Hualien
Top Places to Visit
Beibin Seashore Park
Beibin Seashore Park, Nanbin Seashore Park and Meilun Seashore Park. A scenic area of palm trees and landscaped greenery that runs the full length of the city's... more
Pine Garden
Pine Garden, (Zhongmei). A peaceful garden with 63 pine trees.
Chi-hsing Tan
Chi-Hsing Tan (七星潭), (North of Hualien City. Follow the bike path from Nanbin Seashore Park.). Excellent vistas of the ocean, delicious and cheap seafood, ... more
Hualien County Stone Sculpture Museum
Hualien County Stone Sculpture Museum, (At the Hualien County Cultural Center.), [2]. 9AM-5PM. Displays both traditional and contemporary stone sculptures. NT$...
The Abode Of Still Thoughts
The Abode of Still Thoughts. This small Buddhist temple at the foot of Mount North Jialiwan is the original facility of the world-famous Tzu-zhi Buddhist ... more
Yenpin Prefectural Temple
Yenpin Prefectural Temple, (Near Zhongyang Road, sec 4.). Established in the Qing Dynasty, this is the oldest temple in Hualien.
Top Places to Eat
Irrawaddy Myanmar Restaurant
Irrawaddy Myanmar Restaurant, 11-1 Min Chuan Rd., 03-831-0077, favorite restaurant of many foreigners in Hualien. Awesome food!
Muaji
Muaji (麻薯) - glutinous rice filled (or sometimes covered) with various flavors, such as peanut, sweet red and green bean paste, sweet sesame paste, coconut or ...
Wonton
Wonton (餛飩) - Hualien's wontons are very famous throughout Taiwan
Laguardia
Laguardia. Good breakfast shop across the street from the big post office near the train station on Chung Shan Rd. Amazing Hamburgers. Try the bacon cheese beef...
Tosca Pasta
Tosca Pasta, 95-7 Jung Mei Road: European style restaurant with european prices
Zhu Tung Fan
Zhu tung fan (竹筒飯) - rice steamed in a bamboo tube is a specialty of the local aborigines.
Top Shopping Places
Muaji
Muaji (mua-ji) This sweet made of sticky rice is a specialty of Hualien.
Woven Cloth
Woven cloth. Hualien is a good place to pick up hand woven cloth in traditional aboriginal designs.
Stone
Stone Hualien's stone market is near the old bus station on Mingyi Road, and they sell everything from jewelery to tea-pots all carved out of stone.
Top Places for Nightlife
Cafe Jade
Cafe Jade (璞石藝文空間), 8 Ming-li Road (花蓮市明禮路8號) Tel:+886 3 834-5968. A spacious and very pleasant art cafe offering regular live music and art exhibitions. Open:...
Wang Ji Tea House
Wang Ji Tea House, 565 Jong-Shan Road (中山路565號).
Top Activity Places
Hualien Ocean Park
Hualien Ocean Park, [3]. M-F 9AM-5PM, Sa-Su 8:30AM-5PM. Hualien's biggest man-made tourist attraction. As well as ferris wheel and cable car, the park contains ... more
River Tracing And Hiking In The Hualien Area
2 Guo Lian 3rd Street, Hualien City
River Tracing and Hiking in the Hualien area (Hualien Outdoors), 2 Guo Lian 3rd Street, Hualien City (Near Train station), [4]. Hualien has one of the best ... more
