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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.
33 km · about 40 min drive
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Yilan
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About Yilan
Yilan sits on the route: 25 minutes from Pinglin, 50km from Yehliu Geopark.
Yilan is in Taiwan, Taiwan, with about 94,000 people. The nearest town is Pinglin, about 20 km away.
The Yilan Distillery Chia Chi Lan Liquor Museum (traditional Chinese: 宜蘭酒廠甲子蘭酒文物館; simplified Chinese: 宜兰酒厂甲子兰酒文物馆; pinyin: Yílán Jiǔ Chǎng Jiǎzǐlán Jiǔ Wénwùguǎn) or Chia Chi Lan Liquor Museum is a museum about wine in Yilan City, Yilan County, Taiwan.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Yilan?
Within an hour or so of Yilan: Shifen Waterfall (33 km), Taipei 101 (36 km), Taiping Mountain (37 km), Jiufen Old Street (40 km).
Are there any good drives near Yilan?
The nearest famous roads are Taiping Mountain, Suhua Highway (Qingshui Cliffs) and Central Cross-Island Highway.
Where is Yilan?
Yilan is in Taiwan, Taiwan, about 20 km from Pinglin.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 94,188
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Taiwan
- Region
- Taiwan
- Timezone
- Asia/Taipei
- Coordinates
- 24.7570, 121.7530
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Worth the detour from Yilan
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.
36 km · about 40 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.
37 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Jiufen Old Street
A hillside town with narrow lanes and red lanterns that inspired the setting of Spirited Away.
40 km · about 45 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.
40 km · about 45 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.
41 km · about 50 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.
44 km · about 50 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.
50 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Yilan
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 37 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.
- 60 kmSuhua Highway (Qingshui Cliffs)Vertiginous coastal stretch of Highway 9 between Su'ao and Hualien where the Qingshui Cliffs plunge 1,000 m straight into the turquoise Pacific: Taiwan's most dramatic sea drive.
- 69 kmCentral Cross-Island HighwayTaiwan's epic Highway 8, carved by hand through the marble canyons of Taroko Gorge in the 1950s, threading tunnels and cliff ledges from the Pacific coast into the high mountains.
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