Entry requirements | Organizing your trip | Visiting | Eating | Paying | Speaking |

Entry requirements

Passport and visa service

Bureau of Consular Affairs

Diplomatic representations

List of the embassies on the website of the Ministry of foreign affairs.

For more information

Organizing your trip

Means of transport recommended in town

Recommendation

There are plenty of taxis (painted in yellow). All taxi drivers speak Chinese; many speak at least some English. In Taipei, you could take bus and metro. It’s convenient and safe. One bus ticket for adult is 15 NTD. One metro ticket is from 20 to 65 NTD (depends the distance). Language of the signalization in the urban transports: Chinese, English.

Maps of urban networks

Taiwan.net
Urmap
Taiwan Map

Means of transport recommended in the rest of the country

Recommendation

Voyaging by train is convenient and inexpensive.

Rail companies

Taiwan Railways
Taiwan high speed rail

Flight from Greece

No aircraft company operates direct flight from Athens to Taiwan. To find out air connections from Greece to Taiwan click here

Traveling by yourself

Recommendation

Driving or riding motorcycles is dangerous and should be avoided, even by experienced motorcyclists. Substandard road conditions and local disregard for traffic laws result in frequent accidents that cause serious and even fatal injuries to foreigners. Mountain roads are narrow, winding, and poorly banked.

Road maps

Freeway Map
Taiwan.net

Find an itinerary

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Visiting

Different forms of tourism

Historical

Temples, old Taiwanese Hakka, Chinese style house, and the heritages from colonial age. Visit the website of Taiwan.net.

Cultural

Temples, museums, historical sites, traditional arts and cuisine. Visit the website of Taiwan.net.

Nature

Natural parks, forest recreation areas, national scenic areas and ecotourism. Visit the website of Taiwan.net.

Religious

Taiwan's temples, of which there are more than 5,000, lie at the core of the island's religious life as active places of worship. Most temples are either of Taoist, Buddhist, or the less ornate Confucian styles. Visit the website of Taiwan.net.

Thermal

There are many geothermal hot springs throughout Taiwan. The warm waters of these springs, heated and charged by the earth's own energy, are believed to soothe, revitalize and reinvigorate the body. Visit the website of Taiwan.net.

Beach

In south and north of Taiwan. Visit the website of Taiwan.net.

Winter sports

No winter sports.

Outdoor activities

Climbing, mountain biking, rafting, scuba diving, golf, surfing, Sailing and Windsurfing. Visit the website of Taiwan.net.

Shopping

Taiwan is an excellent shopping destination, with everything from Ultra-modern shopping malls to traditional markets offering a wide array of goods. Visit the website of Taiwan.net.

Tourism organizations

Taiwan Tourism Bureau

Eating

Food specialties

Taiwan is famous for great seafood dishes like grilled or steamed squid, prawn or shrimp. Authentic Taiwanese cooking is also known as Holo or Minnanese. Ginger is the most common spice added. Other food specialties include shrimp rolls, fried eel, baked clams and crabs with rich ginger honey sauce. When frying, Taiwanese use pork fat which provide instant flavor to meats. Dumplings and dimsum are also common in Taipei.

Drinks

Dietary restrictions

Culinary restrictions are different from one religion to another.

Paying

Domestic currency

New Taiwan Dollar

ISO Code

TWD

To obtain domestic currency

Foreign currencies can be exchanged at government-designated banks and hotels.

Possible means of payment

Cash, major credit cards such as American Express, Master Card, Visa, and Diners Club are accepted and traveler's checks may be cashed at foreign-exchange banks, some tourist-oriented businesses, and (by room guests) most international tourist hotels.

Exchange rate on

Automatic Teller Machines (ATM)

To find out the locations of ATMs in in Taiwan, click on the link to your credit card: Visa, Mastercard or American Express

Speaking

Official language

Mandarin Chinese.

Other languages spoken

Official language: Chinese mandarin, although the Min Nan Hua Taiwanese (dialect of the South of Fujian) and the Hakka (indigenous language) are widely spoken.

Business language

English

Getting some knowledge

Consult Go2taiwan.net.

Free translation tools

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Last updates: May 2012