Being the 2nd largest metropolis inward Taiwan, Kaohsiung (高雄) is located inward the Southwestern component subdivision of the island. Historically a port city, it has that large cosmopolitan metropolis experience but yet it is definitely to a greater extent than set dorsum than other Taiwan cities similar Taipei or Taichung.
Scoot flies straight to Kaohsiung from Singapore as well as inside the city, it is extremely piece of cake to larn around every bit it is served yesteryear a convenient network of subway scheme rail. We visited Kaohsiung afterward our 3-night run a peril inward Tainan as well as spent a total of four nights inward the city.
If yous are planning to see Kaohsiung alongside the family, yous receive got come upward to the correct place. Here is our 4-day Kaohsiung itinerary as well as I promise it serves every bit a useful resources for yous to receive got the best fourth dimension there!
Day 1
Check inward to our HomeAway Vacation Rental Home
Fisrt things first, nosotros checked into our opor-garai rental habitation which was located smack inward the middle of the city. The habitation itself was non spectacular but it was functional as well as came alongside a loft bed for the monkies.
The original selling betoken of the minsu was its location. We were a 5-minute walk away from Formosa Boulevard Station, which is the original interchange station for the metro. In addition, shopping districts as well as lots of nutrient choices were only around us... including the most of import of all - Liuhe Night Market. Yup, plenty nights of stinky tofu. 😂
Shinkuchan Shopping District
Since nosotros checked inward in the afternoon, nosotros decided to receive got things tiresome for the start day. And the Definition of 'taking it slow' inward the wifey's lexicon meant erm, SHOPPING!
Covering the expanse of Wufu 2nd Road as well as Renzhi Street of Kaohsiung City, Shinkuchan Shopping District is famous for its broad array of stylish article of apparel as well as accessories every bit good every bit special designer products only similar its other Ximending counterpart inward Taipei.
So spell the wifey goes off for her shopping spree, nosotros had no pick but to gorge on Taiwan street food. LOL.
If yous tin dismiss only endeavor ane type of nutrient inward Kaohsiung, larn inward to live this super XXXXL chicken cutlet. Angel Fried Chicken (天使雞排) is the BEST fried chicken cutlet nosotros receive got e'er tasted. Period. What is amazing close the cutlet is fifty-fifty though it is an entire slice of chicken breast, it is as well as hence so as well as hence juicy as well as tender as well as flavourful as well as thick. Yes, super thick... as well as extremely worth it. We ate it a total of three times over four nights. Heh.
Another interesting uncovering was this.
We sttumbled onto this dessert spell waiting for the wifey to live done alongside her shopping. Apparently it's already a viral hit. The Sharpei doggie is made alone of chocolate H2O ice cream, would yous believe it??? Cuteness (and sugar) overload... as well as made us experience variety of bad cutting its limbs as well as caput off.
Dome of Light
The Dome of Light is a stained drinking glass installation slice located inside the Formosa Boulevard Station. It is made upward alone of 4,500 drinking glass panels, making it the largest piece of job of drinking glass fine art inward the world. Created yesteryear Italian creative someone Narcissus Quagliata, it has earned Formosa Boulevard Station the reputation of beingness ane of the world’s most beautiful subway stations... as well as instagrammable stop.
Liuhe Night Market
Yay, to a greater extent than eating! Come nightfall at 6pm, the Liuhe 2nd Road volition live unopen as well as it transforms into the famous Liuhe Night Market. The nighttime marketplace position runs for three blocks straight as well as is filled alongside numerous nutrient stalls. Some quikier than others, similar this stinky tofu fries!
Day 2
Kaohsiung E-Da Theme Park
I squall upward it is pretty much a given that nosotros are a identify unit of measurement of topic commons junkies. Wherever in that location is a topic commons inward the metropolis nosotros go to, yous tin dismiss live sure nosotros volition live there!
E-Da World inward Kaohsiung may non live largest inward the world, or fifty-fifty Asia but it has plenty rides to maintain everyone entertained. There is a rollercoaster, a really terrifying 360-degree loop ride, swing rides, carousel as well as other kiddie rides.
Best of all, the entrance fee is extremely affordable at S$42 (adult). But yous tin dismiss fifty-fifty larn it cheaper yesteryear pre-purchasing your tickets through Klook. Tickets are close 20% cheaper from Klook compared to walk-in!
I experience the topic commons is worth a see if yous are looking for some topic commons fun as well as thrills, peculiarly if yous receive got kids aged 10 as well as below because they receive got plenty of entertainment rides catered to them... as well as they are all located indoors! Oh, practice endeavor out the VR blaster games that the spell identify unit of measurement tin dismiss participate together - nosotros loved them!
E-Da Outlet Shopping Mall
Love outlet shopping? Then don't immature adult woman paying the E-Da Outlet Mall a visit. Located only beside the topic park, the outlet mall boasts depression prices on branded article of apparel as well as accessories. There are plenty of shops to browse, as well as fifty-fifty an ice-rink as well as Ferris Wheels to maintain the kids happy spell the parents larn shopping!
Day 3
Although Kaohsiung is good connected yesteryear the subway system, in that location are sure attractions which are located exterior the key city... which makes getting to them a picayune challenging. Fortunately, Klook has a set tailor-made 24-hour interval tour which covers the classic attractions inward Kaohsiung. The Kaohsiung Classic Attractions Day Tour yesteryear Klook consists of a full-day itinerary where nosotros were conveniently picked upward at Formosa Boulevard Station as well as driven to the next attractions:
Tianliao Luna World
Tianliao Luna World is a tract of barren state betwixt Chongde Village as well as Gutin Village of Tianliao District. It has a dreary as well as desolate beauty of desert as well as is famous for its similarity to the landscape of the Luna surface.
This queer terrain is called "badlands" inward geography an adverse landscape caused yesteryear the potent erosion of pelting as well as streams over the years due to "rejuvenation" of the earth's crust. Typical badlands are institute inward dryer climates, are composed of sedimentary rocks, typically receive got really picayune vegetation, as well as receive got deep valleys or ravines. Taiwan is the only event inward the whole public of badlands inward a tropical climate. How is this possible?
The rocks at Luna World are composed of mudstone, sandstone, shale, as well as chalk. Because of high alkaline metal levels due to chalk inward the soil, trees as well as grass cannot grow, as well as basically the only works life that tin dismiss grow inward the soil is spiny bamboo. The lack of vegetation every bit good every bit high rainfall gives means to quick eroding hills, or badlands.
Getting to Luna World isn't just that piece of cake because it’s located inward the suburban expanse as well as hence it was a expert matter nosotros had hired a drive through Klook. And it was worth the machine trip in that location because it was as well as hence amazing!
I haven't been on the Luna before, but I squall upward this is the closest matter I volition e'er receive got to stepping onto the Moon!
Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum
Located close an hr drive away from Kaohsiung, Fo Guang Shan is the biggest Buddhist monastery inward Taiwan. It covers an expanse of over thirty hectares as well as is comprised of shrines, a cemetery, fifty-fifty a academy as well as a 36-meter tall statue of the Buddha. The highlight has got to live the 8 symmetrical pagodas leading to Fo Guang Big Buddha. It is genuinely an amazing view.
Do receive got some fourth dimension to explore the original hall too every bit it is habitation to a few exhibits similar the Jade Buddha as well as Golden Buddha Shrines which are beautiful as well as awe-inspiring.
Oh, as well as practice also pop yesteryear the vegetarian eating theatre on the 2nd aeroplane of the original edifice at the entrance for a sumptuous vegetarian buffet! It was the start fourth dimension the monkies had a vegetarian buffet as well as I squall upward they pretty much enjoyed it!
Lianchi Tan Scenic Area (Lotus Pond) - Dragon as well as Tiger Pagodas
Lotus Pond is a picturesque lake located inward Zuoying District. Known for its lotus plants as well as many temples surrounding its perimeter, it is most famous for the Dragon as well as Tiger Pagodas. H5N1 twin yoke of 7-story pagodas alongside giant dragon as well as tiger statues, it is believed that entering from the dragon’s oral cavity as well as exiting through the tiger’s jaws reverses your fortune as well as turns bad luck into expert luck.
I'm non sure if it is truthful but nosotros did it anyway! 😁
Pier-2 Art Center
Now this is ane genuinely quirky as well as fun place!
Or inward these days as well as age, it is ane genuinely Instagrammable place.
Formerly a colonial-era pier of Kaohsiung harbour, this expanse used to live a warehouse cluster, storing fish pulverisation as well as saccharide supplies for the ships at the port. Now, the expanse has been turned into an open-air fine art infinite alongside interesting sculptures as well as installations for visitors to intepret as well as of course, snap photos.
My personal fave expanse is the huge infinite of greenish expanse which used to the former railway station. In fact, the former railway tracks are withal around as well as I squall upward kids volition dearest running along them, imagining themselves to live a train. Us? We only receive got photos to shipping service on social media. LOL.
But for younger kids, the huge draw is a functional mini replica of a vintage develop that takes riders around the sprawling grounds. How cool is sitting on go yesteryear of the chugging ride? Well, for certain cool plenty for Ale to clamour to larn on it as well as insist that ayd accompany her.
The expanse is a huge treasure trove of boutique shops as well as cafes too but if yous practice desire to residue those legs, caput to SunnyHills, which is ane of the most famous pineapple cake shops inward Taiwan. Not many people know this, but the cafe really serves a gratis sample of their famous pineapple cake as well as greenish tea! All yous receive got to practice is hold off to live seated, as well as yous larn to savor ane slice (it's ane total piece, non those tiny cutting sample sizes) of the pineapple cake. There is no obligation to buy... but it was as well as hence expert that I ended upward buying 2 boxes.
The tour really covers the Kaohsiung Love River but I read that other than it beingness overnice to stroll along it, it doesn't offering anything much also that. Much similar our Singapore River. So nosotros skipped it as well as were dropped dorsum off at Liuhe Night Market... where the feasting continued!
Day 4
Cijin Island
Cijin or Qijin Island is a modest as well as narrow isle close 10-15 minutes away yesteryear ferry from Kaohsiung Harbor.
It is a pop 24-hour interval trip goal alongside both locals as well as tourists, as well as is famed for its liad dorsum vibes as well as seafood restaurants.
To larn around the island, I recommend renting a cycle from ane of the numerous shops scattered throughout the harbour exit. You tin dismiss select from unmarried bicycles to fifty-fifty quad-cycles - as well as they come upward either inward manual pedal or motorised versions.
Once yous larn your ride of choice, drive away from the original street to Cijin Seaside Park. The ride along the cycle route is breezy as well as pleasant.
Be sure to halt yesteryear Rainbow Church, as well as go on all the means to Cijin Windmill Park. The whole journeying is relatively brusk as well as should close thirty to 34 minutes.
Perosnally, I really loved the repose of the island. It was a overnice alter of footstep from the bustling ciy life at Kaohsiung.
Ruifeng Night Market
The Rui Feng Night Market is ane of the go yesteryear nighttime markets inward the metropolis because of its strategic location. The nighttime marketplace position is only a 5-minute walk from the Kaohsiung Arena MRT station as well as the Hanshin Arena shopping mall.
It’s packed, it’s local, as well as in that location are tons of nutrient as well as shopping choices. The nutrient choices hither are mind-boggling as well as nosotros loved it hither amend than Liuhe Night Market.
So in that location yous receive got it, our 4-day guide to enjoying some of the best attractions that Kaohsiung has to offer. Hope it volition live helpful for yous should yous live planning to convey the family!
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