Taipei 8D7N Free and easy - Itinerary (Day 4)

Day 4- Taiwan Itinerary - 5/10/12 ( Friday )

8:30am  - Breakfast@ hotel 
Little info:  Taipei Main Station food stall open only @ 11am )

9:30am - Take train - Hot spring @Xin Bei Tou for hot spa
(Estimate40 min reached Xin Bei Tou)

First Choice :
SweetMe Hotspring Resort ( see attached)

Address: No.224 Cuang Ming Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan 
- it is conveniently located with excellentequipment, professional service workers and reasonably priced food.(as recommended by tripadvisor)
http://www.taipeisprings.org.tw/english/hotel/sweetmehotspring.htm
Menu For reference:
http://www.taipeitravel.net/frontsite/en/cms/cmsAction.do?method=goCMSDetail&menuId=1030509&contentId=5972

ADDRESS：No 224, Guangming Rd., Beitou Chiu, Taipei
TEL：(02)2898-3838
WEBSITE：www.sweetme.com.tw
EMAIL：service@sweetme.com.tw

Direction :

- Location is great 2 minute walk from Xinbeitou station directly opposite the hot spring museum. 

- Got Hot & cold Bath (The hot spring water in this hotel was clear and odourless )

- NT$1300 for 90 minutes(2 paxs). You can also combine with a lunch and dinner package (price to check with counter)

- Nearby is the Taipei Hot Springs museum which is free and definitely worth a look at. The library nearby is a very nice building and also very good to visit.

- Right next door to the hotel is a Wellcome supermarket for all the provisions you need. Starbucks, McDonalds', Yoshinoya, KFC are all nearby.

  

12:30-1pm Depart to Dansuiold street

1:20 pm – walk along DansuiOld Street

DanshueiLocation Map:

Nearest MRT subway:  Danshui MRT station




























3:30pm/4pm - Take ferry to fisher man wharf, Lover’s Bridge

Little info:

Location map of where to catch the ferry to Fisherman’sWharf in Danshui.
Highlighted in green is the Danshui MRT. Highlighted in red is where to buy the ferry tickets and to board the ferry toFisherman’s Wharf.

Three ways From Danshui MRT Station >Fishermen’s Wharf

You can board public bus,ferry or cab:

a) BUS- Turn to your right on exiting Danshui MRT Station if you are taking bus Red 26, 836 or 837 (837 goes to Fishermen’s Wharf on weekends only)from Danshui Bus Station. Frequency of bus is regular. The bus will bring youto Fishermen’s Wharf where you can see the Lover’s Bridge. Fare: NT$15 (can useEasycard) Travel time: About 15 mins

Buses Red 26 and 836 run daily from Danshui MRT Station toFishermen’s Wharf. Bus 837 is also a daily bus service but the bus goes toFishermen’s Wharf on weekends only.

b) Cab - From Danshui Old Street to Fishermen’s Wharf Fare: AboutNT$120 Travel time: About 9 mins.

c) FERRY - Turn to your left on exiting Danshui MRT Station if you are taking the Blueway ferry from Danshui Ferry Wharf, about 10 mins’ walk fromDanshui MRT Station. Two ferry service companies (順風航業、臺北航運) serve Danshui (淡水客船碼頭) -- Pali (八里客船碼頭), Danshui -- Fishermen’s Wharf (淡水漁人碼頭) and Pali --Fishermen’s Wharfroutes on the Danshui River. Ferry voyage time from Danshui to Fishermen’sWharf is 12 mins. Fare: NT$50 (can use Easycard)

Further info if by ferry :

Direction   : Boardedthe ferry boat just at a dock near the waterfront of the Danshui old street andit cost about 100 Taiwan Dollars (about 3.00 USD) per person for a round tripto the Fisherman’s Wharf. (Attached picture is: The dock where we can board the ferry boatto Fisherman’s Wharf)

The entire ferry ride will take about 15 minutes

 (There you will see Lover’s Bridge, a singleslanted tower cable pedestrian bridge which was modeled after a ship’s mass and sail.)

4:30-5 pm – sunset time –watch Sunset – please standby your camera…

Little Info:
After above, we can board public bus, ferry or cab:

A.)  Take Ferry backto Dansui .

       Ferry operation hours till 2000 hrs onweekdays and 2100 hrs on weekends and public  

      holidays.)or

B.) Board the bus back to Danshui MRT Station. Or

C.)   Take cab to Dansuimrt (Cab fare from Danshui MRT Station toFishermen’s Wharf (vise versa) is around NT$120 Travel time: About 9 mins..)

      However It may not be easy to flag a cab plyingthe street at Fishermen’s Wharf in the

      eveningafter watching the sunset.

From Dansui Mrt, taking the MRT train isprobably the fastest and economical mode of transport to Ximending. Travellingtime on MRT train from Danshui MRT Station to Taipei Main Station (for transferto Ximen MRT Station) takes about 36 mins. From Taipei Main Station to XimenMRT Station takes about 3 mins.

6pm -Back to hotel unload stuff & rest  & settle down

7pm - Dinner @ 马辣顶级麻辣鸳鸯火锅

Little info:

Address: 台北市西宁南路62号2楼 （万年大楼对面，好乐迪2楼）the 2nd floor of No. 62, XiNing S. Road., Xi Men Ding [Just need to walk from Ximending station] (exit 6)

Tel：(02) 2314 6528
Opening Hours and Prices:
Lunch NT$399 – 1130 am to 4 pm
Dinner NT$499 – 4 pm to 5 am
Saturday NT$499 – 11 30 am to 5 am
On top of this, additional 10% service chargehas to be included.
Website: http://www.mala-1.com.tw
(max hour : 2hours)

Night activity: :  Optional :
Or can walk wu fen pu Or Rao He Night market OrShida Night Market Or Hotel Rest Or XiMenDing Or Ning Xia Night Market orunderground mall or miramar Ferris Wheel