Caoya, Kaohsiung
Caoya is a village in the southern of Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Caoya is a village in the southern of Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The name "Caoya", which originally means a draft government building of Zheng Chenggong in Ming dynasty, now consists of more than 12,000 people. Caoya is also the nearest town to one of the largest fish-market.
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Worth seeing in and around Caoya, Kaohsiung
8 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.
- 01Taroko Park
The SKM Park is an amusement park and outlet in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is owned by Shin Kong Mitsukoshi.
1.9 km · shopping mall and amusement park in Kaohsiung · Wikipedia - 02Open University of Kaohsiung
The Open University of Kaohsiung is an open university in Siaogang District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. OUK is an agency of the Kaohsiung City Government.
1.3 km · university in Kaohsiung, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 03Kaohsiung Park
The Kaohsiung Park is a park in Siaogang District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
1.3 km · park in Xiaogang, Kaohsiung, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 04National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism
The National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism is a public university located in Siaogang District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is the only public university specializing in hospitality and tourism in Taiwan.
3.9 km · university in Kaohsiung, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 05Kaisyuan Night Market
The Kaisyuan Night Market is a night market in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Together with the adjacent Jin-Zuan Night Market, they form the largest night market in Taiwan.
3.8 km · night market in Kaohsiung · Wikipedia - 06Jin-Zuan Night Market
The Jin-Zuan Night Market is a night market in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Together with the adjacent Kaisyuan Night Market, they form the largest night market in Taiwan.
3.8 km · night market in Kaohsiung, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 07Treasure Island Shopping Center
Treasure Island Shopping Center is a defunct shopping center located in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. With a total floor area of 34,762 m2, the mall started trial operations on 27 March 1999 and officially opened on 10 April 1999.
3.8 km · shopping mall in Kaohsiung, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 08Kaohsiung Astronomical Museum
The Kaohsiung Astronomical Museum is an astronomical museum in Siaogang District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
400 m · museum in Kaohsiung · Wikipedia
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Getting to Caoya, Kaohsiung
- Airports
- Kaohsiung (KHH), 2 km · Tainan / Tainan Air Base (TNN), 45 km · Penghu Magong (MZG), 133 km
- Stations
- Kaohsiung International Airport, 2.1 km · Kaohsiung International Airport MRT station, 1 km · Caoya Station, 1.6 km · Cianjhen Star LRT station, 3.7 km · Cianjhen Senior High School Station, 2.8 km
- Tainan (Rende) → Caoya, Kaohsiung44 km · quickest by road, 49 min · NT$95–125
- Huxi → Caoya, Kaohsiung131 km · quickest by ferry, 7h 22m · NT$685–1,950
- Taichung (Qingshui) → Caoya, Kaohsiung189 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · NT$415–550
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Caoya, Kaohsiung
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 Caoya, Kaohsiung. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundHowever, it is not yet legally possible to bicycle to and from Cijin as the underwater Kaohsiung Harbor Tunnel to and from Cianjhen District is officially closed to bicycles around the clock, even during late nights when ferries stop running.
- Get aroundAn inexpensive ferry service connects various areas of Kaohsiung City, including Taiwan's nearest island, Xiao Liuqiu () - Little Ryukyu - which is a coral island located just south of Kaohsiung and is reachable by ferry from Dong Gang (), which is only a 15-minute scooter or taxi ride from Kaohsiung International Airport.
- Get around31 at the Zhuo Iing Bus Station to the Ferry Pier.
- Get aroundOr, you may take a ferry: Gushan ferry terminal (from which one can take the ferry to Cijin island) is an easy 10 min walk from Hamasen MRT station (you may have to ask for directions though as the route is not that straightforward, but signboards are pretty clear nowadays)
From Wikivoyage: Kaohsiung, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Caoya, Kaohsiung
Caoya, Kaohsiung is 6 km from Kaohsiung, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Siaogang DistrictA district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan3.1 km
- Kaohsiung Municipal Rueisiang Senior High Schoolmunicipal senior high school in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung4 km