Banqiao

Worth seeing in and around Banqiao

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.

1. 01
   National Taiwan University

   National Taiwan University is a national research university in Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as Taihoku Imperial University, it was the seventh Imperial University of the Empire of Japan and is the oldest university in the country.

   9.4 km · national university located in Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Fu Jen Catholic University

   Fu Jen Catholic University is a private Catholic university in New Taipei City, Taiwan. The university was founded in 1925 in Beijing at the request of Pope Pius XI and re-established in Taiwan in 1961 at the request of Pope John XXIII. Fu Jen consists of twelve colleges and schools, among which are several of Taiwan's first or only academic units in Italian language, info-management, museology, religious studies, philosophy.

   3 km · Catholic University in Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall

   The Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is a national monument and tourist attraction erected during Taiwan’s martial law period in memory of Chiang Kai-shek, former President of the Republic of China. In recent years, the site has also incorporated remembrance of Taiwan’s martial law period.

   8.1 km · memorial hall in Taipei · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Taipei Grand Mosque

   The Taipei Grand Mosque, abbreviated as TGM, and also known as the Taipei Zheng He Mosque is a mosque located in the Da'an District of Taipei City, in Taiwan. It is the largest and oldest mosque in Taiwan and its most important Islamic structure.

   9.1 km · mosque in Da'an, Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia
5. 05
   National Taiwan Normal University

   National Taiwan Normal University is a national public research university with its main campus in Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in 1922 during Japanese rule as the Taihoku Higher School, it was the first teachers' college in Taiwan.

   8.4 km · national university in Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Ximending

   Ximending is a neighborhood and shopping district in the Wanhua District of Taipei, Taiwan. The Ximending Pedestrian Area was the first pedestrian zone constructed in Taipei and remains the largest in Taiwan.

   7.2 km · shopping district in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Shin Kong Life Tower

   Shin Kong Life Tower, at 51 stories and a height of 245 meters, is one of Taiwan's earliest skyscrapers. The rose-colored tower topped by a pyramid stands in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, and dates from 1993.

   8 km · skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Bangka Lungshan Temple

   Bangka Lungshan Temple is a Taiwanese folk temple in Wanhua District, Taipei, Taiwan. The temple was built in Taipei in 1738 by settlers from Fujian during Qing rule in honor of Guanyin.

   6.2 km · Guanyin temple in Wanhua, Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia
9. 09
   National Taipei University of Technology

   National Taipei University of Technology is a public university in Taipei, Taiwan. It is a member of the Global Research & Industry Alliance of the Ministry of Science and Technology and accredited by AACSB. Located in the Daan district of Taipei, the school was established in 1912 as the School of Industrial Instruction, one of the earliest intermediate-higher educational institutions in Taiwan.

   9.7 km · public university in Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia
10. 10
    National Taiwan Library

    The National Taiwan Library is a library in Zhonghe District, New Taipei, Taiwan. It is the oldest public library in Taiwan.

    7 km · public library in Zhonghe, New Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia

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Getting to Banqiao

Airports

Taipei Songshan (TSA), 12 km · Taiwan Taoyuan (TPE), 23 km · Hualien Chiashan (HUN), 111 km

Stations

Taipei Main Station, 8.3 km · Zhongshan Station, 8.8 km · Banqiao station, 1.8 km · Dongmen Station, 8.7 km · Ximen Station, 7.2 km

• Hualien City → Banqiao

  115 km · quickest by road, 4h 3m · NT$330–440
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• Taichung (Qingshui) → Banqiao

  124 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · NT$290–385
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• Huxi → Banqiao

  475 km · quickest by road, 12h 35m · ¥215–290
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