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Getting around Taipei
How to move around Taipei on a 3-day walking trip: metro, tickets and the notes that matter.
Checked September 2026 against official sources
Taipei
Transit and walking
Follow the official link before you buy. Full walking days: Taipei itinerary.
Getting around
- Taipei Metro gates accept contactless Visa, Mastercard, JCB, UnionPay, Diners Club and Discover cards and phone wallets (Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay) tapped directly on the reader, charged at the single-journey fare; an EasyCard works the same way on the metro and on buses.Source: Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation · checked Sep 2026
Questions
Quick answers
How do I pay for the metro?
Tap a contactless Visa, Mastercard, JCB or UnionPay card, or a phone wallet, directly on the gate reader; an EasyCard bought at any station works the same way and also pays for buses.
How much walking is this itinerary?
Between sights it comes to about 2 km a day in a straight line on the first two days, plus the metro, and under 1 km on day three; the Elephant Mountain steps are the only real climb.
The days these rules belong to
3 days in Taipei
Taipei's sights line up along its metro lines, so each day follows one: day one runs from Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall past the Presidential Office to Longshan Temple and the streets of Ximending; day two starts at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, goes up Taipei 101, climbs Elephant Mountain for the classic view of it, and ends at Raohe Street Night Market; day three walks Dihua Street and the Bao'an Temple, spends the afternoon in the National Palace Museum and finishes at Shilin Night Market. The National Palace Museum is closed on Mondays, so put day three elsewhere in the week.
