New Taipei City Travel

Banqiao is truly filled with bloggers’ photo hot spots! Guangzheng Street near Banqiao Train Station is also known as “brunch street”, which offers many popular brunch places that are not only all distinctive, delicious, and great photo spots, but are also fully packed every weekend. After enjoying some delectable afternoon tea, head to Banqiao 435 Art Zone, where the rainbow umbrella installation art is a popular social media check-in spot widely known among bloggers; and now there is a newly open secret check-in spot nearby! Nanzigou Pumping Station located at Huanhe West Road has been partially rebuilt and transformed into a biker rest stop. An adorable Little Prince and the little fox are drawn on the wall; hold up the one and only rose and take a picture with it– it will be as fantastical as landing on planet B612! Then, come to Crescent Bridge where you can take more beautifully dreamy picture. You think you got good photo-taking skills?! Then come and take a shot of beautiful reflected 8! For the last stop, let’s end with a great meal – Xinzhuang Temple Street Night Market that is approximately 5-minute walk from Crescent Bridge is a historical night market that you should not miss! The area had once been a bustling gathering place for business people, so there are many historic temple sites and eateries nearby – Taiwanese spring roll, starchy meat soup, and pork blood soup are all reasonably priced with big portions, so you will definitely be full and satisfied!

Begin by visiting the century old Japanese style “Shanjia Train Staion” that was renovated and tour the surrounding“Railway Geo Landscape Cultural Park” and get to know local mining history. Then move on to Yingge district. Here is the first museum in Taiwan dedicated to ceramics, the ”Yingge Ceramics Museum,”where one could experience fun in pottery making, porcelain making and learn the cultural history of pottery. There are lots of fine porcelain crafts in neighboring “Yingge Old Street”, good as gifts; “Hsinwang Shu Ceramics Memorial Museum” of the“Horng Jou Tile Factory” also offers various pottery and ceramics experience and tile DIY. The famous “Sanxia Old Street”features rows of Baroque style archways as architectural characteristic, and offers the popular local dessert “Sanxia Golden Bull Horns (Croissant)”. Nearby “Sanxia Dye Workshop”is the best place for an unique blue dye DIY product and knowing the blue dye culture. Then enjoy intricate works of beautiful stone carvings at the “Quingshui Zushi Temple”, reputed as an “Art Gallery of the East”. Finally, tour the “CAN Culture, Art and Nature” to visit a venue brimming with young dreams and vitality. Have a cup of coffee and enjoy the beauty of traveling in a quiet but hip atmosphere.