TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- Taiwan's Tourism Bureau is offering free half-day tours for transit or transfer passengers with 7- to 24-hour layovers, who have valid Taiwan travel visas or come from countries eligible for visa-exempt entry.
There are both morning and afternoon half-day tours. The morning tour includes visits to sites in Sanxia and Yingge. The afternoon tour includes visits to Taipei 101, Longshan Temple, and Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and Memorial Park, among other sites in Taipei.
In addition to travel visa holders and those with visa-exempt status, citizens from India, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos who have applied for a "Travel Authorization Certificate," are also eligible. Registrants must print out this certificate, which is available on the Taiwan National Immigration Agency website.
For the rest of eligible travelers, only a passport valid for at least six months and a completed immigration embarkation/disembarkation card is required.
To book a tour, go to the Tourist Service Center in the Arrival Lobby of Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 of the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. Up to six seats can be reserved 14 to 30 days in advance. For those that wish to book a tour in advance, please fill in the application form and e-mail it to halfdaytour@tbroc.gov.tw.
To avoid missing departure flights, passengers registering for the morning tour must be scheduled to depart after 3:00 p.m. on the day of the tour, and passengers registering for the afternoon tour must be scheduled depart after 8:30 p.m. on the same day.
Itinerary and Tour Schedules
Pick-up Location | Terminal 1 Tourist Service Center |
Terminal 2 Tourist Service Center |
Return to Airport |
Morning Tour Departure Time | 8:15 a.m. | 8:00 a.m. | 1:15 p.m. |
Afternoon Tour Departure Time | 2:00 p.m. | 1:45 p.m. | 6:30 p.m. |
2017 Free Half-Day Tours
The following are the official itineraries of the free morning and afternoon half-day tours as posted on the Tourism Bureau website.
Daily Morning Sanxia-Yingge Half-Day Tour
Sanxia Old Street (Wikimedia Commons)
08:00 | Leave Terminal 2 of Taiwan Taoyuan Int’l Airport for Sanxia |
08:15 | Leave Terminal 1 of Taiwan Taoyuan Int’l Airport for Sanxia |
09:15 | Sanxia Qingshui Zushi Temple |
09:45 | Sanxia Old Street New Taipei City Hakka Museum |
10:15 | Sanxia → Yingge |
10:30 | Yingge Ceramics Old Street |
11:30 | Tai-Hwa Pottery |
12:15 | Yingge → Taiwan Taoyuan Int’l Airport |
13:15 | Back at airport |
Daily Afternoon Taipei City Half-Day Tour
Longshan Temple (Wikimedia Commons)
13:45 | Leave Terminal 2 of Taiwan Taoyuan Int’l Airport for Taipei City |
14:00 | Leave Terminal 1 of Taiwan Taoyuan Int’l Airport for Taipei City |
15:00 | Taipei 101 |
15:20 | Taking in sights of eastern Taipei from the bus Songshan Cultural and Creative Park (pass by) Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (pass by) |
15:50 | Longshan Temple |
16:20 | Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall & Memorial Park |
17:00 | Taking in sights of western Taipei from the bus Beimen (North Gate) (pass by) Presidential Office Building (pass by) Taipei Fine Arts Museum (pass by) Grand Hotel (pass by) |
17:30 | Taipei City → Taiwan Taoyuan Int’l Airport |
18:30 | Back at airport |
Contact information:
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Tourist Service Center
Service Hours: 07:00~23:30 (Terminal 1)/ 05:30~24:00 (Terminal 2)
TEL: +886-3-398-2194, +886-3-398-3341 (or dial 12194 or 13341 on the airport’s courtesy telephone)
Should you have any queries about tour registration, please contact the Tourism Bureau by e-mailing halfdaytour@tbroc.gov.tw or visit the Free half-day tour website.