Hoshino Resorts, a leading Japan-based hospitality brand with a contemporary take on the traditional Japanese ryokan (inn), opens HOSHINOYA Guguan in Taichung, Taiwan, in June 2019, the company’s first luxury hot spring resort in Taiwan. Located on the outskirts of the Taichung hot spring valley in the Guguan area of the city of Taichung, the Continue Reading
Taiwan: Catering all tastes
Taiwan as a country is food mad and you will find all tastes catered for in its big cities. This is in part due to the diverse external influences over the past 500 years, from the Spanish and Dutch colonialists in the 17th century to the Japanese and Americans in the 20th century, and Chinese Continue Reading
Taiwan: Far Eastern Plaza
Hotel Overview Shangri-La’s Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Taipei opened in December 1994 and was comprehensively renovated in 2015, in keeping with the hotel’s elegant surroundings. Situated on the tree-lined Dunhua South Road, the hotel soars 43 storeys above Taipei’s business district and is five minutes from the Taipei World Trade Convention and Exhibition Center, 15 Continue Reading
Taiwan: Grand Hyatt Taipei
A Grand Experience Grand Hyatt Taipei’s Grand Club is the answer to a business traveller’s prayers, writes Anthony van Dyck 12 March 2018 Travelling overseas on business is always an ordeal. Despite the potential Continue Reading
Taiwan: Miramar Garden
Miramar Garden Taipei boasts a classic European architectural design. The high-ceilinged lobby, spacious guest rooms, varied cuisine and fitness facilities, including a Vigor Health Club, swimming pool and meeting and conference rooms, go a long way towards satisfying the demands of the holidaymaker and the business traveler. You can enjoy Miramar Garden Taipei’s buffet at Continue Reading
Taiwan: Grand View Resort
Grand View Resort stands at the foot of YangMing mountain in the Beitou hot springs resort and is the only 5-star hotel in the district. C.Y. Lee, the architect of Taipei 101, was responsible for the planning of the buildings, using logs and stones together with titanium plated metal and natural plants and ingeniously integrated Continue Reading
Taiwan: Beyond Taipei
Taiwan is located at the convergence of four tectonic plates, resulting in high mountain ranges down the length of the island. On the east coast, these drop steeply into the Pacific Ocean while the flat west coast is home to all of the country’s major cities. There are 272 peaks of at least 3,000m and Continue Reading
Taiwan: Getting around
Taipei is very easy to get around. One of the easiest, cheapest and most reliable ways is the subway or MRT. Built since the turn of the century, it is world-class, comprehensive, clean and reliable. Announcements, signage and maps in English make it particularly simple. As with almost everywhere in Taiwan, personal safety is simply Continue Reading
Taiwan: Howard Plaza Hotel
Grand View Resort stands at the foot of YangMing mountain in the Beitou hot springs resort and is the only 5-star hotel in the district. C.Y. Lee, the architect of Taipei 101, was responsible for the planning of the buildings, using logs and stones together with titanium plated metal and natural plants and ingeniously integrated Continue Reading
Taiwan: The National Palace Museum
The National Palace Museum (NPM), located in Taipei and Chiayi, Taiwan, has a permanent collection of nearly 700,000 ancient Chinese artifacts and artworks, from the Neolithic age to the modern era. Most are imperial pieces collected by Chinese emperors, making the NPM’s ancient Chinese art collection the largest and the finest in the world. The Continue Reading