Ultimate List of Best Things to Do in Tainan, Tainan, Taiwan

The city of Tainan lies along the southeastern coast of the island nation of Taiwan. The city stands as one of Taiwan’s historic centers.

The oldest urban center in the country, it was here where the island’s first Confucian school was founded in 1665 and where the Dutch East India Trading Company set up one of Europe’s first colonial trading posts in the 1620s.

Tainan isn’t subject to as much travel blog attention as other more popular Taiwanese cities like Taipei or Shifen, but there is still plenty to see and do in the country’s southern city.

Travellers can take advantage of the city’s more rustic allure by trying local specialties that date back to the Ming Dynasty.

Or, if you time your visit right, you can witness the Tainan Lantern Festival, which releases thousands of paper lanterns of all shapes, sizes and figures into a night sky you will never forget.

To help you decide what to do during your visit, we’ve put together this list of the ultimate things to do in Tainan.From Anping Fort to million kilogram mountains of salt, here’s what we recommend. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).