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 managed within the same building, the LiWu Hostel (https://liwuhostel.wixsite.com/liwuhostel) has both bunk and mat-on-floor dorms with coin lockers outside to deposit your luggage if you arrive before check-in (3pm).

Look for the words 'Hostelling International' across the front or, as you approach from the east, 'HOTEL' written in huge letters on its side.


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