Well, if we're talking about Taipei city, I can come up with many more tourist distircts...
Personally I think Taiwan would be a pretty boring country if night markets and the awesome food there didn't exist...
http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/life/asias-most-sinful-cities-174006
I talked to Uan yesterday, but he said his house is not for tour...
Lots of cram schools around there. One of the places in Taipei where shops doesn't close until midnight. (might have relation between the 2..)
There are several long underground passes with lots of shops (unlike those on ground, they closed normally) as well as usual department stores, and some really professional hardware stores, chemistry stores, stores that sell lots of decorating stuff located on the back side of the station(you won't see any of them at other places in Taipei)
Guanghua Market
All of your computer stuff goes there. Beware though, the salespeople there are more than willing to drag you into the shops....
And you won't go anywhere else for a printer ink cartridge refill stand on sidewalk.
Personally I think Taiwan would be a pretty boring country if night markets and the awesome food there didn't exist...
http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/life/asias-most-sinful-cities-174006
I talked to Uan yesterday, but he said his house is not for tour...
intermu wrote:
Shilin night market (personally wouldn't recommend because it's a tourist trap)
Overrated. There are better night markets out there.
For those who knows Chinese, some recent news report:
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/110517/2/2ro23.html
http://www.nownews.com/2011/05/18/91-2713346.htm
Chiang Kai Shek memorial hall (personally wouldn't recommend because it's... that. Just google pic)
Go there if you can find any interest in groups of old people doing Taichi.
Ximen (young people hang out here, expect fashion and lots of Japanese stuff)
A shopping distinct with full of weird accessories/clothes/footwears. Lots of places for entertainment as well.
NTU (massive campus, but a pretty good walk)
You mean the night market around the campus, right? They have some nice food, too. Beside that, I love the second-hand bookstores there.
If you're talking about the campus, NTU Sport Center held some of the biggest doujin ACG conversations in Taiwan annually.
Shida night market (ready to get fat? here you are)
One of the best night market in Taipei. Reeeeeeeeally crowded, and there are all kinds of restaurants and foods.
mekadon wrote:
Taipei 101
People don't really go there... Not that fun actually. They will rather go to the nearest malls or Eslite bookstore(an awesome department store) instead.
Taipei Main Station Areaintermu wrote:
Raohe night market
Another really crowded place, not really fond of it. Recently there's some construction going around there...
Danshui
Catch sunset? O_o I always go there for fish crackers and iron eggs...
It's a tourist place, but not as bad as it sounds. One of the better tourist distircts in Taipei.
Zhongxiao E. Road Section 4 (MRT stations: "Zhongxiao Fuxing", "Zhongxiao Dunhua", "Sun Yet-sun Memorial Hall" )
A pretty big area with over 9000 restaurants and some pubs. If you're into Yakiniku, there's a whole section of a street with nothing but Yakiniku restaurants on both sides.
Lots of cram schools around there. One of the places in Taipei where shops doesn't close until midnight. (might have relation between the 2..)
There are several long underground passes with lots of shops (unlike those on ground, they closed normally) as well as usual department stores, and some really professional hardware stores, chemistry stores, stores that sell lots of decorating stuff located on the back side of the station(you won't see any of them at other places in Taipei)
Guanghua Market
All of your computer stuff goes there. Beware though, the salespeople there are more than willing to drag you into the shops....
And you won't go anywhere else for a printer ink cartridge refill stand on sidewalk.