Printable maps of Kaohsiung
Interactive maps of hiking and biking routes around Kaohsiung
1. You can zoom in/out using your mouse wheel, as well as move the map of Kaohsiung with your mouse.2. This interactive map presents two modes: 'Biking Routes' and 'Hiking Routes'. Use the '+' button on the map to switch between them.
Railway and landscape maps of Kaohsiung area
This Kaohsiung map has two modes: 'Railway Network' and 'Landscape & Rural Map'. Use the '+' button on the map to navigate.City tours, excursions and tickets in Kaohsiung and surroundings
Overview of festivals and celebrations in Taiwan
Another national holiday is Qingming, also known as Pure Brightness. On this day, Taiwanese visit the graves of their ancestors in order to honor their memory. Afterwards, they gather in a family circle at a table with the traditional dish “Dan Bing”. The dish is reminiscent of thin pancakes stuffed with vegetables, meat, or seafood. The holiday symbolizes the arrival of warmth and is popular among tourists. Zhong-yuan, in other words Ghost Month, relates to the custom of commemorating the ancestors. In the middle of the seventh lunar month, it is believed that the gates from the afterlife are opened and the souls of the dead enter the world of the living. On a certain day, a “poodoo” ceremony is held, during which the spirits are invited to taste the ritual treats prepared for them. On the last day of the lunar month, the deity Zhong-kui calls the souls of the deceased back to the afterlife, and the people of Taiwan illuminate their way with lanterns launched on the water. … Open
Photogallery of Kaohsiung sights
Our guide to Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung sightseeing
In Kaohsiung, tourists can attend a truly amazing place that doesn’t have analogs anywhere else in the world. This is Houtong, a cat village. It the past, this was a mining village, but cats have become the main inhabitants of this place. There are more than a hundred cats in total here, as well as twenty former miners who now take care of the animals. If you like cats this is a must-visit place. You can pet, … Open 
