3 Amazing Places in Taiwan You Didn't Know Existed

Taiwan is blessed with a wide variety of National Parks and hiking trails. The eeriest, and some would say most photogenic, of the latter winds through the old forest at Shuiyang. The locals sometimes refer to it as “fallen heaven” which is quite apt as the scenery is a result of a natural landslide caused by the terrible earthquake of 1999.

A well-known location for camping, this serene forest is a wonderful place to get away from the bustle of the city-based attractions in Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung.

Shuiyang Forest, Alishan Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan

Local army veteran Huang Yung-Fu decided that his neighborhood looked a bit drab and so took a paintbrush and started to add color to his surroundings. The result is a wonderful sea of colors in an otherwise average city district.

Also known as Grandpa Rainbow’s village, this once quiet neighborhood in Taichung City is now one of the city’s top tourist attractions.

Rainbow Family Village, 22 Lane 56, Chunan Road, Nantun District, Taichung, Taiwan

It looks like any other subway station in the world from the outside but this is a station like no other. Home to the largest work of glass art in the world, Formosa Boulevard Station holds the honor of being one of the only MRT stations in Taiwan that is a tourist attraction in its own right. In fact, it’s a must see on any sightseer’s trip to the southern port city of Kaohsiung. Designed and built by Italian artist Narcissus Quagliata, the Dome of Light commemorates the birth of Taiwan’s democracy.

Regardless of the masses of commuters that pass under the artwork, this station is a place where a feeling of serenity and calm can be enjoyed in the throng of this busy city.

The Dome of Light, Formosa Boulevard MRT station, 115 Zhongshan 1st Rd, Xinxing District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan