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Information about the Sinica Area

Oct 8, 2008
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Accommodations

Inside Academia Sinica

Activities Center

There are 72 single rooms, 54 double-rooms and one suite in the Activities Center. To book rooms, you may either ask your Institute or visit the Academia Sinica English web page for booking on-line. The Activities Center is a convenient place to stay for short periods of time while looking for more permanent housing. One can also reserve a room here through an Institute in Academia Sinica. Some guests stay for a long period of time, but if the Center fills up with guests and you have been there for more than a month, you may be asked to leave.

For booking on-line, please check this website:

ROOM CHARGE OF CENTER OF ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Tel: (+886-2) 2785-2717 ; Fax: (+886-2) 2783-3905

Shopping & Restaurants

Academia Sinica General Store

To get to Academia Sinica General Store, take the stairs to the right of the post office. The store carries packaged food items (crackers, instant noodles, juice) and daily necessities (toilet paper, toothpaste etc.). You need to bring your own bags, because the store does not provide them.

Opening Hours: Mon.- Fri. 09:30 ~ 16:30

Chinese Restaurant

This is located on the first floor of the Activities Center. This restaurant offers breakfast, Chinese buffet lunch, quick meals, noodles, snacks and banquet catering.

Hours of operation: Breakfast: 07:30 ~ 09:00

Lunch: 11:30 ~ 13:30

Dinner: 17:00 ~ 20:30

Coffee shop

This is also located on the first floor of Activities Center and offers coffee, tea, cold drinks, cakes and set meals such as sandwich for breakfast or Asian style noodles as well as rice courses and steak.

Hours of operation: 09:00 ~ 22:00

European-Style Restaurant

This restaurant is located behind the Activities Center and features a salad bar and soup and main dishes for lunch and dinner. The food here is more expensive, but is one of the few local venues for western cooking.

Hours of operation: Lunch: 11:30 ~ 14:00; Dinner: 17:30 ~ 20:30.

Vegetarian Self-Serve Restaurants

1. One restaurant is located behind the “Institute of Ethnology”.

2. Go out the main gate and turn right. Pass by the Hu-Shih Elementary School (on your left) and cross the street. The vegetarian self-serve restaurant is on your left-hand side. The prices are reasonable, and the owner is friendly and trustworthy (You do not have to worry about meat products mixed with the vegetables). Like most self-serve restaurants, price is based on weight. Notice that Chinese vegetarianism prohibits the use of garlic and onions, and relies heavily on substitute meat.

3. There’s also one inside the Activities Center Chinese Restaurant, but vegetarian food is served only during the lunch hours.

Transportation

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Getting to Academia Sinica from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport

By Taxi:

Taxis queue outside the Arrival Halls of both Terminal Ι and Terminal II of Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. Airport taxis charge according to the meter plus a 50% surcharge (highway tolls not included). Typical fare to Taipei downtown is around NT$1,100. From the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, you may take a taxi directly to Academia Sinica for around NT$ 1,700.

By Bus:

Where to buy tickets/board the bus:

Ticket counters are located in the Arrival Passenger Reception Areas of both Terminals.

Terminal I Bus Platform:

On the southwest side of the Arrival Passenger Reception Area.

Terminal II Bus Platform:

On the northeast side of the Arrival Passenger Reception Area on the first floor of the terminal.

Adult single fares vary from NT$ 110 to $140. The journey time is about 1 hour in moderate traffic. Four bus companies now provide frequent services between Taiwan Taoyuan

International Airport and downtown Taipei:

Tainwan Taoyuan International Airport

Taiwan Bus Corp. (Kuogong Line):

to Taipei Railway Station and Taipei Sung Shan Airport. You may get off at either stop and then take a taxi to Academia Sinica for approximately NT$300.

Evergreen:

to ZhongXiao-FuXing MRT Station. If you only have light packages, this is a good way to save money. You can get off at ZhongXiao-FuXing MRT Station, take MRT “Blue Line” and get off at the terminal stop “Kunyang”. Walk out the station and take a taxi to Academia Sinica for about NT$120

Toward You Air Bus:

to ZhongXiao-FuXing MRT Station, Hyatt Hotel & Far Eastern Hotel. Get off at one of the above stops and take a taxi from there to Academia Sinica for around NT$220.

Fe Go Express:

to Taipei Sung Shan Airport. Take a taxi from Sung Shan Airport to Academia Sinica for around NT$300.

Map

Getting to Academia Sinica from Taipei City:

By City Bus:

205, 212, 212-Straight Line, 270, 270 (Shuttle), 276, 306, 306 (Shuttle), 620, 645, 645(Extended), S1, S12, S12 (Shuttle), S5, BL25 , get off at Academia Sinica stop.

By MRT:

Take Blue Line (Banqiao-Nangang Line) to Kunyang Station; get out from Exit No 4, cross the street for bus 212-Straight Line, 270, 270 (Shuttle), BL25, get off at Academia Sinica Stop.

By Train:

Take train to Nankang train station, front door exit and take bus ,306 (Shuttle) , 205, 212-Straight Line, 276; back door exit and take bus 212, 270, BL25 , get off at Academia Sinica Stop.