Dandy Hotel-Daan

Travel Spots:

1. Daan Park
Once you walk into Daan Park, trees thick with foliage, bushes in row after row, blooms bright and vivid, you will start to feel like you are staying in a magnified forest park. In crowded, heavily polluted Taipei city, the “Urban Heat Island Effect” brings high temperatures. This 26 hectares of pure leisure “city forest” park is nearly like a fresh “breath in the city;” come here to take a rest, watch flowers and performances on the music stage, enjoy a “forest bath”, unwinding the tiredness of your heart and body.
Transportation
By walking: 2 minutes.

2. Taipei 101
508 meters high, with 101 floors above ground, 5 floors underground, Taipei 101 is located in the most elite area in Taipei. Guests may buy a ticket on the 5th floor, and take the elevator (that is recorded in the Guinness World Record as the world’s fastest elevator, with a speed of 1010 m per minute) to arrive on the 89th floor where there is an Observatory.
The Taipei 101 mall presents you exquisite international fashion and gourmet delicacies, within a world-class spatial design, combines the quality, atmosphere and the architecture arts perfectly. The Taipei 101 Mall is the equivalent of such boutique areas as “5th Avenue of NYC”, “Avenue Des Champs-Elysees” of Paris and the “Piazza di Spagna”(?????) of Rome; with the flag-ship shops and whole new concept to provide the consumers the most complete choices.

Transportation
From the Dandy Hotel Daan Park branch, walk 105 m to the Daan Park Stop, take a bus for [Xinyi Main Line (the trial line), Xinyi Line] to the Xinyi Administration Center (Xinyi) Stop (9 stops), walk 208 m to Taipei 101.

3. Museum of Contemporary Arts Taipei
The Museum of Contemporary Arts Taipei perfectly combines arts, a historical site and technology, sets the record in several titles as a “First in Taiwan.” It is the first arts museum to be put forward as “contemporary arts.” The Museum is the first history site museum in Taiwan, as well as the first arts museum that is a public institution run by private organization in Taiwan.

Transportation
From the Dandy Hotel Daan Park branch walk 71 m to the Daan Park stop, take bus [0 East] to Zhongshan Market stop (18 stops), walk 213 m to the Museum of Contemporary Arts Taipei.

4. Breeze Center and SOGO Commercial Circle
Breeze Center is a shopping mall that combines shopping, leisure, dining and entertainment. The Center is different from the nearby SOGO department store. A space of around 6,500 pings, Breeze Center is a shopping complex representative of Taipei fashion and various top-class boutiques.
When you see enough of the Breeze, You may also change to another relaxed style SOGO department that is located close to the left side of the Center. When you spend all afternoon shopping around the Fuxing Southern road commercial circle, what you bring back to the hotel is not only shopping bags that are fully stuffed, but also the enjoyment and a feeling of ease and satisfaction.

Transportation
Breeze Center:
From the Dandy Hotel Daan Park branch, walk 105 m to Daan Park Stop, take the bus [204, 204 (Shuttle)] to the MRT Zhongxia Fuxing Station (6 stops), walk 447 m to the Breeze Center.

SOGO Department Store:
Same route as going to the Breeze Center, on arriving at MRT Zhongxia Fuxing Station (6 stops), the SOGO department store is next to the MRT station.

5. Shih-Lin Night Market
Shih-Lin night market is the tourist night market with the most scale. Various side dishes from different areas, clothes and crafts, a furniture street, silver & gold shops, pubs, a seafood street, music instrument & album shops and theaters form the night market, waves of people come in endless streams.

Transportation
From the Dandy Hotel Daan Park branch, walk 189 m to Xinyi Xinsheng Road Intersection stop, take a bus [109,280,290] to MRT Jiantan Station (17 stops), walk 162 m to Shih-Lin Night Market.

6. Peitou Hot Spring
There are many tourism spots in the Peitou Hot Spring area. Besides the Peitou Museum, there are Hot Spring Valley, Taiwan Folk Art Museum and Peitou Park and so on. Furthermore, the nearby hotels are large scale, the accommodations are centrally located and the natural human resources are most rich here. Peitou Hot Spring area is your best destination for a vacation. In addition, the Shin-Yih hot spring zone gathers leisure, exercise and dining into one zone, making people feel like they are stepping into an Eastern Asian nation.

Transportation
From the Dandy Hotel Daan Park branch, walk 903m to the MRT Daan Station, take the MRT [Muzha Line] to Zhongxiao Fuxing Station (pass 1 stop). Transfer to the MRT [Bannan Line] to Taipei Main Station (3 stops), then transfer to the MRT [Danshui Line] to Beitou Station (12 stops); transfer to the [Xinbeitou Subline] to Xinbeitou Station (pass 1 stop). Walk 433m to the Peitou Hot Springs.

7. Danshui Old Street
Danshui Old Street has a long history; it also has developed various styles and features of cuisine. Zhongchen Road is just next to the coast; along the road are numerous seafood restaurants; Hai-Fong Restaurant is the most popular one for its good quality and friendly price. Among the favorite side dishes in Danshui Old Street are fish balls, fish pastry, Preserved Eggs and A-Ge.

Transportation
From the Dandy Hotel Daan Park branch, walk 194m to Xinyi Xinsheng Road intersection station, take bus [254] to the MRT Kuting Station (5 stops). Transfer onto the [Danshui Line] to Danshui Station (21 stops).

8. Yangmingshan National park
Yangmingshan National Park is the national park closest to Taiwan. This wins it a name as the “backyard garden of Taipei.” In the park are many colorful cherry blossoms, azaleas, camellia, and peach flowers covering the mountain. It is a good place to visit that includes a park, flowers, a mountain spring, waterfalls, and recreation all in one spot.

Lengshuikeng, Macao hot spring, and Jyuansih Waterfall are the hot tourist spots of the park. If you come here, you may taste wild vegetable dishes, and delicacies such as fried mountain veggies, sweet potato soup, and Chinese yam mini steamed bun. Should it happen to be the Calla Season, you can go to the tourism calla garden in Jhuzihhu to experience the fun of calla picking in the great outdoor!
Transportation
From Dandy Hotel Daan Park branch, walk 189 m to Xinyi Xinsheng Road Intersection stop, take bus [109] to the Yangmingshan Second Parking Lot (16 stops). Walk 32m to Yangmingshan National Park.

9. Eslite Bookstore (Xinyi Flagship Store)
This bookstore occupies an entire building with 8 stories and 7,500 pings. It is next to the MRT Taipei City Hall Station where there is a concentration of international boutique shops. Eslite Bookstore Xinyi branch has the most extensive collection of the humanities, and strives to be “Taiwan’s cultural window to the world.” From the second floor to the fourth floor, the book collections number into the millions. This branch is the largest bookstore and is the first store to set up various divisions inside the store in Taiwan, ranging from a Japanese bookstore, simplified Chinese bookstore, Arts bookstore and so on. Books in various languages are here in abundance, and the categories are comprehensive. There is even a music hall with well-stocked movie and music products. All of this provides multiple choices to satisfy readers.

Transportation
From the Dandy Hotel Daan Park branch, walk 189m to Xinyi Xinsheng Road Intersection stop, take bus [311Yungfu] to Taipei City Hall (11 stops). Walk 242m to Eslite Bookstore (Xinyi Flagship Store).

10. Yong-Kang Street
The Yong-Kang business circle is centered around “Yong-Kang Park.” The circle includes Yong-Kang St., Lee-Shui St. and part of Kin-Hua St, as well as Xinyi road, and many stores that are located close to the Yong-Kong street entrance. In the beginning, many Taiwanese side dishes and restaurants were drawn there; later, many exotic cuisine restaurants and cafes with unique styles opened one after another, along with some small boutiques. Also, Yong-Kang St. is close to Daan Park. With so many famous cuisines, this street attracts numerous visitors whether daytime or evening.

Transportation
From the Dandy Hotel Daan Park branch, walk along Xinyi road around 5 minutes and you will arrive at Yong-Kang Street.

11. Wulai Hot Spring
Wulai Hot Spring is classed as a mild alkaline spring, with quality water that is crystal clear and drinkable. The temperature of the Wulai hot spring is quite high, around 80 centigrade, and is effective in the cure of skin diseases.

Transportation
From the Dandy Hotel Daan Park branch, walk 71m to Daan Park Stop; take bus [22] to the Taipei Train (Zhongxiao) Station (7 stops). Transfer to a Xinden Bus, take the Taipei-Wulai Line, and get off at Wulai.