A 508 m skyscraper shaped like a stack of bamboo sections, the world's tallest building from 2004 to 2010. One of the world's fastest lifts takes you to the 89th-floor observatory in 37 seconds; see the giant tuned mass damper ball that steadies the tower in typhoons.
For a free view of the tower itself, climb Elephant Mountain nearby, about 20 minutes up steep steps, best at sunset.
Taiwan is famous for its night markets, crowded with food stalls.
One of the greatest collections of Chinese art in the world, with nearly 700,000 objects, many brought from the Forbidden City in Beijing in 1949.
A cape on Taiwan's north coast where wind and waves have carved the sandstone into strange shapes, including mushroom rocks, candle rocks and honeyco…
A former gold-mining town on a steep hillside above the sea north-east of Taipei, with narrow alleys of teahouses, red lanterns and food stalls, said…
A deep marble gorge carved by the Liwu River in eastern Taiwan, with sheer cliffs, temples and trails.
Taiwan's largest lake, in the mountains of central Taiwan, surrounded by forested hills, temples and pagodas.
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