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Taipei Private Tour: Discover the City's Highlights and Hidden Gems with Locals
5.0
52 Ratings
Zhongzheng District
Experience the best of Taipei on a private tour with a knowledgeable local guide. Discover the city’s highlights, hidden gems, and indulge in a local treat!
Duration:
3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall - Start your tour under the flag at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. Enjoy one of Taipei’s most impressive features while learning about the history of Taiwan and how it came to be
- Bridal Street (Aiguo East Road) - Learn about the Chinese tradition of reflexology and try out a hidden ‘health path’
- Nanmen Market - You will have to look twice to spot this amazing local market with an abundance of dried fruits and meats to tr
- Bao’an Temple - If you haven’t already, it’s time to use the MRT. Get off at the beautiful Bao’an temple and discover the stories that lie within!
- Taipei City Datong District Household Registration Office - Wander to a local street full of authentic places, try a bubble tea at a 38 year old shop
- Lin An Tai Historical House & Museum - Fancy grabbing a cab or a bike? Choose your mode of transport to the Lin Antai Home which has 200 hundred years of history within its gardens
- Taipei Fine Arts Museum - Admire the architecture of the Fine Arts Museum and find out what expeditions are going on at the time. Enjoy the pieces that spread through the fine arts park whilst learning about Taiwans famous aboriginal culture
- MAJI Square - Top off your tour at the Maji Market. Why not try something from one of the food trucks or buy something from the local organic shop?
What's Included
- Private tour
- Transportation included
- 1 local drink/tasting
- Private Guide
What's Not Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Extra food & drinks
Additional Information
This isn’t just another city tour; it’s the best of Taipei from a unique viewpoint! Experience Taipei on a city exploration that offers you a comprehensive overview with major city attractions, secret spots, engaging storytelling, and a special local delicacy - this tour includes everything!
Forget crowded groups and tourists; it’s time for you to see Taipei from a local’s perspective. Take a look at what main landmarks like the Chiang Kei Shek Statue, Bao’an Temple, Maji Market have to offer and discover hidden treasures and untold city secrets guided by a knowledgeable local. And a treat from the locality is on us.
The Withlocals Highlights & Hidden Gems Private City Tour™ is a hallmark of Withlocals’ tours globally. Our guides are enthusiastic locals who are paid a fair wage. We bolster local economies by encouraging the use of local products and avoid over-tourism by maintaining smaller, less intrusive groups.
- Private tour: only you & your local guide
- CO2 Neutral: all tours carbon emissions are offset
- Post Covid-19 regulations are applied to this product with regards to the number of participants, delivery methods of the tour and content of the tour.
Location
Democracy Boulevard
MRT Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall station Exit 5.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(52 Ratings)
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Rebeccaaf1446xb
Jul 15, 2024
Guided Walking Tour of Taipei City - We did a 3-hour tour with Chia-chien Jessica and we are so glad that we did! She took us around to some city highlights that we never would have found on our own and she explained the history of Taiwan as well as some of the culture and traditions in a way that was super engaging and interesting. We also got to take public transit and ride bikes! She was fantastic! If you are spending a few days in Taipei, this would be a great way to learn more about how to easily get around the city.
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Robp147
Jul 11, 2024
Perfect Intro To Taipei - This was my first trip to Taipei and I didn't have a lot of background knowledge about the city or strong feelings about where to go. I just wanted to maximize the little time that I had to familiarize myself with what makes Taipei so unique. Daphne delivered! She was the perfect guide; well-informed, approachable and friendly. She showed me around several areas of the city where we experienced and discussed the highlights of the city's markets, culture, history and food scene. The tour was informative without being dull and structured enough to maximize the variety of experiences while still leaving plenty of flexibility to accommodate my interests on the fly. Highly recommend!
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Z4386lxsusanh
Jul 6, 2024
Great way to start a trip to Taipei - Daphne was wonderful and communicated and showed us so many interesting parts of the city. We loved getting to know the history. Daphne was wonderful about sneaking in a chance for tea tasting. And afterwards she sent some great suggestions for hikes and day trips.
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Beeteelondon
Jul 3, 2024
Brilliant city tour - We had the most wonderful time with Daphne in Taipei. She went above and beyond to make sure we had an unforgettable adventure. Her knowledge and sense of humour gave us the best platform to thoroughly enjoy Taipei but Daphne far exceeded that by giving us recommendations for the rest of our trip as well. I could not recommend an excursion with Daphne more to make sure that you see all the sights across the city sprawl.
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Avsgdh
May 15, 2024
Storyteller - We had a great hidden gems tour with Jones. He is a wonderful story teller and shared his knowledge of Taipei and the history of Taiwan with us.
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652leigha
May 12, 2024
Leigh - Agnes is simply Excellent - the best City walking tour I've ever done. A great mixture of Taipei history, Metro experience, Architecture & Conversational enjoyment. Learned a tremendous amount of history with the context of tradition, memorials, and she is a brilliant guide -- The Best!! It was a great investment, fantastic time and unforgettable experience.
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Judithalisonl
May 7, 2024
A Wonderful Tour by a True Insider - Agnes was an incredible tour guide. So knowledgeable about everything about Taiwan. An "8th generation" Taiwanese, her knowledge was unmatched. She showed us amazing architecture and an awesome Daoist temple. Learned about the "2-28 incident," which we hadn't heard of before. And she took us to an amazing cafe for pineapple cake. She was a delight and we would definitely book her again.
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Trail46348916025
May 4, 2024
Worthwhile experience - I booked a tour with Jessica for my Mom, my three aunts, and myself and we were beyond impressed! Jessica conducted the tour at a leisurely pace which is a very good thing since my Mom, although still very mobile at 78, doesn't enjoy doing things at a fast pace anymore. Jessica truly made the experience worthwhile and it was very interesting to know more about Taiwan through her eyes. My mom and aunties were still raving about how well Jessica made the experience memorable for us! Thank you, Jessica! Thank you, WithLocals!
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Peggyfloodct
Apr 30, 2024
Day One with Garen - Garen was our guide this morning and she was fabulous. She has a wealth of information regarding the history of Taiwan. It was exactly what we needed on our first day in Taipei.
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3_piec
Apr 18, 2024
For sure, Above & Beyond Service - Garen has high energy, very knowledgeable, quite caring (she made sure both of my knee wounds were treated at mrt station after a bad fall on our way to meet her), fun, very hospitable, great photographer, and became our go-to friend on all our Taiwan questions & needs. She accurately provided rich history, interesting culture, FOOD!!!, city gems, long list of recommended places our family were interested at - tea houses /shops, pottery, seafood, time-consuming & challenging transportation from Taipei to secluded Onsen Papawaqa, & the list goes on & on. We sure enjoyed her a lot!! We very much appreciate her service & guiding us all the way through, that she even went way beyond her time with us esp arranging our trip to Miaoli. We have nothing but gratitude & love for her. She played a huge part on this memorable Taiwan fam trip that will stay with us forever. Nobody could’ve done better than Garen. Thank you, thank you, thank you ♥️🫶🏽
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