Slow Tainan

Tainan


A history fanatic has acquired a 40-year-old building and installed history-themed guestrooms fashioned to resemble (more or less) a Dutch fortress, a Japanese house and a Ming-dynasty residence, complete with traditional costumes you can put on for a snapshot. You can also read about the history of this house and of Tainan at the reception.


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Nearby Tainan attractions

1. City God Temple

0.4 MILES

When you enter the temple, look up for the two large abacuses used to calculate whether you have done more good than bad in life; check out the most…

2. Dongyue Temple

0.44 MILES

People come to this temple to communicate with the dead through spirit mediums. It's a fascinating place to catch a glimpse of Taiwanese folk culture. It…

3. Kailung Temple

0.5 MILES

A quiet temple hidden in an alleyway off Zhongshan Rd that worships Princess Seven Stars or Chiniangma (七娘媽), the protector of children, comes alive on…

4. Altar of Heaven

0.63 MILES

Tainan families have been coming here for generations on the 1st and 15th of every lunar month to pray to the supreme Taoist entity, the Jade Emperor. The…

5. Koxinga's Shrine

0.63 MILES

This shrine was built in the Qing dynasty, but its roots date back to a shrine commemorating Ming loyalist Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong) in the 1660s. The…

6. Lady Linshui's Temple

0.65 MILES

For generations, women have come to this temple to ask Lady Linshui to protect their children. This is demanding work and the goddess employs 36…

7. Tainan Art Museum

0.68 MILES

Both buildings of the Tainan Art Museum are now open – this one (Building 1), the former Tainan City Police Station raised in the Japanese era; and the…

8. Stone Arch

0.68 MILES

This antique arch used to be the outermost gateway to the Confucius Temple but became separated from the temple after Nanmen Rd was built in the Japanese…