All our articles about Taiwan.
In Tokyo a tip can be handed straight back, while in Cape Town and on a Kenyan safari it is part of someone's wage. Here is how tipping really works across more than 20 countries, from service charges on the bill to car guards and trekking porters.
Four centuries of history sit side by side in Taiwan, from Qing dynasty temples and Japanese-era streets to Indigenous villages on the east coast. Here is where to see them, which festivals to plan around and how to behave at the temple door.
Snow can dust the mountains while people swim off the southern beaches, and a single holiday week can empty the restaurants and fill every train. Here is how Taiwan's seasons, typhoons and festivals play out across the year.
Two thirds of Taiwan is mountains, and the rest is ringed by cliffs, reefs and small islands. Here is where to go for forest, coast and wildlife, and what has changed since the 2024 earthquake.
Taiwan rarely makes lists of great shopping destinations, yet it sends visitors home with some of the best tea in Asia, handmade ceramics and boxes of pineapple cakes. Here is where to find them, what to pay and how to get the tax back.
A bullet train down the west coast, a cliff top railway along the Pacific, a logging line into the clouds at Alishan and short hops out to Penghu. Here is how Taiwan's transport fits together, what it costs and what to book ahead.
Beef noodle soup in Taipei, danzai noodles in Tainan, tea in the mountains and seafood on Penghu. Here is how to eat your way around Taiwan, from the night market rules to what a meal really costs.
