https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/travel/airport-lounges-showers-beds.html
Archive link: https://archive.is/armjB
While Taiwan Taoyuan International, the country’s main airport, about 25 miles outside Taipei, doesn’t have public arrivals lounges, it does offer free showers, 24 hours a day, for arriving passengers on the airside of Terminal 1 and on both sides of Terminal 2. Follow the red shower signs to find the clean, compact gray-tiled rooms with essentials like a well-lit mirror, a shower, a sink and a hair dryer. Shampoo and body wash are complimentary, but towels aren’t provided, so buy one at an airport convenience store first.
https://www.taoyuan-airport.com/services_facilities/71059B1F-F087-EC11-80F5-000C29A1B907?lang=en
The article says to buy a towel at a convenience store first, but the 7-Elevens I know at the airport are all outside of Customs! Unless they are provided in the showers, we will need to have a towel handy. Maybe that’s why they are located in the baggage area?
Have YOU ever used the free showers at Taoyuan Airport (TPE)?
- Yes, and they were great
- Yes, but underwhelming
- No, didn’t know they existed
- No, but I might now