Go on a day tour to Yilan and enjoy all the city has to offer! If you are looking for an educational and sustainable travel, this tour is your best choice.
If Yilan is a museum, then Lanyang Museum is the brainchild of it. Famous for its unique appearance, the building of Lanyang Museum is inspired by the shape of cuesta, which is commonly seen along the coast of Taiwan, symbolizing the coexistence of humans and nature, making it becomes an iconic landmark in Yilan.
The local hot spring bath is a must-do experience when you visit Jiaoxi Township in Yilan. The alkaline sodium bicarbonate spring has a similar composition as “Bijinnoyu (Beauty Spring)” in Japan, colorless and odorless, making the skin smooth and elastic after the bath. Of course, you will not miss the opportunity to enjoy the comfort of hot spring treatment. On this tour, you will experience a hot spring foot bath in Tangweigou Hot Spring Park that will soothe your body, mind and spirit.
Lunch is arranged at the popular B&B in Taiwan—Loherb Villa. Located in the middle of the paddy field, the B&B provides healthy and tasty foods cooked with quality local ingredients selected by the chef. Dining here allows you take in the beautiful scenery of Lanyang Plain and have an authentic taste of the local delicacies.
The Green Expo is a great annual event in Yilan, also a winner of LivCom Award (Project Award, Gold). The core of the event is composed of agrarian life, ecological conservation and the sustainable future. It combines leisure, ecology, education and agritourism, which attracts a large number of visitors every year.
Additionally, you will visit National Center for Traditional Arts and explore the traditional culture and history of Taiwan. The traditional architectural styles, performing arts, folk crafts and the old-school snacks, etc, allowing visitors to experience the early Taiwanese lifestyle as if they were in the past.
Meet your tour guide and driver at the hotel lobby, and then head off to Yilan County.
Hsuehshan Tunnel is a vital traffic road that connects Taipei and Yilan, taking only 1 hour to travel from metropolitan to the beautiful countryside of Yilan—the back garden of Taipei. Surrounded by mountains with rivers run through it, Yilan is rich in natural and cultural scenes, making it become a popular destination for a weekend getaway.
Driving out of Hsuehshan Tunnel, the vast and lush green Lanyang Plain is right is right before your eyes. And soon you will see a unique building in the shape of cuesta—Lanyang Museum, interpreting the ideas of “coexistence of humans and nature” and “the association between humans and culture”.
The permanent exhibition space is designed to showcase the unique topography of Yilan, each floor represents a different sea level elevation: the Mountains, the Plains, the Sea, and a Time Gallery. The ingenious names give the visitors a lot of room for imagination about the exhibitions inside before they arrive. Here visitors will have a full understanding of the nature ecology, geographical environment and cultural traditions of Yilan.
After the museum, head off to Jiaoxi, a popular destination for hot spring. The alkaline sodium bicarbonate spring here is colorless and odorless, making the skin smooth and elastic after the bath. The phenols in the water has an excellent function to the digestive system. Before lunch, you will experience a hot spring foot bath in Tangweigou Hot Spring Park. The park has many outdoor pools for foot bath, it’s a good place for friends and family to gather and enjoy a soothing foot bath. In addition, there are pavilions and Chinese garden landscaping in the park, making the park an ideal place for photo shoot.
It has been a trend to go for B&B in Taiwan in recent years; hotels are no longer the only options for travelers. More and more people tend to travel in depth to gain a deeper understanding of local culture and history. On this tour, your lunch will be arranged at the local B&B, Loherb Villa.
Running by the locals of Yilan, Loherb Villa is built as an eco-friendly dining and lodging space, adopting greening building and ecological engineering methods. Over the transparent curtain walls, visitors can seize the beauty of the four seasons. All the foods are carefully cooked with seasonal ingredients, using self-sowing, pesticide-free vegetable. Visitors can have a look at the vegetable patch next to the restaurant, so they enjoy the foods without worries.
The highlight in the afternoon is the great annual event—Yilan Green Expo. Ecological sustainability has been an important issue that has received great attention in recent years. Yilan Green Expo was founded in the year of 2000. The core of the event is composed of agrarian life, ecological conservation and the sustainable future, conveying the spirit of sustainability and green energy.
Yilan Green Expo not only lays the foundation for environmental protection and ecological education, but also attracts more people to come here for tourism and leisure. It has become a flagship event for environmental education in Taiwan during the spring time.
As one of the expo venues, Dongshan River Water Park makes a perfect combination of water and greenness. The land immerses in the water in the manner of a slope, creating a harmonic view of nature. The initial concept of planning the park, “being close to water and nature” can be seen everywhere in the park.
The last stop is National Center for Traditional Arts. The park consists of a variety of traditional Taiwanese buildings, including the theater hall, concert hall, theme streets, Wenchang Temple, traditional outdoor stage and so on, are worth taking a closer look.
Walking in to the park as if you travel through time to Taiwan’s early days. In addition to the exquisite traditional architectures, the non-scheduled exhibitions, the food court, craft workshops, the old-school movie theater and many more, are the popular spots among the visitors. Moreover, there are various interactive activities and reality games, visitors can have a better understanding of the traditional art of Taiwan through the experiences.
After visiting the National Center of Traditional Arts, your tour guide will escort you back to your hotel in Taipei.
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