Cijin Island – 旗津島
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Cijin Island – 旗津島
Address: 旗津輪渡站, 高雄市, 台灣
If you are visiting Kaohsiung, you have to make a trip to Cijin Island. The island is a popular tourists’ spot and it is only a 10 minutes’ ferry ride from the main city. In addition to the food stands serving the local snacks, several seafood restaurants, pubs, dried good and seafood markets can be found throughout the island.
On the island you would also find a Tianhou (Chinese sea godess) Temple and a Presbyterian church, Ki-Au Presbyterian Church - 台灣基督長老教會旗後教會 founded by a missionary doctor James Laidlaw Maxwell , the first church in Taiwan.
With live bands performing on the weekends, the place would be transformed to an island carnival. If you are planning to visit Cijin Island on the weekend, you should make plan to get there early, as Cijin Island is also the locals’ favourite hangout for their weekends.
How to get there?
1. Take MRT Kaohsiung’s Orange Line to Sizihwan Station(西子
Cijin Island – 旗津島
Address: 旗津輪渡站, 高雄市, 台灣
If you are visiting Kaohsiung, you have to make a trip to Cijin Island. The island is a popular tourists’ spot and it is only a 10 minutes’ ferry ride from the main city. In addition to the food stands serving the local snacks, several seafood restaurants, pubs, dried good and seafood markets can be found throughout the island.
On the island you would also find a Tianhou (Chinese sea godess) Temple and a Presbyterian church, Ki-Au Presbyterian Church - 台灣基督長老教會旗後教會 founded by a missionary doctor James Laidlaw Maxwell , the first church in Taiwan.
With live bands performing on the weekends, the place would be transformed to an island carnival. If you are planning to visit Cijin Island on the weekend, you should make plan to get there early, as Cijin Island is also the locals’ favourite hangout for their weekends.
How to get there?
1. Take MRT Kaohsiung’s Orange Line to Sizihwan Station(西子灣站)
2. Walk, approx. 10 min., to Gushan Ferry Pier(鼓山輪渡站)
3. Take the Gushan Ferry to Cijin Island. (Fare:NT$25, Approx.USD0.80)