Since Taiwan has perfect weather and terrain conditions, there are some great locations to enjoy water activities such as Kenting, Yilan, Hualien, and Taitung. What’s more, you may go whale watching in Yilan, Hualien, and Taitung. It is recently a very popular summer activity in Eastern Taiwan. Visitors may see whales and dolphins during the ride. For people who like natural environment, Taiwan has some rare natural environment attractions such as Alishan Forest Recreation Area, Hsitou Forest Recreation Area, Suao Cold Spring, Yangmingshan Hot Spring and many more. With many rare animals, plants, and trees, you may get valuable knowledge by travel to Taiwan. Overall, the foods in Taiwan are delicious, people are friendly, and prices are relatively cheaper. If you are still wondering where to enjoy your summer, come to Taiwan!! Sinotour offers online hotel reservations and travel guide in Taiwan. With few clicks, you may reserve rooms fast and secure. For more information, please refer the 2009 SUMMER TEMPTATION

Taiwan Main Features 1. Hot Springs Due to Taiwan’s natural environment advantage, it possesses a variety of springs, from hot springs, cold springs, seabed hot springs to mud springs. These springs are said to have therapeutic properties that can help treating skin disease, arthritis, gastrointestinal disorders, neuralgia, and women’s diseases. Taiwan’s hot springs are mostly situated in beautiful scenic areas which are surrounded by mountains or valleys. The most famous hot spring spots are Beitou, Yangmingshan, Guangziling, and Sichongxi. The high concentration and prevalent location make hot spring bathing a popular activity of Taiwan locals, as well as a special attraction for foreigners. 2. Night Markets Taiwan's best-known snacks (Xiaochi) are present in the night markets, where street vendors sell variety kinds of foods from snacks, finger foods, desserts, drinks, to sit-down dishes. Most of the markets run daily and feature an assortment of individual stalls selling food, clothing, accessories, and consumer goods. There are also low-tech carnival games in night market such as goldfish catching, pinball game, merry-go-round ride, coin rides, and balloon darts. Common snacks in night market include Fried Chicken Fillet, Refreshing Fruit Ices, Stinky Tofu, Oyster Omelet, Coffin Toast, Taiwanese Fried Chicken, Oyster Vermicelli, Rice Meat Dumplings, Tofu Pudding, Snow Flakes Crushed Ice, Sausage Wrappened in Glutinous Rice, Bun in a Bun, Fried Bun, Spareribs Soup, Bubble Tea, Chicken Shawarma and many more. The night market is usually crowded and noisy, but it is an excellent place to experience Taiwanese culture! 3. Nightlife Taiwan has many recreation and fashion venues to shop, relax, and have fun. Taiwan’s department stores are good places to shop. They usually open till 9:30 pm in weekday and 10 pm in weekend. Karaoke parlors are fine place for friends to hangout and release stress. It is a very common entertainment in Taiwan. Excellent places to enjoy fine wines and cocktails are lounges or piano bars. For young adults, bars and nightclubs are the best places to dance and release stress. 4. Delicacies Taiwan is a food paradise of the world, and it boasts the best Chinese food in the world. Due to its complicated history, Taiwan has various cuisines include Fujian, Canton, Hakka, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Beijing, Shanghai, and Japanese. Taiwanese cuisine relies on an abundant array of seasonings for flavoring including soy sauce, rice wine, sesame oil, peanuts, chili peppers, cilantro, and a local variety of basil. Therefore, the dishes have combined and formed wonderful tastes which make Taiwanese cuisine simple in format yet complex in experience. 5. Souvenir Taiwanese pastry chefs have excellent cooking skills to make oriental snacks. These oriental snacks are rich and tasty that no one can resist them. Snacks: Pineapple Cake, Taro Cake, Milky Candy, Sun Cake, Green Bean Cake, Bean Paste Cake, Gong Candy (Peanut Candy), Square Cracker, Brown Sugar Cake, SaQiMa, Yokan, Butter Crispy Cake, Mochi, Bull Tongue Cake, Barley Candy, Date and Walnut Cake, Yolk Pastry, Moon Cake, Glutinous Rice Cake and many more. The beauty of Taiwan tea resides in its purity flavor, clear color, and elegant aroma. Each type of tea has its own unique flavor and fragrance. Teas: High Mountain Oolong Tea, Biluochun (Green Snail Spring) Tea, Wenshan Baozhong Tea, Dongding Oolong Tea, Pengfong Tea, Tieguanyin Tea, Dragon Well Tea, and Black Tea. Local handicrafts, clothes, toys, key chains, and fans are also good choices for souvenirs.