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Anping Old Fort
Tainan's oldest fort: Dutch rampart walls, a Koxinga siege story and a 1975 lookout tower, at NT$70.
Tainan Attractions
Tainan wears its history at ground level: two Dutch forts, the oldest Confucian temple on the island, a banyan-swallowed warehouse and a Qing-era tower that stays open until half past nine at night. Each page below covers one place, what it costs to enter and when it is actually open.
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Anping Sword Lions
What Anping's lion-biting-a-sword carvings mean, where to find the survivors, and how to plan the walk.
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Baihe Lotus Fields
Taiwan's lotus capital, an hour from Tainan's old city, at its best on summer mornings.
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Guanziling Hot Spring
Tainan's hillside hot spring village, with a city-run festival every September to November and its busiest months in the cool dry season.
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Qigu Salt Mountain
A mountain of industrial salt on Tainan's lagoon coast, with verified fees, hours and transport.
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Siaobei Night Market
Tainan's indoor night market, open every day from noon to midnight.
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Sicao Green Tunnel
Mangrove boat ride on Tainan's lagoon coast: prices, hours, both routes, and how to get there.
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Tainan Art Museum
Two buildings of modern and contemporary art in central Tainan, NT$80 in, open late Saturdays, closed Mondays.
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Garden Night Market
The biggest of Tainan's rotating night markets, open four nights a week.
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Anping Canal
The waterway that stitches Anping together: free to walk, lined with history, and the natural spine of a half-day in Tainan's oldest district.
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Anping Old Street
The oldest streets in Tainan, wrapped around forts, tree houses and sword lions.
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Anping Tree House
Banyan roots swallow a brick warehouse in Anping. Hours, tickets and how to plan the visit.
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Chimei Museum
Tainan's palace-style art museum: violins, sculpture and arms, NT$200 entry, closed Wednesdays.
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Confucius Temple
Free entry, daily hours and the first academy of Taiwan, in the heart of the old capital.
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Spoonbill Reserve
When to see the black-faced spoonbill on the Qigu coast, what the Sicao boats cost, and how to build a day around Taiwan's rarest winter visitor.
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Dadong Night Market
Tainan's Monday and Tuesday night market, open 18:00 to 01:00 on Linsen Road in the East District.
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Koxinga Shrine
The man who ended Dutch rule in southern Taiwan, and the verified hours, prices and day plans for the sites his story left behind.
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Grand Mazu Temple
Free, open daily from dawn to 9 PM, and one of old Tainan's most visited temples.
Parks and Open Space
Metropolitan Park
A big, free public park in eastern Tainan: how to get there, when to go, and what to pair it with.
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Taiwan Salt Museum
Salt made the Qigu coast. This guide covers the museum, the salt mountain next door, verified prices and the boat rides that finish the day.
Night Markets
Wusheng Night Market
Tainan's Wednesday night market: hours, rotation, food and how to plan the visit.
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Blueprint Culture and Creative Park
One of Tainan's biggest draws by visitor count, with no listed admission charge and easy bus links to the old city.
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Eternal Golden Castle
Qing-era moated fort in Anping with original cannon emplacements, NT$70 entry, open daily 08:30 to 17:30.
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Wu Garden
A quiet pond-and-pavilion garden in the middle of downtown Tainan, minutes from the night market streets and the old city's temples.
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Hayashi Department Store
A Japanese-era department store restored into a boutique cultural building, steps from Tainan's Confucius Temple.
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Taijiang National Park
Lagoons, mangrove tunnels, salt mountains and spoonbills: the coastal national park on Tainan's doorstep.
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Great South Gate
One of the last gates of old Tainan, an easy stop between the Confucius Temple and Chihkan Tower.
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NCKU Campus
A free, shady campus walk near Tainan Railway Station, with student food streets and the Koxinga Shrine on its doorstep.
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National Museum of Taiwan History
Verified hours, ticket prices and transport advice for the National Museum of Taiwan History, the museum that tells the whole island's story in Tainan's Annan District.
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Sacrificial Rites Martial Temple
Tainan's historic God of War temple in the old city's temple quarter, steps from the Grand Matsu Temple and Chihkan Tower.
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Shennong Street
Tainan's most photographed old street: hours, access, costs and what to combine with a walk down Shennong Street.
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Tainan Park
Free entry, free bus rides under 8 km, and the driest, most comfortable months of any Taiwan city. What to know before you go.
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Altar of Heaven
A temple in the heart of Tainan's old city, surrounded by free-entry shrines, Dutch-era ruins and the city's best-known food streets.
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Jingliao Old Street
A quiet rural old street in Houbi District, best paired with Yanshui and the February fireworks season.
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Lin Mo Niang Park
A free Anping waterfront park named for the girl who became Mazu, the sea goddess, sitting inside Tainan's oldest quarter.
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Mitsui Outlet Park
The outlet mall beside Tainan's HSR station, with verified transport fares and nearby sights.
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City God Temple
What a city god temple is, where this one sits in old Tainan, and how to build a temple-trail day around it.
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Wanpi World Safari Zoo
Tainan's biggest zoo, with visitor numbers that rival the famous forts. What is verified, what is not, and how to get there.
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Yanshui Wu Temple
The temple at the heart of Yanshui's famous February fireworks, with transport, timing and temple-trail advice.
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Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Ximen
The Ximen Road department store at the center of Tainan's shopping corridor, steps from the railway station and the old city.