Hualien
The Leaf absolutely nails it with a jazzy, artistic take on industrial chic that has miraculously transformed a seemingly hopeless monstrosity of 1960s…
Must-see hotels in Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Set amid lawns, views, palms and dangling orchids, this magical homestay is filled with Chinese art, Buddhist mandalas, antique furniture and calligraphic…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Especially at night when its chateau-like turrets are lit up, this unforgettable resort has a Las Vegas fantasy feel, with a hot-springs water park, spa…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Suave, spacious rooms all look across the valley with its rice paddies laid out before you. Views are especially impressive from the upper-floor rooms –…
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Taitung
In a brilliantly located, guacamole-coloured tower, Gaya's upmarket lobby creates a distinctive, brooding mood with its acres of black bamboo. Hallways…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Pure class. This beachfront villa has just three guest rooms but each has large ocean-view terraces and a pampered sense of relaxed-yet-sophisticated…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Comfort, views and an artistic take on designer minimalism come together to make Meni's Place so popular that it doesn't even need a sign. The five rooms…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Brand-new, superclean rooms don't have much decor, but their winning feature is the view down onto the azure bay framed by wild, rocky ridges. To get the…
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Hualien
As though tumbling out of a Tim Burton film set, Cheese Bon goes overboard with shutters and suitcases, upside-down lampstands and a giant metal clock…
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Taroko National Park
This luxurious 160-room hotel makes liberal use of wood and stone, and has a rooftop infinity pool that surveys the Taroko Gorge with a fireplace area…
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Taitung
An unlikely blue metal door and four flights of stairs lead to this flashpacker marvel where dorms have top-quality mattresses and linens, shared showers…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
This welcoming, 11-room B&B is an excellent choice for families, with ample play space and a large sunrise view lounge. It's a rare east-coast option,…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Two Fish offers nine clean, comfortable rooms, six of them with balconies overlooking Kaiyuan Harbour where ferries arrive. It's above the west coast's…
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Hualien
While Qixingtan now has several suave new alternatives, Bayview remains hard to beat, especially if you score a sea-view balcony room. There are blue…
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Hualien
Peaceful and less flashy than many competitors, this clean, pleasant station area hostel wins on its friendly family management, its bright, naturally lit…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
While there are classier places on the surrounding lowlands and slopes, if you want to be right at the highest point of Luye Plateau, with the best…
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Taitung
Perfectly located, this sparkling new place offers comfy, unfussy contemporary rooms along with high-quality, curtain-bunked dorms with good lockers.
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Hualien
With the youthful vibe of a hostel but the quality fittings of an upper midrange hotel, Meci is a great choice in the station area, with good beds,…
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Hualien
Steel rebar, manacles and taps fashioned from old petrol pumps give a striking image to the ground-floor pub which plays high-volume rap music. Upstairs,…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
It's well worth the three flights of stairs to discover central Yuli's best backpacker hideaway, with bright, well-spaced dorms, small lockers, a pleasant…
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Hualien
For sea views plus a city centre location close to the night market, there's a whole row of tall, thin choices on Haibin Rd. From outside, View Ocean…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
The name doesn't lie. This small guesthouse really does ooze originality, fronted by a bar-bookshop and with offbeat curiosities giving character to the…
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Taroko National Park
Run by members of the Taroko tribe, in part as a way to illustrate their culture and history, this comfortable, low-rise resort consists of 18 two-room…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Low-key but contemporary hot-spring hotel where the 'golden' mineral water is piped to your private walk-in tub, or you can use the small communal pool in…
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Hualien
All but four of Fuyuan's rooms are in a well-preserved traditional mansion, set between little carp ponds, a classically Fujian-style tearoom and a pretty…
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Taroko National Park
One of the Taroko region's best options, Liiko Hotel offers top-quality rooms, English-speaking staff, an artistically contemporary foyer and unstuffy…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Immaculately maintained contemporary rooms are softened with picture detailing in this Mediterranean-flavoured guesthouse, which is enviably placed on the…
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Taitung
Of Taitung's cheaper, downtown minihostels, Who Knows wins on its low-key, jazz/bohemian vibe, its unusually bright and airy layout and the great spoken…
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Taitung
Sizeable, decently equipped rooms come at very reasonable prices, but each is different so choose carefully. The foyer is a similar stylistic jumble of…
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Taroko National Park
This hard-to-find place is very much a homestay in the old sense: three very ordinary rooms in a family home whose charm lies in the garden, tree-lined…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Blue Ocean House has an attractive little multi-unit resort beside its dive shop. The cabins out front look especially appealing and the upper-floor quad…
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Taroko National Park
This older hotel has a foyer of large rock-and-wood art and 19 large bedrooms with sashes on comfortable new beds and partly updated bathrooms. Separately…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
This budget options wins on location, quiet yet close to the port and with a garden that stares across the road to the Shilang Snorkelling Area. The dorms…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
For a middle-of-nowhere, agricultural vibe, head 6km north of Luye where this neat if simply adorned Spanish-style villa is set amid fields around 400m…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Eight ensuite rooms in two different properties are relatively simple with older bathrooms at prices that drop to almost dormitory levels outside peak…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Lanyu's hippest hostel features a black motorbike as part of the decor in a common room which feels more like a bar than a lounge. The dorms are sex…
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Hualien Sugar Factory Guesthouses
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
The 48 rebuilt wood-cabin rooms, originally workers' residences for the Hualien Sugar Factory, now offer comfortable visitor accommodation. Interiors have…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Fair value by Green Island standards, this boxy place is less dowdy than the frontage appears, with 23 rooms that have been partly revamped with elements…
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Hualien
Decor-wise this very central guesthouse is the love child of Baudelaire and Hello Kitty. Each room is different, but you can expect colour overload, arty…
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Hualien
For adventurous travellers, sleeping in this unique budget place is like becoming part of a piece of performance art set in a semi-salvaged old cottage…
