Beitou District
Beitou District is the northernmost of the twelve districts of Taipei City, Taiwan.
Beitou District is the northernmost of the twelve districts of Taipei City, Taiwan. The historical spelling of the district is Peitou. The name originates from the Ketagalan word Kipatauw, meaning witch. Beitou is the most mountainous and highest of Taipei's districts, encompassing a meadow with rivers running through the valley which have abundant steam rising from them; the result of geothermal warming. The valley is often surrounded by mist shrouding the trees and grass. Beitou is famous for its hot springs. In March 2012, it was named one of the Top 10 Small Tourist Towns by the Tourism Bureau of Taiwan.
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Worth seeing in and around Beitou District
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.
- 01Chinese Culture University
Chinese Culture University is a private research university in Yangmingshan in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan. Established in 1962, the university is one of the largest universities in Taiwan with an enrollment of about 32,000 students.
3.8 km · private university in Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 02Guandu Temple
The Guandu Temple is a prominent Chinese temple in Beitou District of Taipei, Taiwan, dedicated the Goddess Mazu.
3.6 km · Taoist temple in the Beitou District of Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 03Taipei National University of the Arts
The Taipei National University of the Arts is a national university in Guandu, Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan.
3.6 km · university in Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 04Beitou Hot Spring Museum
The Beitou Hot Spring Museum is a museum about hot spring in Beitou Park, Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan.
2.3 km · museum in Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 05Taipei Public Library Beitou Branch
Taipei Public Library Beitou Branch is a public library in Beitou Park, located within Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is Taiwan's first green library.
2.3 km · public library · Wikipedia - 06Dayeh Takashimaya
The Dayeh Takashimaya Department Store is a department store in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan that opened on 1 November 1994. With a total floor area of 39,600 m2 and 2000 parking spaces, the department store has 12 floors above ground and three basement levels.
3.2 km · shopping mall in Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 07Taipei City University of Science and Technology
The Taipei City University of Science and Technology is a technological university located in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. The university offers undergraduate and graduate programs in various fields, including engineering, business, design, humanities, and social sciences.
3.7 km · university in Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 08Taipei Astronomical Museum
The Taipei Astronomical Museum is a museum in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan. The museum took over the responsibilities of the Taipei City Observatory.
2.9 km · museum in Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 09Shilin Official Residence
The Shilin Official Residence is the former residence of late Republic of China President Chiang Kai-shek along with his wife Soong Mei-Ling located on Zhongshan North Road in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan.
3.9 km · Chiang Kai-shek's house in Taipei · Wikipedia - 10University of Taipei
University of Taipei is a public university in Taipei, Taiwan.
3.7 km · university in Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Beitou District
- Airports
- Taipei Songshan (TSA), 8 km · Taiwan Taoyuan (TPE), 27 km · Hualien Chiashan (HUN), 122 km
- Stations
- Zhongyi Station, 3.1 km · Shipai Station, 1.6 km · Guandu Station, 3.4 km · Xinbeitou MRT station, 2.3 km · Mingde Station, 2 km
- Hualien City → Beitou District134 km · quickest by road, 4h 21m · NT$360–480
- Taichung (Qingshui) → Beitou District136 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · NT$310–415
- Huxi → Beitou District456 km · quickest by air, 9h 22m · ¥1,360–2,100
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No local-transport research exists yet for Beitou District
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 Beitou District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere is a small pier in Sanchong where you may take a ferry to some of the other areas of New Taipei City.
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Next door to Beitou District
Beitou District is 7 km from New Taipei City, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Bailing Sport Parkin Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan3.6 km
- Taipei Kuei Shan Schoolprivate experimental high school in Beitou District, Taipei2.3 km
- Taipei Municipal Zhong Zheng Senior High Schoolmunicipal senior high school in Beitou District, Taipei2.2 km
- Taipei Municipal Fuxing Senior High Schoolmunicipal senior high school in Beitou District, Taipei3 km
- New Taipei Municipal New Taipei Senior High Schoolmunicipal senior high school in Sanchong District, New Taipei3.5 km
- Taipei Wego Private Senior High Schoolprivate senior high school in Beitou District, Taipei2.5 km