Guidebook for Dali District

Stephen
Guidebook for Dali District

Essentials

Buy or top up your Easy (Yoyo card) here! Conveniently located inside the hospital entrance next to a great breakfast eatery.
72 locals recommend
7-Eleven
580號 Fuxing Rd
72 locals recommend
Buy or top up your Easy (Yoyo card) here! Conveniently located inside the hospital entrance next to a great breakfast eatery.
大買家 Save & Safe Hypermarket to buy all you need. 10 mins walk or 1 min by bus.
7 locals recommend
Save & Safe Guoguang Store
710號 Section 2, Guoguang Rd
7 locals recommend
大買家 Save & Safe Hypermarket to buy all you need. 10 mins walk or 1 min by bus.
Local Supermarket just five minutes walk away!
46 locals recommend
Pxmart
1、3號 Lane 217, Minquan Rd
46 locals recommend
Local Supermarket just five minutes walk away!

Sightseeing

A lovely old street in my favorite part of Dali. Great for an evening stroll, experiencing a slower pace of life or taking pictures. http://travel.taichung.gov.tw/zh-tw/Attractions/Intro/811/%E5%A4%
6 locals recommend
Dali Old Street
6 locals recommend
A lovely old street in my favorite part of Dali. Great for an evening stroll, experiencing a slower pace of life or taking pictures. http://travel.taichung.gov.tw/zh-tw/Attractions/Intro/811/%E5%A4%
Friendly local Taiwanese Flower Market with a superb local artist inside. Great for buying snacks and experiencing local culture.
9 locals recommend
Guoguang Flower Market station
9 locals recommend
Friendly local Taiwanese Flower Market with a superb local artist inside. Great for buying snacks and experiencing local culture.
Hire bicycles here at the only Bike Hire Shop in Taichung. There are lots of nearby trails to explore the mountains with - ** especially a great route along Dali River to Tanzi! **
GIANT捷安特-興大站（二手單車、維修中心、認證中古車）
200號 Xingda Rd
Hire bicycles here at the only Bike Hire Shop in Taichung. There are lots of nearby trails to explore the mountains with - ** especially a great route along Dali River to Tanzi! **
Interesting workshop where you can buy interesting wooden handicrafts and see a small museum dedicated to woodwork in Taichung.
8 locals recommend
Mutou Wood Workshop
63號 Shuyi Rd
8 locals recommend
Interesting workshop where you can buy interesting wooden handicrafts and see a small museum dedicated to woodwork in Taichung.
A cute place to take a photo with Totoro and see a live metal-working workshop next door with huge robot sculptures.
Totoro Bus Stop
A cute place to take a photo with Totoro and see a live metal-working workshop next door with huge robot sculptures.
Tiny lake cut in the shape of Taiwan on the picturesque Zhong xing university campus
Taiwan Lake
Tiny lake cut in the shape of Taiwan on the picturesque Zhong xing university campus

Everything Else

A REALLY fantastic day out experience! The museum not only peacefully commemorates the loss of lives from the 9/21 earthquake, but offers a splendid interactive experience! Whole family recommended!
921 Earthquake Museum Of Taiwan station
A REALLY fantastic day out experience! The museum not only peacefully commemorates the loss of lives from the 9/21 earthquake, but offers a splendid interactive experience! Whole family recommended!
Busses from Taichung heading to Puli and Sun Moon Lake. You need to get off here when coming from Taichung Train Station to the Guestroom
Da Li Ren Ai Hospital station
Busses from Taichung heading to Puli and Sun Moon Lake. You need to get off here when coming from Taichung Train Station to the Guestroom
Local Fruit Drink vendor - there are lots of such shops on Dong Rong road across from the hospital
Dongrong Rd
Local Fruit Drink vendor - there are lots of such shops on Dong Rong road across from the hospital
A great local night market! Only 10 mins on the bus from Renai hospital straight up the road! Over 400 different foods to try here! Food guide: http://sapphire0805.blogspot.tw/2012/01/delicious.html
大滷桶魯味 城隍店
1號 Lane 222, Zhongxiao Road
A great local night market! Only 10 mins on the bus from Renai hospital straight up the road! Over 400 different foods to try here! Food guide: http://sapphire0805.blogspot.tw/2012/01/delicious.html

Food Scene

Great place to grab some sushi at one of the famed Sushi Express joints
爭鮮迴轉壽司-大里店
314號 Dongrong Rd
Great place to grab some sushi at one of the famed Sushi Express joints
Great Old Style Wooden Chinese Tea House with a huge selection of dishes, tea and a large fish pond in the center for feeding the fish. Good food and just over the road from Central Taiwan Guestroom!
品心港式饮茶
221號 Section 2, Guoguang Rd
Great Old Style Wooden Chinese Tea House with a huge selection of dishes, tea and a large fish pond in the center for feeding the fish. Good food and just over the road from Central Taiwan Guestroom!
舒 果 A superb vegetarian restaurant in Dali near the bridge! Really good value for the number of courses you get. About 400 nt and we were all really stuffed afterwards! 台中市大里區中興路二段438號3樓
Section 2, Zhongxing Rd
舒 果 A superb vegetarian restaurant in Dali near the bridge! Really good value for the number of courses you get. About 400 nt and we were all really stuffed afterwards! 台中市大里區中興路二段438號3樓
Local McDonalds if you're ever crazing that Big Mac or Cheese burger
24 locals recommend
McDonald's
896號 Section 2, Zhongqing Rd
24 locals recommend
Local McDonalds if you're ever crazing that Big Mac or Cheese burger
Local KFC, just a few meters down the road from McDonalds
KFC
75號 Section 2, Guoguang Rd
Local KFC, just a few meters down the road from McDonalds
Excellent Food here!
石頭日式炭火燒肉
148號 Section 2, Hankou Rd
Excellent Food here!
Great little Coffee Shop and a few breakfast shops here!
Coffee+
122 Zhisheng Rd
Great little Coffee Shop and a few breakfast shops here!
Local Breakfast Shop - Ok for a quick snack though other ones nearby are better
ㄚ芳&芝琳素食中西早午餐
23 Zhisheng Rd
Local Breakfast Shop - Ok for a quick snack though other ones nearby are better
Good Japanese Set Meal Restaurant - ALWAYS very popular!
Kitaro japanese restaurant
487號 Defang S Rd
Good Japanese Set Meal Restaurant - ALWAYS very popular!
Open till late (1:30am) noodle shop with good reviews and portion sizes
頑者拉麵
Open till late (1:30am) noodle shop with good reviews and portion sizes

Entertainment & Activities

Great Park for taking a stroll after a meal. Lot's of really nice restaurants around the local area too! https://ssl.panoramio.com/photo/4884088
Environment Park
Great Park for taking a stroll after a meal. Lot's of really nice restaurants around the local area too! https://ssl.panoramio.com/photo/4884088

Arts & Culture

A Cool Bowling Alley for when you want to don't want to go far one night! Ever tried bowling Taiwanese style?
國中路130號
A Cool Bowling Alley for when you want to don't want to go far one night! Ever tried bowling Taiwanese style?
Very interesting Buddhist Center recreating natural scenes from an artificial building. Very calming, interesting experience. The coffee shop upstairs is very atmospheric
9 locals recommend
International Bodhisattva Sangha
147號 Yonglong Rd
9 locals recommend
Very interesting Buddhist Center recreating natural scenes from an artificial building. Very calming, interesting experience. The coffee shop upstairs is very atmospheric
Dali International Art Center for exhibitions, general things to do on a rainy day
Dali Art Plaze國際藝術村
413 Gongyuan St
Dali International Art Center for exhibitions, general things to do on a rainy day
Row of old Japanese colonial era homes behind Dali Old street. Worth riding a bike to.
倒栽榕
39號 Lane 35, Dali St
Row of old Japanese colonial era homes behind Dali Old street. Worth riding a bike to.
A local flower market that is only 5 minutes walk away. Inside are a range of flower shops, tea stalls and snacks and drink vendors. Good to see real Taiwanese life. Open on Saturday and Sunday only.
9 locals recommend
Guoguang Flower Market station
9 locals recommend
A local flower market that is only 5 minutes walk away. Inside are a range of flower shops, tea stalls and snacks and drink vendors. Good to see real Taiwanese life. Open on Saturday and Sunday only.

Getting Around

Tickets are only sold the same day. http://www.ntbus.com.tw/en-sml.html (Sun Moon Lake Timetable) http://www.ntbus.com.tw/en-cjfm.html (CingJing Farm Timetable)
Nantou Bus Station
35-9號 Section 1, Shuangshi Rd
Tickets are only sold the same day. http://www.ntbus.com.tw/en-sml.html (Sun Moon Lake Timetable) http://www.ntbus.com.tw/en-cjfm.html (CingJing Farm Timetable)