Guidebook for Yonghe District

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Guidebook for Yonghe District

Food Scene

Best home-roast café nearby and great quality Taiwanese tea. Open from noon to 10pm.
季節香茶葉與咖啡烘焙屋
71 Ren'ai Rd
Best home-roast café nearby and great quality Taiwanese tea. Open from noon to 10pm.
Cat's shelter café. A lot of cats!
Cats Arts-Cat.Art.Home
7-2號 Lane 127, Section 2, Xinsheng North Road
Cat's shelter café. A lot of cats!
24 hours Mc.Donalds.
29 locals recommend
McDonald's
8 Guanqian Rd
29 locals recommend
24 hours Mc.Donalds.
Closest night market, open from afternoon to 12pm.
81 locals recommend
Lehua Night Market
Yongping Road
81 locals recommend
Closest night market, open from afternoon to 12pm.

Essentials

You can get pre-paid sim card (with data) at around USD$30 /month.
Myfone Taiwan Mobile
201號 Section 2, Yonghe Rd
You can get pre-paid sim card (with data) at around USD$30 /month.
24h Family Mart.
33 locals recommend
Family Mart
63號 Minsheng W Rd
33 locals recommend
24h Family Mart.
24h Family Mart.
FamilyMart Yonghe Renhe
33號 Ren'ai Rd
24h Family Mart.
24h Family Mart.
33 locals recommend
Family Mart
63號 Minsheng W Rd
33 locals recommend
24h Family Mart.

Shopping

"Small Small Bookstore". Great independent bookstore (with cats!) and publishers. They know​ history and culture of​ the neighbor a lot.
Small small Bookshop
2-1號 Alley 4, Lane 192, Wenhua Rd
"Small Small Bookstore". Great independent bookstore (with cats!) and publishers. They know​ history and culture of​ the neighbor a lot.

Drinks & Nightlife

Friendly and foreigner's favorite bar in the neighborhood​.
The Hammer
Wenhua Road
Friendly and foreigner's favorite bar in the neighborhood​.

Getting Around

Closest metro is Dingxi exit 2
26 locals recommend
Dingxi Station
168 Section 2, Yonghe Rd
26 locals recommend
Closest metro is Dingxi exit 2
Bike sharing, you can rent "YouBike" with metro card and return at any other station.
YouBike
Bike sharing, you can rent "YouBike" with metro card and return at any other station.

Arts & Culture

Museum of World Religions, small but interesting. https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/世界宗教博物館
13 locals recommend
Museum Of World Religions
236號 Section 1, Zhongshan Rd
13 locals recommend
Museum of World Religions, small but interesting. https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/世界宗教博物館

Parks & Nature

There are​ the riverside parks and bike/jogging way along all the 3 rivers in Taipei. You can bike to the mountain (an hour) or even to the Sea (Tamsui) in 2 hours.
Green River Park
There are​ the riverside parks and bike/jogging way along all the 3 rivers in Taipei. You can bike to the mountain (an hour) or even to the Sea (Tamsui) in 2 hours.