Penghu Islands
Penghu's main market bustles with stalls selling everything from fresh veggies and dried fish to shoes and woks. Flanking lanes have a selection of excellent no-fuss eateries.
Try superb meatball-in-mochi dumplings at 30 Daren St, imaginative savoury rice ball creations at 28 Dazhi St, reliable pork rib noodle soup (豬排麵, zhūpái miàn) at 4 Lane 18, Dazhi St and pumpkin noodles (金瓜麵猴; jīnguā miànhóu) at the stall outside 16 Dazhi St. Note that places close when stocks run out – often by 11am.
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Those desert island paradise photos you probably saw on Penghu's promotion brochures and websites were most likely taken at Jibei Sand Tail, a dazzling…
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This celebrated 17th-century Matsu temple sports high, sweeping swallowtail eaves and a wealth of gorgeous Chaozhou-style woodcarvings, mostly from a 1922…
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This large, family-friendly experience is home to an engrossing collection of living sea life, from a rescued three-legged turtle and magical family of…
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Penghu's most photographed icon is a double hoop of stone walls linked to breakwaters in an ocean bay. Built with narrow openings, they were designed to…
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In the west coast fishing village of Zhongshe, over 130 small, traditional houses survive, most tightly packed in two photogenic huddles. Made of local…
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Magong's cute if minuscule historic heart is a forked alley of old-style shops directly east of the Tianhou (Matsu) Temple.
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This large modern museum offers an excellent introduction to Penghu's history, culture and changing lifestyles. Memorable features include the explanation…
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Penghu's only really 'complete' traditional village, low-slung Erkan oozes charm and is appealingly set on a grassy plateau raised above the sea…
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This attractive building from 1933 is fundamentally a Japanese house but with European art deco elements.
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Magong's cute if minuscule historic heart is a forked alley of old-style shops directly east of the Tianhou (Matsu) Temple.
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To learn about Penghu basalt in all its forms, don't miss this impressive new geological centre one short block south of the Living Museum.
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Come to this relaxing park for one of Magong's most quintessential experiences: watching the gilded sunset colours spreading across the sea, framed by the…
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This large modern museum offers an excellent introduction to Penghu's history, culture and changing lifestyles. Memorable features include the explanation…
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This celebrated 17th-century Matsu temple sports high, sweeping swallowtail eaves and a wealth of gorgeous Chaozhou-style woodcarvings, mostly from a 1922…
7. Penghu Underwater Cultural Assets Exhibition
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This immersive multimedia centre plunges visitors into a deep ocean trench as a way to introduce underwater exploration.
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A quick walk west along Zhongshan Rd from central Magong takes you to Shuncheng Gate, the only restored portal in the largely overgrown old city wall.