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Sanxia

Taipei, Taiwan · Asia

About Sanxia

Sanxia is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Shulin, 44km from Yehliu Geopark.

Sanxia is in Taipei, Taiwan, with about 120,000 people. The nearest town is Shulin, about 8 km away.

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What is there to see near Sanxia?

Within an hour or so of Sanxia: Taipei 101 (22 km), National Palace Museum (26 km), Yehliu Geopark (44 km), Shifen Waterfall (44 km).

Are there any good drives near Sanxia?

The nearest famous roads are Taiping Mountain, Central Cross-Island Highway and Suhua Highway (Qingshui Cliffs).

Where is Sanxia?

Sanxia is in Taipei, Taiwan, about 8 km from Shulin.

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Quick Information

Population
115,185
Continent
Asia
Country
Taiwan
Region
Taipei
Timezone
Asia/Taipei
Coordinates
24.9345, 121.3714

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Worth the detour from Sanxia

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

landmark

Taipei 101

Bamboo-inspired 508-metre supertall skyscraper that held the title of world's tallest building from 2004 to 2010.

22 km · about 25 min drive

museum

National Palace Museum

Houses one of the world's largest collections of Chinese imperial artifacts, spanning nearly 8,000 years of history.

26 km · about 30 min drive

natural wonder

Yehliu Geopark

A cape of wave-eroded sandstone on Taiwan's north coast, where salt weathering has left mushroom rocks and honeycomb formations, including the slender Queen's Head.

44 km · about 50 min drive

waterfall

Shifen Waterfall

A 20 m curtain fall on the Keelung River, the widest in Taiwan, viewed from decks reached by suspension bridges. The nearby old street is where sky lanterns are released over the railway tracks.

44 km · about 50 min drive

landmark

Jiufen Old Street

A hillside town with narrow lanes and red lanterns that inspired the setting of Spirited Away.

51 km · about 60 min drive

mountain pass

Taiping Mountain

A former logging area in Yilan reached by a long mountain road, with cypress forest, a preserved forest railway and hot springs. Cloud often sits below the upper road.

52 km · about 60 min drive

landmark

Jinguashi

A former gold-mining settlement above Jiufen, quieter than its neighbour, with Japanese-era company housing, the Gold Museum and a giant ingot visitors may touch.

52 km · about 60 min drive

ancient ruins

Ōgon Shrine

The stone skeleton of a Japanese Shinto shrine built in 1933 for the Jinguashi miners, its roof long gone but pillars and torii still standing on an open hillside above the sea.

53 km · about 60 min drive

Driving roads near Sanxia

4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.

  • 52 kmTaiping MountainA former logging area in Yilan reached by a long mountain road, with cypress forest, a preserved forest railway and hot springs. Cloud often sits below the upper road.

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