The Gaya Hotel

Top choice in Taitung


In a brilliantly located, guacamole-coloured tower, Gaya's upmarket lobby creates a distinctive, brooding mood with its acres of black bamboo. Hallways are artistic, with lamp-box room numbers, and beds are swoon-worthily comfortable. But the killer feature is the 11th-floor rooftop infinity pool with almost 360-degree views.

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Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Taitung attractions

1. Liyushan Park

0.14 MILES

For sweeping views across Taitung to the ocean and, on clear days Green Island, climb to the viewing platform in this steep, wooded park. It's just ten…

2. Taitung Railway Art Village

0.19 MILES

A spur line once brought trains to the centre of Taitung. That line was decommissioned in 2001 and has since been turned into an excellent cycle path. The…

3. Tianhou Temple

0.64 MILES

Set on a big courtyard of ornate gateways lit with massed clusters of lanterns, this is Taitung's largest temple. It's a beautifully proportioned,…

4. Taitung Forest Park

1.02 MILES

This huge expanse of estuary, scrubland and woods includes a butterfly garden, a duck-watching hide on a small lake and great lengths of cycle path: it's…

5. Seashore Park

1.21 MILES

A pleasant place to smell the sea air, this park's signature feature is known immodestly as the Taitung International Landmark (台東國際地標; Táidōng Guójì…

6. Beinan Site Park

3.29 MILES

If you've got an hour to wait for a train, a fine way to spend it is strolling through this landscaped park. It features a significant Neolithic site, but…

7. National Museum of Prehistory

3.46 MILES

This hi-tech and engaging if occasionally disorientating museum charts Taiwan’s geological birth and human prehistory as well as introducing the island's…

8. Liji Badlands

4.21 MILES

In stark contrast to the orchards and lush subtropical forest all around, this small 'geopark' is an area where gulleys and cliff sides of loose,…