Taichung

Worth seeing in and around Taichung

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
   Tunghai University

   Tunghai University is a private Christian research university in Xitun District, Taichung, Taiwan.

   9.1 km · university in Taiwan · Wikipedia
2. 02
   National Chung Hsing University

   National Chung Hsing University is a national public research university in Taichung, Taiwan. It is one of the four universities of the Taiwan Comprehensive University System, a university alliance in Taiwan.

   2.3 km · national university in Taichung · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Taichung Mosque

   The Taichung Mosque is a mosque on Dadun South Road in the Nantun District of Taichung, Taiwan.

   3.2 km · mosque in Daxing Village, Nantun District, Taichung City, Taiwan · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Roman Catholic Diocese of Taichung

   The Diocese of Taichung is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Taiwan. Originally erected as an Apostolic Prefecture of Taichung in 1950, it was elevated to a full diocese in 1962.

   100 m · diocese of the Catholic Church in Taiwan · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Fengjia Night Market

   Fengjia Night Market or Feng Chia Night Market, also called Fengjia Shopping Town, is a night market in Xitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. The market is located next to Feng Chia University.

   5 km · night market in Taichung · Wikipedia
6. 06
   China Medical University

   China Medical University is a private university in Taichung, Taiwan. The university has enrolled approximately 8,000 students.

   1.4 km · university in Taiwan · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Taichung Metropolitan Opera House

   The National Taichung Theater is an opera house in the Taichung's 7th Redevelopment Zone in the Xitun District of Taichung, Taiwan. The estimated area of the structure is 57,685 square meters.

   4.4 km · Opera house in Taichung · Wikipedia
8. 08
   National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts

   The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts is a museum in West District, Taichung, Taiwan. NTMoFA was established in 1988 and is the first and the only national-grade fine arts museum in Taiwan.

   1.6 km · art museum in Taichung, Taiwan · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium

   Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium is a stadium in Beitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. The stadium officially opened on November 9, 2006, replacing the antiquated Taichung Baseball Field.

   6.3 km · building in Taiwan · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Luce Memorial Chapel

    The Luce Memorial Chapel is a Christian chapel on the campus of Tunghai University in Xitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. It was designed by architects I. M. Pei and Chi-kuan Chen.

    8.9 km · church in Taichung, Taiwan · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

Wufeng Lin Family Mansion and Garden in Datun is the former residence and grounds of the Wufeng Lin Family. Taichung Winery. Dating back to the Japanese era, this still-operational winery also includes a wine museum, which has displays on wine-making and the history of the winery.

From Wikivoyage: Taichung, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Gu-Guan Hot Spring is a nice hot spring at Mountain Line. The Parkway is a narrow corridor of greenery in Central Taichung forms a pleasant parkway which runs south/north between the Museum of Fine Arts and the National Museum of Natural Science, intersected by the main Taizhonggang Rd. You can spend minutes or hours walking along it, or relax in one of the parks.

From Wikivoyage: Taichung, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

With a proliferation of noodle shops and street vendors peddling anything from the exotic to common household dishes, there is no lack of choice for enjoying local delicacies. Walking through the streets of Taichung, one can locate exotic cuisines like Indian, Japanese, Indonesian, and continental.

From Wikivoyage: Taichung, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Taichung

Airports

Taichung / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base (RMQ), 15 km · Hualien Chiashan (HUN), 96 km · Taiwan Taoyuan (TPE), 118 km

Stations

Xinwuri railway station, 7.7 km · TRA Taichung Station, 1 km · Taichung HSR station, 7.4 km · Taiyuan railway station, 3.3 km · Chenggong railway station, 9.6 km

• Hualien City → Taichung

  95 km · quickest by road, 6h 16m · NT$640–850
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• Taoyuan → Taichung

  113 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · NT$270–365
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• Huxi → Taichung

  122 km · quickest by ferry, 8h 35m · NT$1,010–2,530
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