A luxury Taiwan tour, customized just for you. Curates Taiwan travel experiences for the discerning luxury traveler.| Life of Taiwan
Wherever you begin your tour of Taiwan, you can’t help but notice the vast number of street vendors in urban areas. Even in little towns with just a few thousand residents, you can expect to find stalls selling tasty snacks, drinks, and other inexpensive items. This is one reason travellers who opt to cycle or […]| Life of Taiwan
Taiwan has never served as a venue for the Olympic Games but it has successfully hosted a number of major international sporting events. In 2009 the southern harbour city of Kaohsiung did a superb job welcoming the 8th World Games (an Olympics-style event featuring sports that aren’t part of the summer or winter Olympics) and the […]| Life of Taiwan
Keelung is very different to sleek, glitzy Taipei. This gritty port city, surrounded by steep green hills, can feel unbelivably crowded. But it’s a place packed full of history. The Spanish arrived in 1626 and established a small colony. They traded with the area’s Ketagalan tribespeople until 1642, when a garrison diminished by disease and […]| Life of Taiwan
Despite being exceptionally mountainous, Taiwan has few true ‘mountain towns’. Two of the most captivating hillside communities are Jiufen and Jinguashi, side by side and overlooking the ocean about 30 km (19 miles) northeast of central Taipei. In terms of history, the two have a great deal in common; both are former mining towns that […]| Life of Taiwan
Explore Taipei in Taiwan. The capital city is often the first stop for visitors to Taiwan. Make the most of it!| Life of Taiwan
Taiwan is one of the world’s most tolerant and religiously diverse societies. The majority of its nearly 24 million follow a mix of popular religion, Buddhism, and Taoism. Many of the gods and goddesses they worship are also venerated on the Chinese mainland and by ethnic Chinese communities in Southeast Asia. Some practise a ‘purer’ […]| Life of Taiwan