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V. Around Taipei

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dot Tihua Street dot Kungkuan dot Yungkang Street dot Taipei Railway Station
dot Ta-an Forest Park dot Tienmu dot Shihta dot The Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
dot Kuanghua Market dot Shihlin dot The Eastern District dot The Weekend Jade and Flower Markets
dot Yuan Shan dot Neihu dot The Sungshan Area dot Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall
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16. Yuanshan

story photoHeading north from the Taipei Train Station, you'll end up following Chungshan North Road, another gathering point for wedding photo boutiques. The road leads all the way north to Tienmu, but first it passes Yuanshan, a small mountain forming a natural threshold between downtown and northern Taipei.

Once this promontory was the site of the official Japanese provincial Shinto shrine, which was torn down in 1945 and replaced by the imposing Grand Hotel, built in imperial style by President Chiang Kai-shek and his wife story photoSoong Mei-ling. Taipei's oldest luxury hotel and most noticeable landmark, the Grand still retainsa certain magnificence. Whether or not you stay here, relaxing with a cup of tea in the presenceof classical artwork from the National Palace Museum is a treat you can get nowhere else.

The Yuanshan area also is home to the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, and the Kid's Play World, one of the best places in Taiwan to take your children.

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