Northern Taiwan
On the road between Lower and Upper Baling, this well-run guesthouse has sweeping mountain views from its guestrooms, and brews good-quality Italian…
Must-see hotels in Taiwan
Penghu Islands
In the centre of Magong's historic district, this guesthouse has two well-appointed doubles and one quad in an elegant, faux-vintage residence decorated…
Northern Taiwan
An upmarket hotel with a superb central location just across from the canal. Business-chic rooms are huge, and the breakfast buffet is bountiful. Great…
Taichung
This stylish business hotel stands out for its Japanese minimalist design, good prices and extras such as complimentary breakfast. It’s located behind the…
Kenting National Park
Nine doubles are pristine and light-flooded, including six with balconies overlooking the beach. Rates include breakfast, and are NT$400 to NT$800 more on…
Yangmingshan National Park
Most guests come here for the hot springs, outdoor pools and the sweeping views of green mountains.
Northern Taiwan
Visitors (including non-Buddhists) are allowed to stay overnight in neat twin rooms attached to Quanhua Temple. The old rules forbidding talking during…
Taitung
Of Taitung's cheaper, downtown minihostels, Who Knows wins on its low-key, jazz/bohemian vibe, its unusually bright and airy layout and the great spoken…
Taitung
Sizeable, decently equipped rooms come at very reasonable prices, but each is different so choose carefully. The foyer is a similar stylistic jumble of…
Taroko National Park
This hard-to-find place is very much a homestay in the old sense: three very ordinary rooms in a family home whose charm lies in the garden, tree-lined…
Tainan
This hostel is a magnificent choice comparable to midrange digs. In addition to a variety of cosy dorms (both mixed and female-only) and rooms, it has…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Blue Ocean House has an attractive little multi-unit resort beside its dive shop. The cabins out front look especially appealing and the upper-floor quad…
Penghu Islands
With its blue-domed top-knot and raised, semi-rural location above Nanhu town, Thera Inn is a very distinctive eight-room B&B with owners who can organise…
Taroko National Park
This older hotel has a foyer of large rock-and-wood art and 19 large bedrooms with sashes on comfortable new beds and partly updated bathrooms. Separately…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
This budget options wins on location, quiet yet close to the port and with a garden that stares across the road to the Shilang Snorkelling Area. The dorms…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
For a middle-of-nowhere, agricultural vibe, head 6km north of Luye where this neat if simply adorned Spanish-style villa is set amid fields around 400m…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Eight ensuite rooms in two different properties are relatively simple with older bathrooms at prices that drop to almost dormitory levels outside peak…
Life is Like a BOX of Chocolates
Taipei
Owner Nikita runs a spotless, spacious and relaxing hostel with her two friendly cats in tow who more than make up for the absence of chocolate! The…
Taipei
This plush hotel in the trendy part of the city is the creation of local designer Ray Chen. Every possible surface is covered in something – be it mirrors…
Northern Taiwan
Once serving as digs for railway workers, this stone bungalow has been converted into three comfortable apartments, each with two or three twin bedrooms…
Yangmingshan National Park
Built in 1952, the International has maintained its original character with a rustic stone facade and basic rooms. The hotel is close to a hot-spring…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Lanyu's hippest hostel features a black motorbike as part of the decor in a common room which feels more like a bar than a lounge. The dorms are sex…
Northern Taiwan
This 64-sq-km campsite is clean, green and free-= of charge. There are shaded sites and hot showers (from 5pm to 10pm). It's a 3km march from Nanao…
Taiwan Youth Hostel & Capsule Hotel
Taipei
This place pushes all the right buttons. It's superfriendly, spotless and has some of the biggest bunk spaces in Taipei, each equipped with a small desk…
Hualien Sugar Factory Guesthouses
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
The 48 rebuilt wood-cabin rooms, originally workers' residences for the Hualien Sugar Factory, now offer comfortable visitor accommodation. Interiors have…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Fair value by Green Island standards, this boxy place is less dowdy than the frontage appears, with 23 rooms that have been partly revamped with elements…
Hualien
Decor-wise this very central guesthouse is the love child of Baudelaire and Hello Kitty. Each room is different, but you can expect colour overload, arty…
Taipei
Clever use of lighting masks the lack of windows in some of the rooms in this quirky hotel; more-expensive rooms will have windows facing the park. It's a…
Taipei
After Sheraton's merger with the Marriott chain in 2018, expect some changes to this stodgy five star. Fringing Taipei's government district, this…
Hualien
For adventurous travellers, sleeping in this unique budget place is like becoming part of a piece of performance art set in a semi-salvaged old cottage…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
This friendly, woodland lodge-style resort high above Antong has airy rooms with lashings of varnished pine panelling and villas with their own stone…
Taipei
Directly across from the Xindian MRT station, the busy New California Hotel has 45 clean, modern and compact singles and doubles, although they're…
Kaohsiung
Just a short walk from the KMRT station, this good-value choice is the best gateway to the market action, but is also far enough away not to be disturbed…
Taichung
Forty rooms and 10 backpacker cubicles over several floors across the river from Miyahara. The rooms are neat and compact, with white walls and beddings…
Kaohsiung
This clean, comfortable hotel offers spacious, light rooms and a tasty, if creative, buffet breakfast – shepherd's pie in the morning, anyone?! The …
Taipei
This hotel-style capsule hostel is a very slick option in the area's forest of hotels. Facilities are very clean, very modern and generously sized. Pull…
Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
This long-standing hotel's eponymous English-speaking owner, Jack Lee, has plenty of experience with foreigners and is a well organised fixer for a wide…
Taipei
A slick place that is immensely popular and, perhaps because of that, a bit short-staffed. No shoes allowed beyond the security sliding doors leading to…
Taichung
A hundred large, quiet and smartly decorated airline-themed rooms over three floors. Those that do not have windows are cleverly plastered with wallpaper…
Southern Taiwan
The rooms here won't blow you away, but you may enjoy the house and the decor designed by the hosts – an art teacher and her photographer partner. The…
