West Central District

Worth seeing in and around West Central 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.

1. 01
   National Cheng Kung University

   National Cheng Kung University is a national public research university in Tainan, Taiwan. Founded in 1931 during Japanese rule as a technical and engineering college, it primarily teaches and conducts research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

   2.4 km · national research university in Tainan · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Roman Catholic Diocese of Tainan

   The Diocese of Tainan is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Taiwan. Erected in March 1961 from territories belonging to the former Apostolic Prefecture of Kiayi, the diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Taipei.

   1.9 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in Taiwan · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Tainan Confucian Temple

   The Tainan Confucian Temple or Quan Tai Shou Xue, is a Confucian temple on Nanmen Road in West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan.

   1.2 km · Confucian temple in Tainan, Taiwan · Wikipedia
4. 04
   National Museum of Taiwan Literature

   The National Museum of Taiwan Literature is a museum located in Tainan, Taiwan. Operated by Taiwan's Ministry of Culture, the museum researches, catalogs, preserves, and exhibits literary artifacts, and is also the first national literature museum in Taiwan.

   1.2 km · public art museum in Tainan, Taiwan · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Tainan Art Museum

   The Tainan Art Museum is an art museum in West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan.

   1.3 km · museum in Tainan · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Tainan Flower Night Market

   The Tainan Flower Night Market is a tourism night market in North District, Tainan, Taiwan.

   1.7 km · night market in Tainan · Wikipedia
7. 07
   National University of Tainan

   The National University of Tainan is a university in West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan. NUTN offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs across six colleges: the College of Education, the College of Humanities, the College of Management, the College of Science and Engineering, the College of Arts, and the College of Environmental Sciences and Ecology.

   2 km · Public university located in Tainan, Taiwan · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Koxinga's Shrine

   Koxinga Shrine is a Taiwanese historical temple originally known as Kaishan Temple. Located in Tainan, Taiwan, it was built in honor of Koxinga.

   1.7 km · temple in Taiwan, formerly a Shinto Shrine · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel Tainan

   The Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel Tainan, is skyscraper hotel completed in 1993 in East District, Tainan, Taiwan. It is one of the earliest skyscrapers in Tainan and as of December 2020, it is still the tallest building in the city.

   2 km · skyscraper hotel in East District, Tainan, Taiwan · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Temple of the Five Concubines

    The Temple of the Five Concubines, known also by alternative names including the Temple of the Five Noble Ladies, is a temple in West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan. It was built in front of the tomb of the five concubines of Zhu Shugui, the Ming Prince of Ningjing, who killed themselves in 1683 to accompany him in death.

    2 km · temple in Tainan, Taiwan, built in front of the tomb of the five concubines of Zhu Shugui, the Ming Prince of Ningjing, who killed themselves in 1683 to accompany him in death · Wikipedia

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Getting to West Central District

Airports

Tainan / Tainan Air Base (TNN), 5 km · Kaohsiung (KHH), 49 km · Penghu Magong (MZG), 86 km

Stations

Tainan TR station, 2 km · Daqiao railway station, 4 km

• Kaohsiung (Xiaogang) → West Central District

  49 km · quickest by road, 1h 6m · NT$110–145
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• Huxi → West Central District

  87 km · quickest by ferry, 6h 14m · NT$545–2,480
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• Taichung (Qingshui) → West Central District

  146 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · NT$325–435
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