Day 1: Arrive and settle in Taipei
1
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
Use an airport connection that suits your hotel and arrival time. Spend the evening near the hotel, with a simple meal and a short neighborhood walk. Save a busy night market for a day when you are rested.
Travel time is a planning allowance, not a published timetable; confirm your booked service and add check-in or queue time.
45m transit
2
Taipei Main Station
Airport train planning allowance; confirm the actual service and hotel connection.
Travel time is a planning allowance, not a published timetable; confirm your booked service and add check-in or queue time.
8m walk
3
Taipei Main Station neighborhood
Use an airport connection that suits your hotel and arrival time. Spend the evening near the hotel, with a simple meal and a short neighborhood walk. Save a busy night market for a day when you are rested.
3m walk
Taipei central accommodation base
3-night accommodation base. This is an approximate neighborhood pin, not a reserved hotel. Replace it with your booked property's exact location. 3 nights Taipei · 2 nights Tainan · 2 nights Kaohsiung
3 nights
Day 2: Old Taipei and the river
25m transit
1
Longshan Temple
Start around Longshan Temple and the surrounding streets, then move to Dihua Street for shops and cafés. Leave time for lunch and a riverside walk rather than crossing the city for every famous sight.
Travel time is a planning allowance, not a published timetable; confirm your booked service and add check-in or queue time.
25m transit
2
Dihua Street
Start around Longshan Temple and the surrounding streets, then move to Dihua Street for shops and cafés. Leave time for lunch and a riverside walk rather than crossing the city for every famous sight.
Travel time is a planning allowance, not a published timetable; confirm your booked service and add check-in or queue time.
5h 18m walk
3
Dadaocheng Wharf
Start around Longshan Temple and the surrounding streets, then move to Dihua Street for shops and cafés. Leave time for lunch and a riverside walk rather than crossing the city for every famous sight.
Day 3: Choose a museum or city view
35m transit
1
Taipei 101
Selected main outing. Reserve the observatory only if you want the paid viewpoint and conditions are suitable.
Choose the National Palace Museum or the Taipei 101 area as your main outing. Follow it with a slower meal and an evening market whose opening schedule you have checked. Avoid trying to combine both ends of the city into a short morning.
Travel time is a planning allowance, not a published timetable; confirm your booked service and add check-in or queue time.
25m transit
2
Raohe Street Night Market
Confirm market opening hours; leave the afternoon flexible.
Travel time is a planning allowance, not a published timetable; confirm your booked service and add check-in or queue time.
Day 4: Take the train to Tainan
30m transit
1
Taipei Main Station — high-speed departure
Travel south and allow time for the connection from your arrival station to the historic center. After dropping bags, explore a compact group of central lanes and temples. Make food stops part of the walk rather than separate journeys.
Travel time is a planning allowance, not a published timetable; confirm your booked service and add check-in or queue time.
1h 50m transit
2
Tainan High Speed Rail Station
Indicative rail time; book the actual service. This station is outside central Tainan.
Travel time is a planning allowance, not a published timetable; confirm your booked service and add check-in or queue time.
35m transit
3
Tainan Railway Station
Allow time for the local connection from the high-speed station.
Travel time is a planning allowance, not a published timetable; confirm your booked service and add check-in or queue time.
20m transit
4
Shennong Street
Travel south and allow time for the connection from your arrival station to the historic center. After dropping bags, explore a compact group of central lanes and temples. Make food stops part of the walk rather than separate journeys.
Travel time is a planning allowance, not a published timetable; confirm your booked service and add check-in or queue time.
13m walk
Tainan historic-center accommodation base
2-night accommodation base. This is an approximate neighborhood pin, not a reserved hotel. Replace it with your booked property's exact location. 3 nights Taipei · 2 nights Tainan · 2 nights Kaohsiung
2 nights
Day 5: Tainan history and food
13m walk
1
Tainan Confucius Temple
Visit the Confucius Temple area, then choose a handful of small food stops and one additional historic site. Anping is a separate afternoon outing if you want it; leave enough time for the local transfer.
35m transit
2
Anping Old Fort area
Selected afternoon outing; check current entry conditions and leave time for the return.
Travel time is a planning allowance, not a published timetable; confirm your booked service and add check-in or queue time.
35m transit
3
Central Tainan dinner
Visit the Confucius Temple area, then choose a handful of small food stops and one additional historic site. Anping is a separate afternoon outing if you want it; leave enough time for the local transfer.
Travel time is a planning allowance, not a published timetable; confirm your booked service and add check-in or queue time.
Day 6: Move to Kaohsiung
1h 55m transit
20m transit
1
Tainan Railway Station — depart
Choose a rail service based on your hotel locations and transfer convenience. Settle in, then explore the Pier-2 arts area and the waterfront at a relaxed pace. Leave a longer harbor excursion for tomorrow.
Travel time is a planning allowance, not a published timetable; confirm your booked service and add check-in or queue time.
50m transit
2
Kaohsiung Railway Station
This leg uses conventional rail, avoiding a return to the outlying high-speed station.
Travel time is a planning allowance, not a published timetable; confirm your booked service and add check-in or queue time.
25m transit
3
Pier-2 Art Center
Choose a rail service based on your hotel locations and transfer convenience. Settle in, then explore the Pier-2 arts area and the waterfront at a relaxed pace. Leave a longer harbor excursion for tomorrow.
Travel time is a planning allowance, not a published timetable; confirm your booked service and add check-in or queue time.
20m transit
Kaohsiung accommodation base
2-night accommodation base. This is an approximate neighborhood pin, not a reserved hotel. Replace it with your booked property's exact location. 3 nights Taipei · 2 nights Tainan · 2 nights Kaohsiung
2 nights
Day 7: A harbor day
25m transit
1
Gushan Ferry Pier
Use local transport for a harbor-focused day, adding Cijin when ferry services and weather are suitable. Have lunch before returning to the city and keep the evening open for another neighborhood.
Travel time is a planning allowance, not a published timetable; confirm your booked service and add check-in or queue time.
15m boat/ferry
2
Cijin Old Street
Includes a modest boarding allowance; check current ferry conditions and queues.
Travel time is a planning allowance, not a published timetable; confirm your booked service and add check-in or queue time.
15m boat/ferry
3
Gushan Ferry Pier — return
Use local transport for a harbor-focused day, adding Cijin when ferry services and weather are suitable. Have lunch before returning to the city and keep the evening open for another neighborhood.
Travel time is a planning allowance, not a published timetable; confirm your booked service and add check-in or queue time.
20m transit
4
Kaohsiung harbor evening
Use local transport for a harbor-focused day, adding Cijin when ferry services and weather are suitable. Have lunch before returning to the city and keep the evening open for another neighborhood.
Travel time is a planning allowance, not a published timetable; confirm your booked service and add check-in or queue time.
Day 8: Depart or return north
45m transit
45m transit
1
Kaohsiung International Airport — depart
Default departure is from Kaohsiung. Replan this day and consider an extra night if your flight leaves from Taoyuan.
Depart through Kaohsiung when possible. If flying from Taoyuan, reserve the northbound rail journey and allow for the separate airport connection. An early flight is a reason to move north the previous night.
Travel time is a planning allowance, not a published timetable; confirm your booked service and add check-in or queue time.