Taipei 101
The year 2004 saw a new claimant to the title of world's tallest building, the 1,670-ft.Taipei 101--named for the number of its floors. The Taipei 101 combines the slimness of a needle with the layered look of serrations. It aspires to be very 21st century, with its sleek, curtain-walled height, while also paying homage to traditional Chinese culture through its exterior and interior features observing feng shui. Above all, though, it is intended as a triumphant statement of Taiwan's towering ambitions.

http://www.taipei-101.com.tw/en/Corp/index_Corp.asp

Palace Museum
Holding one of the largest collections of Chinese artifacts and artwork in the world, the National Palace Museum in Taipei reopened on Christmas Day 2006 after an extensive renovation project. The once dust-covered depository of ancient treasures now transformed into a bright, spacious modern museum replete with contemporary design inspired by the artwork from its collections. In addition to the artifacts ranging from the Neolithic age to the late Ching Dynasty, the museum caters to the visiting guests with multi-media exhibitions before visitors embark on their tours.

http://www.npm.gov.tw/en/home.htm

Yangmingshan National Park
Close to Taipei City and accessible via mass transit, the Yangmingshan National Park is renowned for its wealth of unusual volcanic features and topography. Because of the volcanic activity and winter monsoon, the park boasts not only subtropical rain forests, temperate evergreen broad-leaved forests, but also alpine plants that grow at a height of 2500 meters. A half day trip to this national park would literally make your day.

http://www.ymsnp.gov.tw/HTML/ENG/INDEX.ASP

Taroko Gorge
It's only a 50-minute flight from Taipei to Hwa-len, the east main urban center. Like many coastal resorts, Hwa-len offers a variety of oceanic diversions (boating, fishing, surfing and snorkeling). Stay at one of several homey B&Bs dotting the low hills behind Hwa-len, and you can gaze out at water that doesn't strike land till Hawaii. Take a couple of days to wind your way back to Taipei on the new coastal road---not as grand as California's Pacific Coast Highway, but equally romantic. En route, be sure to stop at Taroko Gorge---a beautiful landscape of marble cliffs, burbling streams and cobalt blue skies. In short, the east coast is everything you don't expect Taiwan to be: clean, green, and salted by the briny whiff of the sea. Go breathe it in.

http://www.taroko.gov.tw/

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