Taiwan Hotels At a Glance

Day 1: Taoyuan Holiday Hotel (桃园假日饭店)
Located @ 269 Dah Shing Road, Taoyuan

The hotel looks a bit old from the outside. The duty manager was very friendly and helpful, although he gave us a room that belongs to another tour leader from the same agency (we had arrived earlier than the main group).

Day 2: Gold Coast Hualien Union Hotel (国统大饭店)
Located @ 50 Jian Chang Road, Hualien

This hotel got lots of marble and other type of stones at the lobby. There is also a pool table and a treadmill like machine at its basement.

Day 3: Chih Pen Toong Mao Hot Spring Hotel (知本统茂温泉旅馆)
Located @ 61 Lung Chuan Road Pinan, Taitung

As its name suggest, its attraction is the hot spring, though very much like a swimming pool.

And the room looks like this.

Day 4: National Citizen Hotel (星辰大饭店)
Located @ 134 Chung Chen 1 Road, Kaohsiung

This hotel is at the main road. There is a Mos Burger just beside the hotel, which we bought and ate in our room.

Day 5: Twinstar Hotel (双星大饭店)
Located @ 158 Fu Hsin Road Sec. 4, Taichung

This hotel is just beside the Taichung Central Mall.

And the hotel room door is made of metal.

Day 6: Sunny Business Hotel (朝日商务饭店)
Located @ No. 213 Bade Road Sec. 4, Taipei

Nothing special here, just that the glass wall of the bathroom in this hotel is a bit translucent.

Day 7: Friends Hotel (友莱大饭店)
Located @ No. 23-1, Shuang Cheng Street, Taipei

Our hotel for the next 3 days. They provide quite a lot of services, e.g. free DVD player rental and internet access in the room. Furthermore, they also provide free shuttle bus service within Taipei City, just that you need to tell them in advance. Unfortunately, we did not utilize this service at all.

They also have free tissue paper at the reception counter which we diligently took everyday when we went out... :P... One bad thing about this hotel is its breakfast. They served the same food everyday, and the food were not appealing. What's more, the cafe only has about 4 ~ 5 small tables.

There was also an LCD TV in the room. And there was some interesting TV channel on show every night... hehe...