🇹🇼 Taiwan 15-Day Plan

Tainan/Jiali first → west-side rental-car return → Taipei + Yilan days.
Arrival: 25 July 2026, 17:10 · Departure: 8 Aug 2026 (Taoyuan, afternoon/evening). Dates shown per day.

🚄 THSR south 👨‍👩‍👧 Jiali family anchor 🚗 car starts in Tainan ⛰️ Alishan + Puli 🌆 central-west overnight 🌊 Yilan from Taipei 🎓 Goethe lecture · 06 Aug PM

Trip logic

Route rhythm

Sleep in Taipei after the late arrival, take THSR south the next morning, stay in central Tainan while visiting family near Jiali, then rent a car in Tainan for a west-side return via Guanziling, Alishan, Sun Moon Lake, Puli and Taichung. Yilan/Luodong is handled later from Taipei instead of crossing difficult central mountain roads.

Arrival

25 Jul · 17:10

End

8 Aug

Car

Tainan → Taipei

Bases

Neihu · Tainan · Puli · Taichung

Late-July weather rule

Build the plan around morning outdoor activities, midday heat breaks, and flexible mountain/coast days. If a typhoon or heavy-rain alert appears, skip high-mountain scenic variants and use freeway routes.

Trip essentials

Day-by-day plan

Hotel booking suggestions

Car rental suggestions

Useful official links