Port Description

Keelung (Taipei), Taiwan

Taipei seduces travelers with an exotic mix of jade and flower markets, tiny shops bursting at the seams with Chinese herbs, and snake alleys where cobras perform tricks before being used in mysterious potions. Frequent rains feed cherry blossoms, rejuvenate gardens, and create patterns atop silent ponds filled with koi. In Yangmingshan National Park, while monkeys seek shelter, some visitors ignore the rain to soak within a volcanic hot spring. Dry off amidst the National Palace Museum's 700,000 works of Chinese art, or meditate at the Confucius and Taoist Pao An Temples.