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How to visit Taipei on a budget
21.10.2023 - 14:51 / lonelyplanet.com
Taiwan is a thrilling East Asian destination deserving of your recognition.
The capital city of Taipei is where most travelers start their adventure, and despite being the nation’s most expensive city, a visit can still be done without breaking the bank. Here’s how to visit Taipei on a budget.
Absolutely! A number of the best Taipei attractions come free or very cheap, including visits to most museums, temples and parks around the city.
The secret to exploring Taipei on a budget is to move through the city like a resident – eating Taiwanese food, mastering public transport and quelling the urge to buy Western brands.
That all depends on how easy you find it to integrate! If you’d like to tick off the more touristic attractions – by dining at Din Tai Feng and scaling Taipei 101 – you would have to budget around 2000NTD per day. Add luxury hotel accommodation to the mix, and you could be looking at as much as 5000NTD per day.
To explore Taipei on a budget, however, we recommend sticking to small guesthouses or hostels, dining at local restaurants, and moving out into nature when looking for things to do.
Travelers willing to stay in low-cost accommodation will find it relatively easy to stick to a more modest 1000NTD per day, perhaps as little as 600NTD for the most frugal backpacker lifestyle.
One key aspect of budget travel in Taipei is to quickly figure out the public transport system. Compared to other metropolitan cities, Taipei’s transport system is very affordable and immaculately clean, with fees of around 20-30NTD for a single subway journey (inside an 11-kilometer radius) or 15NT for a single bus fare.
Though there is an option to buy a daily or weekly travel pass, or even an unlimited Fun Pass that also covers all the big attractions, the city’s EasyCard is the best way to travel without limits on the subway (MRT), bus, Maokong gondola and YouBike system (at 10-30% less than a single ticket, plus discounts for multiple uses).
And, if you exceed the cost of a day pass with multiple journeys on your EasyCard, cardholders are reimbursed automatically at the end of the month.
To buy an EasyCard, simply ask at the information booth in any metro station, any 7-11 convenience store or find the automated card machine with the EasyCard logo. The one-off card fee is 100NTD, and you can top up any amount.
Taipei City’s YouBike system is free for rides up to 30 minutes and 10NT per half hour for the first four hours – the half-hourly price increases the longer you have it. You’ll often find these bikes left undocked on the street while riders linger over lunch in Daan Forest Park or drinks at Dadaocheng Wharf – they’re that cheap!
In order to use a YouBike, you’ll need to register your EasyCard with a local phone
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