Danshuei is a half an hour from Taipei on the MRT; it once took half a day. The town is picturesque; the old street is worth a look. Thee is much to see. By the way, it is soften very crowded on holidays.

When it comes to attractions in Taipei, one place you can’t miss is Tamsui. Along the coast, there is an old street that you must visit. I think that watching the sea while walking on the old street is Tamsui’s best feature. In Tamsui, you must try fish crisps, fried shrimp rolls, iron eggs and Agei, which are all traditional snacks. Also, Tamsui is an excellent place to watch the sunset, there is a good platform located at the end of Tamsui Fisherman's Wharf. So I guess you can visit Tamsui at lunch time, after tasting the snacks and walk around, than put the sunset at the last, it will be a wonderful trip!!!

The view from the Dongmen MRT to the LRT going to Tamsui Fisherman’s Wharf gave me a great view of old and new city. Tamsui Fisherman’s Wharf is worth visiting with the awesome view, many food chooses, a place to chill and reflect, breathe and enjoy the scenery with local resto nearby the LRT. Either you wanna grab food or coffee before or after walking to the bridge. You can spend the whole day here to explore the entire place.

If you are into a walk with sea/mountain view . This is the place to visit. The place is common to visit by their local and tourists. The food are reasonable priced around the area. Many variety from boiled squid to deep fried food. Take a longer walk to the end of the walkway . There are 2 Starbucks , toilets and a stretch of food , massage shop and games stores for younger children.

Go to Tamsui (also known as Dan Shui) to see the Old Street and Lovers' Bridge, which is located at Fishermen's Wharf. Try to time your visit to Lovers' Bridge to reach there before sunset as you can see the sunset from the bridge. To get to Tamsui, take the red line on the MRT. Tamsui is the last stop. We headed to Fishermen's Wharf first to see the Lovers' Bridge. Exit Tamsui station on the right & look for the R26 bus queue at the bus terminal beside the Tamsui MRT station. Take bus R26 in the direction of Fishermen's Wharf (alight at last stop). Bus journey is around 20 minutes & cost less than NT10 one way. You can use your Easy card for bus ride in Tamsui. There are shops & restaurants at Fishermen's Wharf and there was even 'live' band performing when we went there in the evening. The Lovers' Bridge is even more magical when it gets dark as the bridge will change color at night. Very lovely. We walked the whole length of the bridge, took lots of nice photos. You will see a big "Love" sign at the end of the bridge. There's a bus stop towards the right of the "Love" sign and you can take the R26 bus back to Tamsui station from there. No need to walk all the way back to the stop you alighted at Fishermen's Wharf. It was very cold & windy when we were there last week (mid Feb) so do bring along a sweater just in case. Next we headed to Tamsui Old Street which is next to the MRT station. Follow the sign posted on the station that says Old Street. Head to the back of the station and walk towards the right where you will pass by a park. Old street is just after the park (on the right). There are lots of shops & food stalls there. Don't miss out the parallel street that is facing the river. The famous Jumbo ice cream & Ah Gei can be found along this street facing the river.

Tip 1: Do you like eating? Do you like asian food? Do you like all sorts of authentic taiwanese food? If you answered yes, then this is a perfect place for you to visit. Taiwan is all about eating and without a doubt, this is a place filled with food. Tip 2: How to get there? The best and fastest way is to catch a metro to the end of the Orange line. It only cost about less than £1 to get there. Tip 3: Please also take note that this town also sells weird intestine food therefore if you are not a big fan, please do not consume. We even saw someone selling these cute little snail crabs, we are not sure if they are hermit snails or hermit crabs but it was very interesting. See picture. Tip 4: To find a toilet is quite difficult, i suggest you go for a toilet break first when you arrived at the metro station. Free of charge! Tip 5: Bring cash with you because you will realised none of the shops accept card. Moreover, most of the shops are street shops. Tip 6: Start your trip early and make you way to Bali which is just right opposite Tamsui. If you think my reviews have been helpful to you, please click 'Yes' for 'Was this review helpful?'

Take the MRT (red line), interchange at Beitou or Qiyan for Tamsui. If you like big crowds, go in the evening otherwise go during the day like we did. Lots of free food and drink sampling. Try the cold almond milk drink, delciious! Don't have to interchange for return train ride. On the way back get off at Jiantan Station for Shilin Market (open from 4pm every day)

We spent a whole afternoon and evening here in Tamshui in April, not planned, but by accident. With a guide book in toll, we thought we were ready. An easy MRT ride from Taipai main station all the way to Tamshui. Then a short walk to "Old Street". We got there at around 4:30pm and the place was packed with students and tourists. It is really a fun place to visit with interesting food stalls and stores. We had several places in mind where we wanted to try so we were looking for specific stores. We wanted to go to a restaurant called Dark Palace for pork chop rice. The guide book gave excellent ratings for their food but direction wise it was pointing outside the map with an arrow that says "Fisherman's Wharf and Dark Palace follow this direction". We thought it should not be too far, weren't we wrong. We walked passed Old Street, continue on to the main street, passed the first Presbyterian church in Taiwan to the waterfront. By then we were totally lost and Dark Palace was not anywhere in sight. We finally stopped and asked a gentleman who was sitting by the waterfront and he gladly pointed out the exactly route to Dark Palace. He even suggested how we should order our dinner. Do not order the regular for each of us but order a big order and share. What a great suggestion. Dinner at Dark Palace was good and I might write another review on that but there is no way anyone can find it on their own with no directions. It was hidden in the back of a Family Mart from the main street. We must have walked about 3 miles from Old Street but with no regret. It was an enjoyable walk along the waterfront with many interesting things along the way. After dinner, we continue our walk to Fisherman's Wharf which was very quiet but it's a beautiful spot with high-end shopping center and a beautiful hotel. We found one of the cleanest and most beautiful restrooms at the shopping center here. Then we took the bus from Fisherman's Wharf back to the MRT station. Instead of heading back to the hotel we decided to go back to Old Street to look for the food that we missed earlier. By the time we left Tamshui, it was close to 9pm. We had a wonderful time exploring this little town. Suggestion: If you are planning to go to Fisherman's Wharf, take the bus from the MRT station. It really was a long, long walk that I would not suggest others to take.

It was a lovely Sunny and Warm day in Taipei. We headed for Beitou , Danshui, Pali, Fisherman's Wharf We Took the MRT To Beitou We wandered around a bit and we visited the Beitou "Green" Library .Spent an hour there. Nice building all wood and glass using natural light .e.t.c. Good layout and lots of space inside. The Sun was supposed to start going down after 4.30 . I did not know what type of crowd to expect on a weekend that early- about 4pm.Wow was there an early evening crowd. We headed for the Danshui Old street but it was really packed and since we were not in the eating mood just yet, we went for a stroll down the Riverside. We got out tickets to Pali @ NTD20/- for the short ferry ride then ended in the end of this really really long line!! (We realised later that you can now pay for your ferry rides with the "Easy Card" ) We walked for an hour n half in the Pali side , went to their short old Street that was full of people Buying stuff to eat. A really Great atmosphere. Then we walked along the Riverside again to another Ferry Terminal and booked our ferry ride to Fisheman's wharf NTD50. We walked around the Wharf,soaking in the atmosphere. It was already 8.30 and we felt hungry.Then from FishermansWharf, took bus R26 back to Danshui MRT station. There we crossed the road into the night market and had a delicious local meal of noodle and Thang Yuan soup at http://www.bigriceball.com.tw .Then took the MRT back into town. With people being health concious, Hundreds of people on Bicycles in Danshui and Pali-amazing It was great getting out of the city.

We made a Day Trip here from XMD where we stayed. Around 40 minutes on the metro. Think Danshui and many will talk about Tamshui Old Street 淡水老街which is the first one will come upon. Danshui’s Old Street is a hive of activity especially at the weekend, we were here on Sunday!. a narrow market with makeshift shelters here you can find a lot of food stalls + locally made handicrafts and plenty of souvenirs. Many street vendors hankering their wares on this narrow alleys. We sampled some of Taipei’s famous street foods and even dropped by the famous Ah Gei阿給 (bean curd) and fish ball for a meal. On the other side of the Old street is the riverside promenade; where breezy wind greet us and rows of shops with interesting sells. One can chose to have a meal at one of the many seafood restaurants with its seaview balconies of the beautiful bay. We next chanced upon the old Customs Wharf. It is no more functional as it was in its heydays but still an important witness to the glorious past. It has been refurbished the buildings to now hold cultural exhibitions and of course house a little history about the wharf itself. Walked further up north is the George Leslie Mackay Square and the unique building! A Canadian Presbyterian missionary who came to Danshui in 1872, Mackay is responsible for many of the local historical buildings. There’s a statue of him at the riverbank and in the Old Street showing just how an important and well-respected figure he was. We wrapped up the Day by visiting Fort San Domingo. The fort was originally built by the Spaniards back in 1628. It has since gone through a lot of changes at the hands of several nations’ governments. Next to the fort you’ll also see the former British Consular Residence which now houses a museum. It’s an interesting place to learn a little about Taiwan’s history. The Fisherman's wharf is another highlight but we gave it a miss this trip, but tell ourselves that we will return.. The (former) small fishing town of Danshui is the perfect place if you want to get out of the city for an afternoon. We will return.!