Cheap flights to Taiwan

Let’s book cheap flights to Taiwan to start exploring new land. Taiwan is an island in Eastern Asia with diverse culture mixed between traditional Chinese culture, Japanese culture, belief of Confucianism and modern color from the West.

Taiwan is a famous island in North East Asia, consisting of Taiwan Island and 4 smaller islands such as Penghu Archipelago, Green Island, Xiaoliuqiu and Guishan Island. The area of Taiwan is quite small with 35,883 square kilometers and a coastline of over 1,813km long. Taiwan borders the Philippines Sea to the east, Luzon Strait of the Philippines to the south, the South China Sea to the southwest and the East China Sea to the north.

Taiwan topography has a clear contrast, 2/3 area is mostly rugged mountains running from the north to the south, while the west is the plain and is inhabited mainly by people of Taiwan. Taiwan has five mountains with the height of more than 3,500m and Ngoc Son Mountain - the highest mountain in Taiwan with the altitude of 3,952m above the sea level. As Taiwan Island has long coastline and high mountain ranges, its climate is mainly characterized by the ocean climate, and it often changes seasonally in the northern area and the surrounding mountainous region. However, in the south of the island, the climate features the tropical belt climate zone. Rainy season occurs mostly from May to June. From July to October, Taiwan often appears tropical storms. The north of Taiwan frequently appears cloudy in year because this area is located in the East China Sea.

Tourist attractions in Taiwan

Taipei is the most important and busiest city of Taiwan. It owns many tourist attractions such as Sun Yan-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei 101 Tower, Lucky Stone, The National Revolutionary Martyrs' Shrine, Yingge Old Quarter, National Palace Museum, Long Son Pagoda - the most famous temples in Taiwan, National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall... From Taipei tourists can easily move to Taichung. Here, you will have the opportunity to visit the Cultural Ethnic Village to learn the daily life and customs of local ethnic minorities, the scared temples, Guang Shan Buddha statue, Sun Moon Lake), Hualien Lake, beautiful flower garden bearing the European style, Lotus Lake, vast tea farms with special Oolong tea.

Located in the south of Taiwan, Tainan is the oldest city in Taiwan. Visit around the city to admire the ancient temples, unique night flower market and the spectacular Ly Son Mountain. Also, walking to explore the city is an interesting thing. Taroko National Park is seen as the most attractive park in Taiwan. Tourists can walk the park for relaxation, entertainment and discovery. Especially, the park has Tsingshui cliffs and Paiyang Warterfall - attractive place here. Besides, tourists also have the opportunity to visit Eternal Spring Shrine and explore the beautiful Liwu valley.

Penghu Archipelago has many picturesque beaches, the house with traditional Chinese architecture, big temples with unique architecture. Coming here, tourists can also watch and explore basalt cliffs, dive to contemplate coral beautiful coral. This is also the habitat of famous yellow canary in Taiwan. Referring to the "kingdom of hot springs", people often immediately think of Taiwan, because in this country, there are hot springs everywhere and tourists can freely relax and soak in the hot, cold spring and mud bath... However, tourists should not bath in hot springs of Wulai, Jiaoxi or Jinshan.

Popular airports in Taiwan

Taiwan currently operates many domestic and several international airports. Among them, there are airports serving daily domestic and international flights to/from Taiwan. Tourists can choose flights from Taiwan at some major airports such as:

Kaohsiung International Airport (Kaohsiung)

Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (Taoyuan)

Teipei-Sung Shan Airport (Teipei)

Tainan Airport (Tainan)

Pingtung Airport (Pingtung)

Hualien Airport (Hualien)

Lanyu Airport (Lanyu)

Hengchun Airport (Hengchun)

Matsu Beigan Airport (Matsu)

Qimei Airport (Qimei)

Tourists can easily choose to fly with prestigious airlines in Asia for flights from Taiwan to Vietnam arriving at Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Ho Chi Minh City) and Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi capital). Cheap flights Hanoi - Taipei are mostly operated by Air Macau, Cathay Pacific Airways, Hong Kong Airlines, Vietnam Airlines... Meanwhile, cheap flights Ho Chi Minh - Taipei are offered by Vietnam Airlines, China Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airways, United Airlines, China Airlines… These airlines also provide cheap flights to North East Asia and other continents in the world.

Popular cities in Taiwan

Popular airlines in Taiwan and to Taiwan

EVA Air operated by Uni Air, EVA Air and China Airlines are three most popular airlines in Taiwan. These airlines are operating domestic and international cheap flights to South East Asia, Europe, Australia, and America. Popular and low-cost airlines flying to Taiwan are Vietnam Airlines, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines, Xiamen Airlines, Vanilla Air, V Air, Uni Air, Thai Airways, Spring Airlines, Sichuan Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Shandong Airlines, Philippine Airlines, Scoot, Mandarin Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Jetstar Asia Airways, Japan Airlines, Indonesia AirAsia X, Hong Kong Airlines, Delta Air Lines, China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, China Airlines, All Nippon Airways operated by Air Japan, Cathay Pacific, Air Busan, Emirates

Popular flights to Taiwan

Tourists can book tickets to Taiwan from destinations of countries in Asia, Europe and America as below: 

Country	City
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu, Penang
South Korea	Seoul–Incheon, Busan
Japan	Tokyo-Narita, Osaka-Kansai, Nagoya-Centrair, Fukuoka, Naha, Hiroshima, Kagoshima, Asahikawa
Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Philippines	Manila, Kalibo, Puerto Princesa
China	Changzhou, Hefei, Kunming, Lijiang, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Taiyuan, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xi'an, Xuzhou, Yancheng, Yinchuan, Changchun, Dalian , Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Harbin, Nanjing, Shanghai-Pudong, Shantou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Shijiazhuang, Bejing Capital International Airport, Dalian, Haikou, Lanzhou
Macau	Macau
Indonesia	Denpasar/Bali, Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta
Singapore	Singapore
Netherlands	Amsterdam
Thailand	Bangkok-Don Mueang, Chiang Mai, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi
Turkey	Istanbul-Atatürk
Vietnam	Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City
United States	San Francisco, Honolulu, Los Angeles, New York–JFK, Houston–Intercontinental, Seattle/Tacoma
India	Delhi
Germany	Frankfurt
Italy	Rome-Fiumicino
Austria	Vienna
Myanmar	Yangon
England	London-Heathrow
United Arab	Emirates Dubai, Abu Dhabi
France	Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Canada	Vancouver, Toronto-Pearson

Other useful information

- Tourists should dress politely and discreetly when visiting palaces, pagodas, temples... and should not push and should line up in sequence when visiting these places. Avoid profanity, noise or laughing in religious places.

- Tourists should prepare themselves some important drugs as abdominal pain medications, motion sickness medication, flu medications, analgesics... as well as specific remedy. 

- Currencies used in Taiwan are the Yuan and Taiwan dollar; only the commercial shopping centers, supermarket, great restaurants, major stores accept payment in US dollars. Tourists are advised to change money from their country to facilitate the payment here. Tourists can change money at the bank or foreign currency exchange counters at the airport.

- Supermarkets have quoted prices, but the price of items in every supermarket has a pretty big difference. When shopping in Taiwan, tourists should carefully select and check items, remember to bargain because sellers often offer very high prices. 

- Do not smoke in public places, in shops, on public transport, where there is air conditioning.

- Do not litter in public places or in the streets because if tourists violate, or you will be fined heavily.

- Should not go alone at night.