The Insider’s Guide to Taipei
<p>To<strong>bring you the very best of Taipei</strong>, we found seven Airbnb hosts—all longtime locals whose interests and expertise range from architecture and design to farming and wildlife. Here, they share their city’s secrets. Read on to discover them all or jump straight to our tips for <a href="https://medium.com/airbnbmag/insiders-guide-to-taipei-c891524daf6d#5856" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">LGBTQ nightlife</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/airbnbmag/insiders-guide-to-taipei-c891524daf6d#2974" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">the perfect spa day</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/airbnbmag/insiders-guide-to-taipei-c891524daf6d#38e4" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">food</a>, and <a href="https://medium.com/airbnbmag/insiders-guide-to-taipei-c891524daf6d#d3eb" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">talking like a local</a>.</p>
<h1><strong>Welcome to Town</strong></h1>
<p>From a distance, Taipei can be ­imposing. Concrete buildings stretch across an ancient lake bed, the towering ­Taipei 101 sticks out like a pin, everything’s surrounded by dramatically verdant mountains. Go closer: cars and mopeds, highways and trains, rivers, an airport — the frantic signs of life in a city of over 2.5 million. But at ground level, Taipei reveals itself. Pocket parks drip with old trees; soy-milk vendors serve morning flaneurs; elderly cyclists pause to admire waterfowl on the Tamsui River. Suddenly, the scale becomes human.</p>
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