Taiwan is a mixture of heavy urbanisation, stunning natural scenery and an array of spiritual and cultural sites. With so much going on, we have selected some of the best places to visit.

Taiwanese artist Wang Te-Yu creates inflatable balloon-like installations that invade the viewer’s space and forces the audience to bodily readjust

Revealing one of Asia’s best kept art secrets, we seek out Taipei’s ten best contemporary galleries, proving that the Taiwanese capital is a booming and fascinating creative centre.

Located in the southern part of Taiwan, Tainan is the place to go for the famous Taiwanese snack foods, or 小吃, one of the most popular and best-known trademarks of Taiwanese culture.

Deliciously dark and charmingly hilarious, Chi Wei-Jan’s Private Eyes was a sensation in Taiwan, a brilliant literary detective novel in which a failed-academic-turned-sleuth tries to make sense of the absurdity of modern city life.

The Taiwanese Cinema industry underwent a transformation in the 1980s; a New Wave of directors emerged who made socially conscious films which placed an unflinching eye on Taiwanese society and culture.

Film by Taiwanese director Wei Te-sheng touches on issues of cultural identity and national pride through story of Taiwan's aboriginal people

The 1839 Contemporary gallery was established in April 2009, and since then has developed a reputation for playing a leading role in the field of photography.

The Tina Keng Gallery seeks to promote and present works of art of simple beauty with profound cultural heritage.

Founded by Dario Fu in the year 2011, Galleria H. is an art space devoted to presenting the works of outstanding and emerging contemporary artists with originality and foresight.

Located close to the Taipei Fine Art Museum, the Aki Gallery focuses on promoting emerging contemporary artists worldwide, and continuously presents quality exhibitions.

Taiwan's preeminent art museum, the National Palace Museum contains some of the rarest and most prized artefacts once owned by successive emperors of China, including intricately crafted jadeware, Song Dynasty ceramics and Tang-era paintings.

The Taipei Fine Arts Museum was the first purpose built museum in Taiwan to host both modern and contemporary art exhibitions. The architecture is a local adaption of the Japanese Metabolist Movement.

The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts is dedicated to the education and promotion of visual arts. It places great emphasis on collecting works by Taiwanese artists and exploring unique characteristics of modern and contemporary Taiwanese arts.

Re-opened in May 2001 as the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, it was the first museum in Taiwan to be dedicated exclusively to contemporary art, with a focus on Taiwanese art.

The Hotel Eclat is strategically situated in the most fashionable and prestigious district of Taipei, and has on display numerous art pieces and sculptures by contemporary artists such as Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol, Yin Jun, LI Shan, Gao Xiao Wu. Book it.

Inviting renowned design studio Architecture Interior to execute its interior and exterior design, while the public areas and guest rooms were jointly developed by Pizza Cut Five and Love Tomorrow Today, the City Inn Plus is a truly dynamic, budget hotel. Book it.

With a number of hotels in Taipei, City Suites manage to blend local character with modern design.