Catch Phoenix

Tainan


Inviting hostel converted from a 100-year-old house with beautiful octagonal windows. The bright, spacious rooms accommodate two-to-four and two-to-six people respectively. They're rented out to parties of two or more on weekdays, and four or more on weekends. The weekend rate is NT$4200. The same owner has three other locations in town, two within walking distance of Catch Phoenix.

The hostel holds regular parties and cook-ins where you'll get to meet all the superfriendly staff and ask them about Tainan. It also has an exchange program whereby students from Taiwan or abroad can trade labour for lodging. The hostel is a five-minute walk from Shennong St and around NT$100 from Tainan Train Station by cab.


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