Taipei should be your first sightseeing stop in Taiwan. You can ride the MRT (subway), poke about in second-hand bookstores and eat snacks at night markets. You will fall in love with Taipei! One place that cannot be missed is Ximending, the main shopping and fashion district in Taipei. It has been called the "Harajuku of Taipei". Even some super stars can be seen exploring unique stores there. Other must-see places include the National Palace Museum, Taipei 101, Wufenpu, Shilin Night Market, Eslite Bookstore, Peitou Hot Spring, Yangmingshan National Park, and so on.

Kaohsiung is a seaport and is the largest industrial city in southern Taiwan. You can ride a sightseeing boat at the Port of Kaohsiung, and enjoy the majestic construction and natural beauty of the Kaohsiung Harbor. The whole trip will take about 1 hour and 40 minutes. During the sightseeing boat trip around the Harbor, you will also see the century-old Kaohsiung International Lighthouse, the wreck of the Uganda, the largest steel center of Taiwan, and Qianzhen Fishing Port.

Taichung is considered to be the most livable city in Taiwan. Many rivers flow through downtown Taichung, adding to the charm of this beautiful city. People in Taichung really know how to enjoy life, and are fond of eating delicious food. Taichung is the birthplace of a number of new foods which enjoy great popularity in Taiwan, such as bubble tea. You could relive the spectacular scenes of the past at Zhongshan Gongshu.

Tainan was the capital of Taiwan during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and now presents a combination of old and new architecture: official mansions and temples of the Ming and Qing dynasties, traditional Fujian-style houses and western-style buildings mingling with modern buildings. The Anping district, which is located in the western suburbs, is the cradle of civilized culture in Taiwan. Anping's Old Street, the old settlement, old castle, battery, western buildings of traveling merchants, fishing port, and other old-fashioned things, make Anping an elegant and tranquil place.

Kinmen was the first place of Taiwan that was opened to tourists. You can visit those battlefields to imagine the past wars. You can also make use of free night guide service provided by the Kinmen county government at Zongbing Shu to visit 10 tourist attractions at Houpu town in the evening. Traditional villages that are worth visiting in Kinmen include Shuitou, Qionglin, Zhushan, Oucuo, Shanhou, Nanshan and Beishan. Along the trip, you will see Southern Fujian-style houses which look simple outside, but have infinite variety of internal structures.