Day Trips From Taipei

Ten day trips reachable from Taipei by public transit, one per report — sequenced from the nearest hill towns to the farthest coastal county. Transit routes, fares, hours, and admission for each.

頭城 & 五結 — Toucheng Whale Watching and the National Center for Traditional Arts 鶯歌 — Yingge: Taiwan's Ceramics Capital, Old Street to Museum in Five Minutes 基隆 — Keelung: Rainbow Houses at Zhengbin, a Night Market at the Temple Gate 八里 — Bali: A Six-Minute Ferry to Rented Bicycles and a Prehistoric Museum 淡水 — Tamsui: Fort San Domingo and Taipei's Best MRT-Accessible Sunset 烏來 — Wulai: Atayal Hot Springs and an 80-Metre Waterfall by Gondola 野柳地質公園 — Yehliu Geopark: The Queen's Head and Sea-Carved Sandstone 猴硐 — Houtong: A Coal Village Turned Cat Village 十分 — Shifen: Sky Lanterns Over the Tracks, a 40-Metre Waterfall 九份 — Jiufen: A Gold-Mining Hill Town Under Red Lanterns