Kaohsiung 高雄
Kaohsiung, located in the southwestern part of Taiwan, has a population of approximately 2.73 million people and is Taiwan’s third most populous city after Taipei 台北 and Taichung 台中. Kaohsiung is a port city handling around 66% of Taiwan’s total container volume and is the world’s 15th busiest container port in 2023.
Kaohsiung has two metro train lines (North-South and East-West Lines) and a light rail circle line, making visiting many of Kaohsiung’s tourist attractions very easy.
Taiwan High Speed Rail 台湾高铁 (HSR) has made Taiwan 台湾 smaller. Tainan 台南, Taiwan’s fourth largest city, is just a 15-minute HSR train ride from Kaohsiung. Taipei 台北, Taiwan’s largest city, is only 2 hours away on HSR from Kaohsiung.
Remarkably, Taiwan has a very high motorcycle ownership. There are 15 million motorcycles in Taiwan, and that is more than half of Taiwan’s population of around 24 million.
Kaohsiung’s popular tourist destination, Cijin Island 旗津岛, is a short 5-minute ferry ride from Gushan Ferry Pier Station 鼓山轮渡站. The island is also connected by an underwater tunnel.
Outside Kaohsiung, popular tourist destinations such as Kenting National Park 墾丁國家公園 and Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum 佛光山佛陀紀念館 can be easily reached by public buses from Kaohsiung.
The Walk – Gushan Marina 鼓山渔港
Banana Pier 香蕉码头 is a historic warehouse once used for Taiwanese banana exports, now converted to a riverside leisure and entertainment destination with cafes, seafood restaurants, souvenirs, art and craft retail shops, and yacht pick-up areas. Banana Pier is a short walk away from Gushan Marina 鼓山渔港, where Gushan Ferry Pier Station 鼓山轮渡站 is located. Gushan Ferry Pier Station has regular ferry services to Cijin Island 旗津岛.
If you have some time, take a leisurely walk around Gushan Marina before taking the ferry to Cijin Island. You will enjoy the stunning water views at the marina and the colourful buildings on the coastlines of Cijin Island.
The one-way distance between Banana Pier and Gushan Marina is approximately 1 km.
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Banana Pier 香蕉码头 is a historic warehouse once used for Taiwanese banana exports, now converted to a riverside leisure and entertainment destination with cafes, seafood restaurants, souvenirs, art and craft retail shops, and yacht pick-up areas. Banana Pier is a short walk away from Gushan Marina 鼓山渔港, where Gushan Ferry Pier Station 鼓山轮渡站 is located. Gushan Ferry Pier Station has regular ferry services to Cijin Island 旗津岛.