Must-see hotels in Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park

  • Leaf Inn

    Hualien

    The Leaf absolutely nails it with a jazzy, artistic take on industrial chic that has miraculously transformed a seemingly hopeless monstrosity of 1960s…

  • Wisdom Garden

    Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park

    Set amid lawns, views, palms and dangling orchids, this magical homestay is filled with Chinese art, Buddhist mandalas, antique furniture and calligraphic…

  • Grand Cosmos Resort

    Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park

    Especially at night when its chateau-like turrets are lit up, this unforgettable resort has a Las Vegas fantasy feel, with a hot-springs water park, spa…

  • Dao Hua Siang

    Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park

    Suave, spacious rooms all look across the valley with its rice paddies laid out before you. Views are especially impressive from the upper-floor rooms –…

  • The Gaya Hotel

    Taitung

    In a brilliantly located, guacamole-coloured tower, Gaya's upmarket lobby creates a distinctive, brooding mood with its acres of black bamboo. Hallways…

  • Toro Oceanview B&B

    Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park

    Pure class. This beachfront villa has just three guest rooms but each has large ocean-view terraces and a pampered sense of relaxed-yet-sophisticated…

  • Meni's Place

    Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park

    Comfort, views and an artistic take on designer minimalism come together to make Meni's Place so popular that it doesn't even need a sign. The five rooms…

  • DoJimineyLi

    Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park

    Brand-new, superclean rooms don't have much decor, but their winning feature is the view down onto the azure bay framed by wild, rocky ridges. To get the…

  • Cheese Bon

    Hualien

    As though tumbling out of a Tim Burton film set, Cheese Bon goes overboard with shutters and suitcases, upside-down lampstands and a giant metal clock…

  • 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…

  • Rococo Blue

    Taitung

    An unlikely blue metal door and four flights of stairs lead to this flashpacker marvel where dorms have top-quality mattresses and linens, shared showers…

  • Shiacare Guesthouse

    Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park

    This welcoming, 11-room B&B is an excellent choice for families, with ample play space and a large sunrise view lounge. It's a rare east-coast option,…

  • Two Fish

    Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park

    Two Fish offers nine clean, comfortable rooms, six of them with balconies overlooking Kaiyuan Harbour where ferries arrive. It's above the west coast's…

  • Hotel Bayview

    Hualien

    While Qixingtan now has several suave new alternatives, Bayview remains hard to beat, especially if you score a sea-view balcony room. There are blue…

  • Bird House Hostel

    Hualien

    Peaceful and less flashy than many competitors, this clean, pleasant station area hostel wins on its friendly family management, its bright, naturally lit…

  • Lutai Guesthouse

    Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park

    While there are classier places on the surrounding lowlands and slopes, if you want to be right at the highest point of Luye Plateau, with the best…

  • Traveller Inn

    Taitung

    Perfectly located, this sparkling new place offers comfy, unfussy contemporary rooms along with high-quality, curtain-bunked dorms with good lockers.

  • Meci Hotel

    Hualien

    With the youthful vibe of a hostel but the quality fittings of an upper midrange hotel, Meci is a great choice in the station area, with good beds,…

  • Peace Prison Cafe Inn

    Hualien

    Steel rebar, manacles and taps fashioned from old petrol pumps give a striking image to the ground-floor pub which plays high-volume rap music. Upstairs,…

  • Bliss Inn 1719

    Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park

    It's well worth the three flights of stairs to discover central Yuli's best backpacker hideaway, with bright, well-spaced dorms, small lockers, a pleasant…

  • View Ocean Hotel

    Hualien

    For sea views plus a city centre location close to the night market, there's a whole row of tall, thin choices on Haibin Rd. From outside, View Ocean…

  • Original House

    Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park

    The name doesn't lie. This small guesthouse really does ooze originality, fronted by a bar-bookshop and with offbeat curiosities giving character to the…

  • Taroko Village Hotel

    Taroko National Park

    Run by members of the Taroko tribe, in part as a way to illustrate their culture and history, this comfortable, low-rise resort consists of 18 two-room…

  • Sunshine Hot Spring B&B

    Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park

    Low-key but contemporary hot-spring hotel where the 'golden' mineral water is piped to your private walk-in tub, or you can use the small communal pool in…

  • Fuyuan B&B

    Hualien

    All but four of Fuyuan's rooms are in a well-preserved traditional mansion, set between little carp ponds, a classically Fujian-style tearoom and a pretty…

  • Liiko Hotel

    Taroko National Park

    One of the Taroko region's best options, Liiko Hotel offers top-quality rooms, English-speaking staff, an artistically contemporary foyer and unstuffy…

  • Good Viewing Spot

    Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park

    Immaculately maintained contemporary rooms are softened with picture detailing in this Mediterranean-flavoured guesthouse, which is enviably placed on the…

  • Hostel Who Knows

    Taitung

    Of Taitung's cheaper, downtown minihostels, Who Knows wins on its low-key, jazz/bohemian vibe, its unusually bright and airy layout and the great spoken…

  • Mu Spring House

    Taitung

    Sizeable, decently equipped rooms come at very reasonable prices, but each is different so choose carefully. The foyer is a similar stylistic jumble of…

  • Taroko Lodge

    Taroko National Park

    This hard-to-find place is very much a homestay in the old sense: three very ordinary rooms in a family home whose charm lies in the garden, tree-lined…

  • Blue Ocean House

    Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park

    Blue Ocean House has an attractive little multi-unit resort beside its dive shop. The cabins out front look especially appealing and the upper-floor quad…

  • Liwu Inn

    Taroko National Park

    This older hotel has a foyer of large rock-and-wood art and 19 large bedrooms with sashes on comfortable new beds and partly updated bathrooms. Separately…

  • Sanasai Inn

    Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park

    This budget options wins on location, quiet yet close to the port and with a garden that stares across the road to the Shilang Snorkelling Area. The dorms…

  • Frog & Pheasant B&B

    Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park

    For a middle-of-nowhere, agricultural vibe, head 6km north of Luye where this neat if simply adorned Spanish-style villa is set amid fields around 400m…

  • Fa'ai Homestay

    Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park

    Eight ensuite rooms in two different properties are relatively simple with older bathrooms at prices that drop to almost dormitory levels outside peak…

  • Rover Hostel

    Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park

    Lanyu's hippest hostel features a black motorbike as part of the decor in a common room which feels more like a bar than a lounge. The dorms are sex…

  • Hualien Sugar Factory Guesthouses

    Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park

    The 48 rebuilt wood-cabin rooms, originally workers' residences for the Hualien Sugar Factory, now offer comfortable visitor accommodation. Interiors have…

  • Star-Moon Hotel

    Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park

    Fair value by Green Island standards, this boxy place is less dowdy than the frontage appears, with 23 rooms that have been partly revamped with elements…

  • YT31

    Hualien

    Decor-wise this very central guesthouse is the love child of Baudelaire and Hello Kitty. Each room is different, but you can expect colour overload, arty…

  • What Inn

    Hualien

    For adventurous travellers, sleeping in this unique budget place is like becoming part of a piece of performance art set in a semi-salvaged old cottage…