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The long call · Keelung (Taipei)

North coast or Taipei — decide once

Long calls — two great days, one choice. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~9h door to door6 stops8 hours or more ashore
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Photo: Ralff Nestor Nacor / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
~9h
From the gangway and back
Best for
8 hours or more
Long calls — two great days, one choice
What it costs
trains ~NT$150 + one Taipei entry (temple free, deck if you choose)
Transport spend: trains ~NT$150 + one Taipei entry (temple free, deck if you choose).
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    FORK: private loop (Jiufen+Shifen+Yehliu) or train to Taipei

    Book the loop before sailing; the train needs no booking

    What you will see here →Full guide: Jiufen →
  2. +0:45
    Loop: Yehliu’s Queen’s Head first — light and tides

    Taipei: 101 first, up before the haze

    What you will see here →
    Photo: 姜 明雄 / CC0
  3. +2:30
    Loop: Shifen — launch a sky lantern on the tracks

    Taipei: Palace Museum’s jade cabbage (2h)

    What you will see here →Full guide: Jiufen →
    Photo: Rutger van der Maar / CC BY
  4. +4:30
    Loop: Jiufen teahouse late lunch

    Taipei: Din Tai Fung early dinner at 101

    What you will see here →Full guide: Jiufen →
    Photo: Jun Jie Yam / CC BY 4.0
  5. +6:30
    Drive/train back to Keelung

    Taipei trains every ~15 min; allow 75 min door to door

    What you will see here →
  6. +7:45
    Back at the gangway

    ~60+ min margin on a 10h call

The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
What the day looks like

Keelung (Taipei), along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

Keelung harbour at night, Taiwan
Keelung harbour at night, TaiwanPhoto: Wei-Te Wong / CC BY-SA 2.0
Stalls lit by yellow lanterns at Miaokou Night Market, Keelung
Stalls lit by yellow lanterns at Miaokou Night Market, KeelungPhoto: Wikimedia contributor / CC BY-SA 3.0
Keelung city and harbour, Taiwan
Keelung city and harbour, TaiwanPhoto: Alix Lee / Pexels
Zhongzheng Park
Zhongzheng ParkPhoto: Wikimedia contributor / CC BY-SA 4.0
Taro balls above the sea
Taro balls above the seaPhoto: SIA YANG / CC BY-SA
Lee Hu pastry, since 1882
Lee Hu pastry, since 1882Photo: Sky_xe / CC BY-SA 4.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Keelung (Taipei)

The rainy-day KeelungA wet day · ~4hWet weather — and Keelung is among Taiwan’s wettest citiesThe Miaokou graze2–3 hours · ~2.5hTen minutes from the gangway — Taiwan’s street-food canonThe Jiufen round4–6 hours · ~5hThe lantern town, timed to dodge the tour-bus tide
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