literally means "peach garden" in Chinese, since the area used to have many peach trees. Formerly a county, Taoyuan became the latest new founding special municipality in 2014.
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Worth seeing in and around Taoyuan
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01National Taipei University
National Taipei University, founded in 1949, is a national university in Taiwan. Before 2000, the university was named the College of Law and Business, National Chung Hsing University.
7.7 km · national university in Taiwan · Wikipedia - 02Longgang Mosque
The Longgang Mosque, also known as the Lungkang Mosque, is a mosque in Zhongli District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. As of September 2008, the imam was Abdullah Liu.
9.2 km · mosque in Zhongli, Taoyuan City, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 03Chang Gung University
Chang Gung University is a private university in Guishan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
8.7 km · private university in Taoyuan City, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 04Chien Hsin University of Science and Technology
Chien Hsin University of Science and Technology is a university in Zhongli District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. UCH is also known as Chien Hsin Tech.
9.8 km · private university in Taoyuan City · Wikipedia - 05Yuan Ze University
Yuan Ze University is a private university located in Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Established in 1989, YZU campus is in Zhongli District, Taoyuan; Taipei; and Bade District, Taoyuan.
5.3 km · private university in Taiwan · Wikipedia - 06Taoyuan Main Public Library
Taoyuan Main Public Library is the central library of Taoyuan, Taiwan. It is located on Nanping Road, Taoyuan District, and it is a part of Taoyuan Zhongzheng Arts and Cultural Business District.
3.3 km · main building of Taoyuan Public Library · Wikipedia - 07Taoyuan City Stadium
The Taoyuan City Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it also has an athletics track.
1 km · multi-use stadium in Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 08National Defense University
National Defense University is a military academy located in Bade District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. The NDU offers a wide range of academic programs, including undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs.
6.4 km · military university in Taiwan · Wikipedia - 09Taoyuan Confucian Temple
The Taoyuan Confucian Temple is a Confucian temple in Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
1.7 km · Confucian temple in Taoyuan City · Wikipedia - 10Tonlin Plaza
The Tonlin Plaza is a shopping center in Taoyuan District, Taoyuan, Taiwan that opened in 1995.
200 m · shopping mall in Taoyuan, Taiwan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Taoyuan
- Airports
- Taiwan Taoyuan (TPE), 13 km · Taipei Songshan (TSA), 25 km · Taichung / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base (RMQ), 107 km
- Stations
- Zhongli railway station, 9.8 km · Taoyuan railway station, 200 m · Yingge railway station, 5.8 km · Neili railway station, 6.1 km · Huanbei Station, 9.8 km
- Taichung (Qingshui) → Taoyuan110 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · NT$255–340
- Hualien City → Taoyuan117 km · quickest by road, 4h 29m · NT$395–530
- Huxi → Taoyuan229 km · quickest by road, 38h 36m · NT$940–1,250
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Taoyuan
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Taoyuan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inCSF operates fast ferries (about 3 hours) from Pingtan in mainland China to New Taipei's Bali District and back.
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Next door to Taoyuan
Taoyuan is 16 km from Banqiao, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Taoyuan DistrictA district in Taoyuan City, Taiwan400 m
- Zhongli DistrictA district in Taoyuan City, Taiwan9.9 km
- Shulin DistrictA district in New Taipei City, Taiwan8.7 km
- Yingge DistrictA district in New Taipei City, Taiwan5 km
- Bade DistrictA district in Taoyuan City, Taiwan4.1 km
- Sanxia DistrictA district in New Taipei City, Taiwan8.5 km