Taipei Day Tour: Jingtong, Pingxi, Jiufen & Keelung Night Market

Four stops in one day: mountain villages, a century-old railway station, and a night market that never stops feeding you.

A 10-hour guided day tour from Taipei visiting Jingtong Station, Pingxi Old Street, Jiufen Old Street and Keelung Miaokou Night Market, with a Chinese-speaking guide and hotel pickup included. The tour moves through mountain neighborhoods and ends at a sprawling seafood and snack market with nearly 200 vendors. Passenger insurance, vehicle fuel, parking and tolls are covered; meals and tips are your own choice.

Step-by-step itinerary

Visit Pingxi and Jiufen highlights

• Explore Tiandeng Police Station skylight
• Visit Jingtong Station and shopping district
• Walk along Pingxi Old Street
• Tour Jiufen Old Street and tea houses
• Enjoy Keelung Miaokou Night Market snacks

The Experience

You start from your Taipei hotel and spend the morning in the Pingxi area, where coal mining once ruled and now the landscape holds onto its past. The Tiandeng Police Station rises as a 9-meter glass structure lit by nearly 200,000 LEDs—a skylight building that doubles as a light show from 4pm to 7pm (8pm on holidays). Here you can write a wish on a postcard and attach it to a Polaris sky lantern for 150 yuan, which you take home as a souvenir after it's scanned. The lanterns are nothing like the traditional ones; they're a newer take on the old ritual.

Jingtong Station sits at the end of the Pingxi Line, an 80-year-old wooden building where trains still pass through the main street. The station draws crowds for its classical simplicity and the chance to stand on the tracks as the train approaches—the sound carries through every lane. Nearby shops sell chicken rolls, miners' canteen snacks and local produce. Pingxi Old Street runs alongside the railway through hillside houses, mostly traditional shops and snack bars where you'll see locals chatting and the occasional cat or dog wandering past. When the train comes through, the whole street hears it.

Jiufen Old Street hangs on the mountainside with tea houses and souvenir shops built in a nostalgic style. The name comes from nine households that once supplied goods to the sea, so they prepared "nine copies" of everything—the name stuck. The afternoon takes you down to Keelung Miaokou Night Market, a 3,400-meter stretch near Moji Palace with nearly 200 food stalls. Seafood, roast chicken, braised pork, tempura, fruit ice and regional snacks fill the booths. Every vendor creates their own take on familiar dishes, and the market runs long enough that you can eat your way through several neighborhoods' worth of flavors.

What’s included

• Passenger insurance.
• air-conditioned vehicle with a Chinese-speaking guide.
• hotel pickup from Taipei.
• vehicle fuel, parking fees and tolls.
• driver's meals.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by 愛優遊包車旅遊

Is this one for you?If you land in Taipei with a free day and no rental car, this tour solves the logistics—the guide handles the route, the driver knows the roads, and you move through four neighborhoods without arranging transport between stops. The 10-hour span lets you see the mountain villages and the night market in one afternoon instead of piecing them together across multiple days.

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Top questions

What is the Tiandeng Police Station and why is it on this tour?

The Tiandeng Police Station is a 9-meter-high glass structure with nearly 200,000 LED lights that serves as a police station, passenger service counter, restaurant and landscape platform on its upper floors. It runs a light show every afternoon from 4pm to 7pm (8pm on holidays) and is a signature stop because visitors can write wishes on postcards and attach them to Polaris sky lanterns—a modern take on traditional sky lantern customs—for 150 yuan each, which you keep as a souvenir.

How does the train factor into Pingxi Old Street?

Pingxi Old Street runs directly alongside the Pingxi Railway, so trains pass through the main street multiple times during the day. When a train comes through, you hear the sound boom through every lane and can see it from any point on the street. The railway is part of what makes the old street distinctive and is the reason the area has kept its retro character.

What makes Jiufen Old Street worth a stop on a day tour?

Jiufen Old Street sits on a mountainside with nostalgic buildings, tea houses and souvenir shops. The village got its name from nine households that once supplied goods to the sea, and the name has stuck for centuries. It's a place to step away from downtown Taipei and walk through shops and tea houses without the rush of the city streets.

How many food vendors are at Keelung Miaokou Night Market?

Keelung Miaokou Night Market has nearly 200 food stalls spread across 3,400 meters near Moji Palace. The booths sell seafood, roast chicken, braised pork, tempura, fruit ice and regional snacks, with each vendor creating their own take on familiar dishes and using fair prices and quality materials.

What is included in the tour cost and what do I pay separately?

The tour includes passenger insurance, vehicle fuel, parking fees, tolls, the driver's meals and an air-conditioned vehicle with a Chinese-speaking guide and hotel pickup. Meals for passengers, any sky lantern purchases, night market food and driver tips are your own choice and not included in the tour price.

How long is the full tour and when does it end?

The tour runs 10 hours total, starting with pickup from your Taipei hotel and moving through Jingtong Station, Pingxi Old Street and Jiufen Old Street before ending at Keelung Miaokou Night Market in the evening, where you have time to eat and explore the stalls.