Silks Place Hotel

Taroko National Park


This luxurious 160-room hotel makes liberal use of wood and stone, and has a rooftop infinity pool that surveys the Taroko Gorge with a fireplace area around which there are nightly singing performances (dances at weekends). There's a second indoor pool plus spa and sauna (extra charges), and a roster of activities, walking tours and cooking classes.

Less expensive rooms face inwards around a triangular lawn area, many having show bathrooms (with curtains). Gorge-view guest rooms carry a supplement of around NT$1500, many of them designed Japanese-style with mattresses on raised wooden platforms. Rates usually include half-board with buffet meals served at the guest-only Wellesley Restaurant. If not overly booked, non-guests can take lunch at the à la carte Mei Yuan restaurant.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Taroko National Park attractions

1. Baiyang Waterfall

1.18 MILES

Falling a total of around 200m, this waterfall is in fact a pair of cascades, only parts of which are visible from the viewing bridge. To get there, you…

2. Xibao Viewpoint

1.3 MILES

Driving beyond Tianxiang, the zigzagging road climbs steadily up through the forested mountainsides, with many appealing vistas. One of the best that also…

3. Swallow Grotto

4.56 MILES

This half-kilometre slice of gorge-side old road twists and turns between rock-cut pillars and minitunnels, reminding visitors of how the Taroko route…

4. Bulowan

4.96 MILES

Nearing completion at the time of research, a breathtaking new suspension footbridge at Bulowan will soon cross the gorge, dizzyingly high above the river…

5. Taroko Gorge

6.81 MILES

This 18km marble-walled gorge is Taroko National Park's crown jewel. It's a must-see attraction whether you're hiking its trails, peering at its…

6. Eternal Spring Shrine

7.03 MILES

Picturesque for its setting, backed by toweringly steep mountainsides, this small shrine sits above a gushing spring that pours out onto the rocks below,…

7. Qingshui Cliffs

10.6 MILES

Very steep rock-and-forest mountainsides north of Taroko descend directly into the sea from several hundred metres' altitude. That means that roads and…

8. Fogstand

13.51 MILES

An ambitious little gallery that showcases edgy and experimental works by Taiwanese, Asian and Western artists. Fogstand also has an artists-as-resident…