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10 Free Things to do in Datong That You Shouldn't Miss
Discover the best top things to do in Datong, Taiwan including Homey Hostel -Taipei Elephant Mountain Hiking Free Tour, Dalongdong Bao An Temple, Linhuatai Tea Shop, Datong Old Street, Taipei Confucius Temple, Dihua Street, Ningxia Nightmarket, Taipei City Mall, Xiahai Chenghuang Temple, Shuanglian Market.
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1. Homey Hostel -Taipei Elephant Mountain Hiking Free Tour
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5.0 based on 18 reviews
Every Friday we have a free Xiangshan walking tour, which will take you to see the stunning metropolitan night view of Taipei. It's the best activity for you to hang out with local Taiwanese and meet friends coming from all over the world. After the hiking, we may take you to night market to have a taste of delicious local food. Come to join the most popular activity of homey hostel! Besides, Monday food tour or Saturday Chef cooking are also popular activities. Homey Hostel welcome you to join together!
2. Dalongdong Bao An Temple
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4.5 based on 407 reviews
dedicated to Paosheng Tati, the God of Medicine
Reviewed By PaulSiow - Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
We visited this temple after visiting the Confucious temple nearby. The temple looks old with intricate carvings and ornaments on the roof. Many people prayed here and it was fairly smoky due to the many burning joss sticks.
3. Linhuatai Tea Shop
4. Datong Old Street
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4.5 based on 16 reviews
Reviewed By Noriko717 - Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
This district has preserved buildings from the period of Japanese occupation. They have mixed flavor of pre-war Japanese architecture with Taiwanese modification. They are truly remarkable and worth visiting. The line of shops are mostly herbs and dried foods, but there are some souvenir shops in between.
5. Taipei Confucius Temple
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4.0 based on 699 reviews
Reviewed By 291genej - Silver Spring, United States
We walked 500 m directly west from Yuanshan Station, arriving at 9:30 AM. Inside the entry gate near the 1956 Minglun Instruction Hall, we were initially distracted by 3 noisy Taiwan blue magpies, but admiring the ceiling architecture of the honorary side halls, were amazed with the peaceful atmosphere. To our surprise, 3 robed women exited the Main Hall and marched around the complete courtyard complex to the cadence of clapped boards. Very worthwhile, now on to the large temple next door.
6. Dihua Street
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4.0 based on 954 reviews
For adventurous eaters, this is the premiere spot to buy dried delicacies like longyan fruits, scallops, mushrooms and abalone. Before Chinese New Year is when this street is at its busiest, when Taiwanese flock to the market to stock up for Lunar New Year's feasts.
Reviewed By dianew909
This is a great area to purchase either purchase dry goods in bulk or just check out what is available for purchase. There are all types of dry fruit, preserved plum, dried shrimp, mushrooms, herbal goods, etc. There is also a great store to purchase commercial bakery items (baking tins, pastry bags, muffin/cupcake liners, and much more).
7. Ningxia Nightmarket
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4.0 based on 1,401 reviews
Reviewed By Goochmaster - Sydney, Australia
Ningxia night market has really become a lot more popular and there is the famous oyster egg goup omelette. Two very famous stalls line next to each other, (these are shop fronts). The main market has everything you want, Mung Bean Smoothie, Fried Squid, Taro Ball (pork floss and salted egg), Fried Taro Ball with Salted Egg Lava, Popiah peanut brittle, Kwa Pau. The games section is also enjoyable and the pinball machine allows you to collect tokens to swap for toys. It’s a lot more transparent than Shilin night market where fights can break out due to the lack of transparency. At 1 NT per go, it really keeps the kids happy.
8. Taipei City Mall
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4.0 based on 703 reviews
Reviewed By CdnLovesTravel787 - Vancouver, Canada
This mall is a favourite of mine for very affordable shopping. Starting from Taipei Main Station, the mall stretches for about a mile under ground. You can walk down one side with stores on either side, then back the other side of same. The mall has clothing, footwear, watches, jewelery, Chinese arts & crafts in one section, computer games, manga and anime, electronics for the other half. Play Station and Nintendo are huge here. There is even a coffee shop with waitresses dressed as anime characters. I was amazed by the number of vending machines which dispense toys of all kinds. The restaurants at the end are mostly Indonesian for food. Duroyal Ice Cream at that end also, is a must for $1 ice cream cones and they have 40 awesome flavours. Price has not gone up for years. It is at the other end of the underground mall so if you want to go there first, go to Beiman metro stop instead of Taipei Main, to save walking a mile to get there for ice cream.
9. Xiahai Chenghuang Temple
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4.0 based on 375 reviews
Reviewed By RobertB215 - Hong Kong, China
This charming little temple is much the same as it was in the 19th Century (built in 1859). Though it is home to the City God, 600 other spiritual figurines also are found here, giving it the highest statue density in Taipei. Another resident is the Old Man Under the Moon, who is the Chinese Cupid, so single folk looking for love also come here to pray. This temple is the spiritual center of the community and has a lot of things happening around Chinese New Year. It is also located on Dahua Street (reviewed separately), which is full of wonderful shops, old and new.
