Tourist office Taipei
The Department of Information and Tourism of the Taipei City Government has established 12 Visitor Information Centers across the city. Among them are those at Taipei Main Station, Songshan Airport, Gondola Maokong Station and the MRT stations at Ximen, Taipei 101/World Trade Center and Longshan Temple, plus one each in Dadaocheng and Ximending.
Services at each one are tailored to the sights nearby, and besides counter help with tourist information, all of them offer printed and online tourism material, including free brochures on sights, dining, accommodation and transport.
Where to find the tourist offices in Taipei
Taipei Main Station Visitor Information Center
Location: No. 3, Beiping W. Rd., Zhongzheng District, on the southwest side of the 1F hall
Opening hours: Daily 09:00 to 19:00
Songshan Airport Visitor Information Center
Location: No. 340-10, Dunhua N. Rd., Songshan District, in the Terminal 2 arrival hall
Opening hours: Daily 08:00 to 17:00
Airport MRT Taipei Main Station (A1) Visitor Information Center
Location: B1, No. 8, Zhengzhou Rd., Zhongzheng District
Opening hours: Daily 10:00 to 19:00
MRT Ximen Station Visitor Information Center
Location: B1, No. 32-1, Baoqing Rd., Zhongzheng District, near Exit 5 of Ximen station
Opening hours: Daily 10:00 to 19:00
Ximending Visitor Information Center
MRT Taipei 101/World Trade Center Station Visitor Information Center
Location: B1, No. 20, Sec. 5, Xinyi Rd., Xinyi District
Opening hours: Daily 10:00 to 19:00
MRT Longshan Temple Station Visitor Information Center
Location: B1, No. 153, Sec. 1, Xiyuan Rd., Wanhua District, near Exit 1 of the station
Opening hours: Daily 10:00 to 19:00
Dadaocheng Visitor Information Center
MRT Jiantan Station Visitor Information Center
Location: No. 65, Sec. 5, Zhongshan N. Rd., Shilin District, at Exit 1 of the station
Opening hours: Daily 10:00 to 19:00
MRT Xinbeitou Station Visitor Information Center
Location: No. 700, Daye Rd., Beitou District, at Exit 1 of the station
Opening hours: Daily 10:00 to 19:00
MRT Nangang Station Visitor Information Center
Location: B1, No. 380, Sec. 7, Zhongxiao E. Rd., Nangang District, near Exit 1 of the station
Opening hours: Daily 10:00 to 19:00
Gondola Maokong Station Visitor Information Center
Location: No. 35, Ln. 38, Sec. 3, Zhinan Rd., Wenshan District, at the exit of the gondola station
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday 09:00 to 18:00; also Mondays on long weekends, plus the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month from October to March; closed on Lunar New Year's Eve
It may also open on extra days for special holidays and major events.
Learn more about Taipei
Learn more about Taipei
For a city of temples, night markets and skyline views, the things to do in Taipei start with a one-day route through Ximending, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and Elephant Mountain to Taipei 101. The guide goes on to the National Palace Museum, Shilin Night Market, the Maokong Gondola and Beitou Thermal Valley, with Yangmingshan National Park as a day trip.
It also names free sights such as the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Da'an Forest Park and 228 Peace Memorial Park, and suggests three to four days, with October and November as the most comfortable months.
Keep the city and national holiday calendar in mind
On a public holiday, offices, museums and transport in Taipei may close or switch to holiday hours. Taiwan has 16 weekday public holiday dates in 2026 and 17 in 2027, substitute holidays included. Counting weekends, government offices close on 120 days in 2026 and 121 in 2027, while private businesses are not bound by this schedule.
When a holiday falls on a Saturday, the substitute holiday is the closest weekday before it that is not already a holiday; when it falls on a Sunday, it is the closest such weekday after it. Lunar New Year substitutes can come before or after the holiday.
National holidays in Taiwan 2026
- 1 January Founding Day of the Republic of China
- 16 February Lunar New Year's Eve
- 17 February Lunar New Year, first day
- 18 February Lunar New Year, second day
- 19 February Lunar New Year, third day
- 20 February Substitute holiday for the day before Lunar New Year's Eve, which falls on Sunday 15 February
- 27 February Substitute holiday for Peace Memorial Day, which falls on Saturday 28 February
- 3 April Substitute holiday for Children's Day, which falls on Saturday 4 April
- 6 April Substitute holiday for Qingming Festival, which falls on Sunday 5 April
- 1 May Labor Day
- 19 June Dragon Boat Festival
- 25 September Mid-Autumn Festival
- 28 September Confucius' Birthday/Teachers' Day
- 9 October Substitute holiday for National Day, which falls on Saturday 10 October
- 26 October Substitute holiday for Taiwan Retrocession Day and Memorial Day of Great Victory at Kuningtou Kinmen, which falls on Sunday 25 October
- 25 December Constitution Day
Local holidays in Taipei 2026
No local holidays are added to the national calendar.
National holidays in Taiwan 2027
- 1 January Founding Day of the Republic of China
- 4 February The day before Lunar New Year's Eve
- 5 February Lunar New Year's Eve
- 8 February Lunar New Year, third day
- 9 February Substitute holiday for Lunar New Year's Day, which falls on Saturday 6 February
- 10 February Substitute holiday for the second day of Lunar New Year, which falls on Sunday 7 February
- 1 March Substitute holiday for Peace Memorial Day, which falls on Sunday 28 February
- 5 April Qingming Festival
- 6 April Substitute holiday for Children's Day, which falls on Sunday 4 April
- 30 April Substitute holiday for Labor Day, which falls on Saturday 1 May
- 9 June Dragon Boat Festival
- 15 September Mid-Autumn Festival
- 28 September Confucius' Birthday/Teachers' Day
- 11 October Substitute holiday for National Day, which falls on Sunday 10 October
- 25 October Taiwan Retrocession Day and Memorial Day of Great Victory at Kuningtou Kinmen
- 24 December Substitute holiday for Constitution Day, which falls on Saturday 25 December
- 31 December Substitute holiday for Founding Day of the Republic of China, which falls on Saturday 1 January 2028
Local holidays in Taipei 2027
No local holidays are added to the national calendar.
The Gondola Maokong Station Visitor Information Center is closed on Lunar New Year's Eve, 16 February 2026 and 5 February 2027.