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North coast or Taipei — decide once, Keelung (Taipei)

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For a 10-hour call · Keelung (Taipei)

North coast or Taipei — decide once

Long calls — two great days, one choice. Timed from the gangway and back.

8 hr door to door6 stopsNeeds a 10-hour call
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Photo: Another Believer / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
8 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 10-hour call or longer
Long calls — two great days, one choice
Room to spare
None
Fits a 10-hour stop with nothing to add (off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard). A longer call gives you the extra time; on this one, do not add a stop.
What it costs
~NT$150,
Trains ~NT$150, plus the Taipei 101 deck (NT$600) if you go up.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups

Timed from the gangway with the port's official timetables · updated · Takumi Yamada

Numbers follow the route below. Pins are the places themselves; walking lines are not drawn because the best way between two stops can change with the tram, the tide or the weather.

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 hereFull guide: Jiufen
  2. +0:45
    Loop: Yehliu’s Queen’s Head first — light and tides

    Taipei: train to Taipei Main, then Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall

    What you will see here
    Yehliu Geopark, Keelung (Taipei)
    Photo: 姜 明雄 / CC0
  3. +2:30
    Loop: Shifen — launch a sky lantern on the tracks

    Taipei: MRT to Taipei 101; the observatory opens at 10:00 (NT$600)

    What you will see hereFull guide: Jiufen
    Taipei 101 & the city, Keelung (Taipei)
    Photo: 4300streetcar / CC BY 4.0
  4. +4:30
    Loop: Jiufen teahouse late lunch

    Taipei: lunch under 101, Din Tai Fung if the queue allows

    What you will see hereFull guide: Jiufen
    Red lanterns above the stepped lanes of Jiufen at sunset, Keelung (Taipei)
    Photo: Jun Jie Yam / CC BY 4.0
  5. +6:30
    Drive/train back to Keelung

    Taipei trains two or three an hour (e.g. 14:20, 14:40, 15:15 from Taipei Main); 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

Would rather have it arranged?Private Day Trip to Jiufen, Shifen and Yehliu ParkThis exact loop as a private day trip; the driver handles the timing · from US$190 · 5.0★ — why we list it
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: Bigmorr / CC0
Keelung city and harbour, Taiwan
Keelung city and harbour, TaiwanPhoto: Alix Lee / Pexels
Zhongzheng Park, Keelung (Taipei)
Zhongzheng ParkPhoto: Wikimedia contributor / CC BY-SA 4.0
Taro balls above the sea, Keelung (Taipei)
Taro balls above the seaPhoto: SIA YANG / CC BY-SA
Lee Hu pastry, since 1882, Keelung (Taipei)
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 grazeNeeds a 4.5-hour call · ~2.5hTen minutes from the gangway — Taiwan’s street-food canonThe Jiufen roundNeeds a 7-hour call · ~5hThe lantern town, timed to dodge the tour-bus tide
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