Just curious. It could be any place like some park or near riverside just to be alone with your thoughts. If its a stupid question to ask then apologies
Taipei Proper or Greater Taipei?
I have always found taking the Maokong gondola to Zhi Nan temple very relaxing and quiet. if you go mid week you get the gondola to yourself, the temple is quiet and has nice views of Taipei.
If you prefer a walk in nature, Google Bixi trail, it is a quiet, shaded and easily accessible.
Could be anywhere reacheable by public transport . but not like in middle of a mountain by car
That temple is great. One of my favourite accidental finds. Awesome sunset view of city
The Bixi Trail has busses that can take you close, but not often. the best way is to get to the national palace museum, take a taxi up the mountain (its a short ride) and then walk back down to where the busses are.
Manyueyuan
Baiji
Shimen Dong
Jinshan Mysterious Coast
Badouzih
The New Taipei Metro Park
台灣四極點-極北點 Northernmost point on the Taiwanese Mainland.
Too far.
Not really quite unless you walk passed the temple up into the mountains
That’s fine, but it’s for @amitkattal to decide. It’s in Greater Taipei. It’s accessible by transport.
And it’s quiet.
This doesn’t exist in Taipei.
That’s why the post. Formosans who are living here for years might know some secrets
Thanks. I know most quit places aren’t so nearby. I don’t mind too far if public transport is feasible .
Yea. That is how Taipei is setup. The quiet places are out of the city centres.
I have one suggestion but it does involve a cafe. But I think you’d really like it.
The roof of my office’s building. Excellent views of Keelung river and Taipei 101
Even better, go up the trail behind Zhinan Temple station. A 10-minute hike will take you to a lookout with a panoramic view of the city. The few times I’ve been up there were devoid of people, except for the passengers in the gondola looking down at you.
Recruiting happening ?
獅頭山 in Xindian! Especially on rain-ish days. It’s mostly empty, quiet, and the clouds in between the mountains make me think of Tolkien’s Misty Mountains.
Sometimes its nice to sit on the observation deck at songshan airport and watch the airplanes. The entrance is near the post office toward the domestic side. There’s tables and plants and toilets and not a whole lotta people. Closes at 6pm though, so you can’t watch the sunset unless its dead winter.
Oh yes that place is great to just chill.
The windows are too dirty to take pictures of planes though haha but great nonetheless. Sadly it closes early
There are a few places in the city where you can find a quiet spot during the weekdays. Not wilderness quiet but still can be chill.
Zhishanyan Cultural and Historical Park 芝山岩文化史蹟公園 in Shilin.
第二霧裡薜圳支流遺址, a very small park with water features tucked away on the corner of Wenzhou St and Wenzhou St Lane 45.
Baoshan Trail 豹山步道 The entrance is a little hard to find on Songshan Rd and the trail in steep so it seems a little less popular.
There are also many quiet trails and places on Yuan Shan behind the Grand Hotel and Ming Chuan University. Try the Jiantan Shan 劍潭山 trail.