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Description: Guides for Alishan, Jiufen and Jinguashi, Taipei: plan routes, transport and where to stay in Taiwan.

# Taiwan travel guides

Guides for Alishan, Jiufen and Jinguashi, Taipei: plan routes, transport and where to stay in Taiwan.

[Planning Taipei around a Taoyuan arrival, Jiufen and Maokong](<https://tripfieldbook.com/en/taiwan/taipei/>)

[Chiayi and Alishan: Connect the Uphill Journey, Sunrise and Overnight Stay](<https://tripfieldbook.com/en/taiwan/alishan/>)

## Alishan

- [![Sunrise at Zhushan, Alishan](<https://tripfieldbook.com/images/alishan-sunrise-train/sunrise-1280.webp>)](<https://tripfieldbook.com/en/taiwan/alishan/sunrise-train/>)

  ### [Alishan Sunrise Train: What to Book the Day Before and Where to Stay](<https://tripfieldbook.com/en/taiwan/alishan/sunrise-train/>)

  

  Plan the Zhushan sunrise train around the previous afternoon’s departure announcement, ticket arrangements and an overnight stay in Alishan or Chiayi.

  

  Taiwan · AlishanSources checked 2026.10.29
- [![Alishan Forest Railway train at Chiayi Station, 2008](<https://tripfieldbook.com/images/chiayi-alishan-train-bus/chiayi-rail-1280.webp>)](<https://tripfieldbook.com/en/taiwan/alishan/chiayi-train-or-bus/>)

  ### [Chiayi to Alishan: Forest Railway or Bus?](<https://tripfieldbook.com/en/taiwan/alishan/chiayi-train-or-bus/>)

  

  Match THSR and conventional Chiayi stations to the Forest Railway or Alishan buses, with seat reservations, Fenqihu stops and return connections.

  

  Taiwan · AlishanSources checked 2026.10.29

## Jiufen and Jinguashi

- [![Buildings and stepped alleys around the Amei Tea House in Jiufen](<https://tripfieldbook.com/images/jiufen-jinguashi-bus-day/jiufen-amei-1200.webp>)](<https://tripfieldbook.com/en/taiwan/jiufen-jinguashi/bus-day/>)

  ### [Jiufen Only, or the Jinguashi Gold Museum Too? A Bus Day Plan](<https://tripfieldbook.com/en/taiwan/jiufen-jinguashi/bus-day/>)

  

  Link Jiufen Old Street and the Jinguashi Gold Museum by Bus 965. Check museum closures, the best visiting order and your trip back to Taipei.

  

  Taiwan · Jiufen and Jinguashi · Day itinerarySources checked 2026.10.09

## Taipei

- [![Tea bushes growing in rows along a Maokong hillside with forest around](<https://tripfieldbook.com/images/maokong-tea-half-day/tea-fields-1200.webp>)](<https://tripfieldbook.com/en/taiwan/taipei/maokong-tea-half-day/>)

  ### [Maokong Tea Half Day: Gondola Hours and Teahouse Timing](<https://tripfieldbook.com/en/taiwan/taipei/maokong-tea-half-day/>)

  

  Plan a Maokong half day around one teahouse: the gondola's Monday exception, teahouse closing days, Tea Master or Hanser, Zoo Station access and a Daan hotel.

  

  Taiwan · Taipei · An afternoon of teaSources checked 2026.10.16
- [![Moving walkway and signs inside a terminal at Taoyuan International Airport](<https://tripfieldbook.com/images/taoyuan-late-arrival/airport-terminal-1200.webp>)](<https://tripfieldbook.com/en/taiwan/taipei/taoyuan-late-arrival-stay/>)

  ### [Taoyuan Airport Dawn Arrival: Stay Nearby or Go to Taipei?](<https://tripfieldbook.com/en/taiwan/taipei/taoyuan-late-arrival-stay/>)

  

  Compare one night near Taoyuan Airport with going into Taipei after a post-midnight arrival: last MRT, night buses, taxis, shuttles and dawn check-in dates.

  

  Taiwan · Taipei · Airport and hotelsSources checked 2026.10.05

Photo credits5

Sunrise at Zhushan, Alishan

[David Jones](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunrise_at_Zhushan,_Alishan_National_Scenic_Area_2020-01-03.jpg>) · [CC BY 2.0](<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/>)

Alishan Forest Railway train at Chiayi Station, 2008

[Nils Öberg](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chiayi_station_with_Alishan_Railway_train.JPG>) · [CC BY-SA 3.0](<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>)

Buildings and stepped alleys around the Amei Tea House in Jiufen

[Supanut Arunoprayote · CC BY 4.0](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jiufen_Amei_Tea_House_08.23.jpg>)

Tea bushes growing in rows along a Maokong hillside with forest around

[Geotechnical Engineering Office, Public Works Department, Taipei City Government](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maokong_Tea_Plantations.jpg>) · [Taipei City Government website open data terms](<https://english.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=4E3FA84AC9A12D24&sms=5E019B60E5224755&s=52C7D2409618530A>)

Moving walkway and signs inside a terminal at Taoyuan International Airport

[SCKTGORMP o22 · CC BY-SA 4.0](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TW_%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3_Taiwan_%E6%A1%83%E5%9C%92%E5%9C%8B%E9%9A%9B%E6%A9%9F%E5%A0%B4_Taoyuan_International_Airport_Terminal_August_2019_IX2_303.jpg>)