Half-Day Taipei City Tour: Explore Iconic Landmarks & National Palace Museum
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203 Ratings
Zhongzheng District
Experience the best of Taipei in just half a day! Explore iconic landmarks like Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and the National Palace Museum. Learn about the city's history and have time to explore on your own.
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall - The first stop on your Taipei half-day tour is Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, an impressive monument in memory of the late president of the Republic of China, Chang Kai-shek. To reach the hall, you need to climb up 89 steps, which represent Chang Kai-Shek’s age when he died. Here the changing of the guard ceremony takes place every hour on the hour from 09:00 in the main hall.

In addition to the majestic main hall of the memorial, the exquisite Chinese garden around the building and the vast plaza are also worth taking a look. If you come here in the early morning, you can see some people doing Qigong there.

What's Included
  • Professional licensed tour guide (Mandarin / English / Japanese)
  • Local General Liabilities Insurance
  • Entrance ticket (National Palace Museum)
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (if private option selected)
What's Not Included
  • Bottled water
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drink
Additional Information

Should you be orchestrating your inaugural voyage to Taipei, or if your stringent itinerary during past business excursions left no room for urban exploration, consider opting for this succinct half-day tour. It presents an ideal venture through Taipei’s iconic hotspots, encompassing visits to the illustrious Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, the prestigious Presidential Office Building, the majestic Grand Hotel Taipei, the reverent Martyrs’ Shrine, and the renowned National Palace Museum.

Partake in this curated exploration to briefly unearth the storied past and contextual significance of each destination—all within the span of an afternoon. Subsequently, your agenda remains at your discretion, affording ample latitude to further delve into the urban tapestry or attend to any personal commitments.

  • Wheelchair users need to bring their own folding wheelchairs, the vehicle is not able to accommodate power chairs.
  • Each guest is allowed to bring one piece of carry-on baggage.
  • If the group size is less than 7 people, your tour guide might also serve as the driver (driver-guide).
  • Ensure you carry enough cash with you to cover your expenses for meals, beverages, souvenirs, tips, etc. Convenience stores and most of the eateries in Taiwan don’t accept credit cards as a form of payment.
  • A small amount of walking is involved; comfortable shoes are recommended.
Location
Zhongxiao Xinsheng Station
Please meet your tour guide at MRT Zhongxiao Xinsheng Station (BL14 /O07) at Exit 2. Please take the escalator to the ground level, your tour guide will be waiting for you near the exit with the tour operator's logo flag (EDISON TOURS).
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Tbasis_f
Apr 1, 2024
A lovely way to fill the day. - A great tour. If you have a day to kill, this is the perfect option. Very convenient and full of things to see. The guide was nice and knowledgeable. There were many things that I didn't know existed in the city. Highly recommend.
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Alan_h
Mar 24, 2024
Danny the Tour Guide made this tour AMAZING! - Danny the Tour Guide made this tour a great choice for my limited time in Taipei. His English was by far the BEST I've had on my current 9 country/11 city/28 day adventure through India and SE Asia. This is SO important to me in order to be able to truly understand all that the tour guide is saying about each of the sites. Danny had a jam packed half day, kept us on track, and was a true pleasure to have lead it for the ones lucky enough to join him for the day.
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862eileenz
Mar 21, 2024
Highly Recommend - My husband and I visited Taipei in March and we had a half day tour. Sherry was our guide and she was great. She tailored the tour to our schedule. We wanted to stay in the national palace museum longer so she moved it to be the last site which we are visiting, even though it meant more driving back and forth. She was knowledgeable and warm. We learned about history, culture and even recommendations for some of the food places. She didn’t take us shopping or try to push for product placement. We highly recommend the service.
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Diane_f
Feb 15, 2024
Great guide, so excellent trip excellent value - Her guy was absolutely super. He was accommodating to the older couples and his English in Japanese were outstanding. He had extensive knowledge and answered all of my crazy questions. Would definitely do it again.
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Cyrusneil_z
Jan 6, 2024
Fun Learning Experience - This was a great tour. My tour guide was knowledgeable and courteous. Highly recommended. The tour guide was able to speak Chinese dialects, Japanese, and English extensively. He was impressive.
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Sally_b
Nov 28, 2023
Danny Boy - the Best Taiwanese Guide - The guide makes the tour, right? And Danny Boy was the BEST. While getting to see the original architectural highlights of Taiwan, Danny Boy gave us knowledge and pearls of Taiwanese culture, old and new, while making us laugh and keeping us entertained. I'm so thankful we chose to do this tour rather than sleeping in. Would recommend to anyone.
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Mathew_a
Nov 26, 2023
Great tour! - We had a great time. Our tour guide Christina was great. She was very accommodating and knowledgeable. Wish the tour was longer but it was last minute booking and this was the only tour left when we booked. It was worth it.
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William_n
Dec 10, 2023
Outstanding. - The guide was fantastic - he presented and breezed through a lot of information, revealing a deep knowledge of the material, and possessed a considerable amount of depth on the topics. He also knew how to maximize time and efficiency in a relatively short amount of time. Had I attempted to a similar itinerary, the schedule would've easily stretched to an entire day and failed to include all of the visits. The guide and the tour bus access enabled the entirety of the agenda. The only criticism would be the briefness of the visit to the National Palace Museum (more time to visit and purchase items in the gift shop would've been nice - at least a guide book/pictorial of items not seen during the visit). But I re-visited the Museum and purchased these later. All in all, this tour was great. I highly recommend it.
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Trevor_c
Mar 12, 2024
Average day of touring - The Grand hotel was Beautiful. We also enjoyed the national museum. Unfortunately our guide did not know much about history so a lot of the artifacts were not well covered. We should have just bought the audio tour.
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Kim_p
Nov 26, 2023
Fine & Rushed - Christina was our tour guide and she was very nice and helpful. However, this was a very rushed experience. It's good as an overview, but not enough time to savor key sites such as the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall - would have been nice to spend more than 15 mins there. We got to see the changing of the guards at the Martyrs' Shrine which was a highlight. Again, fine for a very quick overview if you just want to rush through some sites, but not great if you want to savor experience.
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