The British Consulate at TakaoPhoto: WEI, WAN-CHEN（魏琬臻） / CC BY-SA 4.0
The British Consulate at Takao is run by Kaohsiung’s Cultural Affairs Bureau. The residence sits on the hill, the office below by the water, joined by an old path.
- Getting there
- Taxi about 15 min, ~NT$190, our estimate; or 7 min uphill from the Gushan ferry pier
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
The red-brick consular residence and office on the headland above the harbour mouth. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 10:00–19:00; weekends and holidays 09:00–19:00; last ticket 18:30. Closed on Wednesdays unless a holiday. Adult NT$99, NT$39 for over-65s; the ticket includes a voucher for food in the park.
- Short enough to be certain of: 2 hr door to door.
- Closed on Wednesdays unless a holiday. Check the day before you plan around it.
- 2 hr door to door needs a 4-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
The British Consulate at Takao and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Where the 2 hr goes
The hour before all-aboard is not in this bar; it is already set aside. The minutes are our estimates from timetables and maps, not timed on the ground.
If your ship is late, cut the 1 hr 35 min in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.
What to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
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The hexagon towers on Love River Bay, 1.6 km from the cruise terminal: the Wave Towers, the Coral Zone and the Whale Bridge with a lookout over the harbour.
See the detail
3 hr 30 min for bothThe Dome of Light
A glass dome by the Italian artist Narcissus Quagliata over the concourse of Formosa Boulevard station, where the Red and Orange lines cross.
See the detail