The Insider’s Guide to Taipei

<p>To<strong>bring you the very best of Taipei</strong>, we found seven Airbnb hosts&mdash;all longtime locals whose interests and expertise range from architecture and design to farming and wildlife. Here, they share their city&rsquo;s secrets. Read on to discover them all or jump straight to our tips for&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/airbnbmag/insiders-guide-to-taipei-c891524daf6d#5856" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">LGBTQ nightlife</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/airbnbmag/insiders-guide-to-taipei-c891524daf6d#2974" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">the perfect spa day</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/airbnbmag/insiders-guide-to-taipei-c891524daf6d#38e4" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">food</a>, and&nbsp;<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 &shy;imposing. Concrete buildings stretch across an ancient lake bed, the towering &shy;Taipei 101 sticks out like a pin, everything&rsquo;s surrounded by dramatically verdant mountains. Go closer: cars and mopeds, highways and trains, rivers, an airport &mdash; 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> <p><a href="https://medium.com/airbnbmag/insiders-guide-to-taipei-c891524daf6d"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>