Had lots of fun visiting this small town - from drinking coffee in the old style grocery at the bottom of the hill, sampling the wares of 'fig jelly uncle' and 'special cake aunt', wandering round the bamboo groves and eating the traditional tiffin near the station. A memorable village. More

We had a great bento dinner there which is highly recommended by the local guide. Something not very tourist. More

Small. Touristy. But do visit the Ah Po Ai Yu. Serves chilled jelly. Nice people. More

We stopped in Fen Ci Hu for 1.5 hours for the "famous" bento lunch ( nothing to shout about) and the old street. Since the train is not running until 2013, it is rather quiet then. It is interesting to see the "square" bamboo garden and buy some old fashion train-biscuits. There is a small train museum with 2 old... More

We did not go there to shop, but instead our homestay host gave us a walking tour of the town. There is a very pretty hike with a lot of stair steps from the bottom of the village up the mountain above the village and it is a pretty and well kept town. We did try a couple of local... More

This area has a lot of boutique shop and some Chinese restaurants with very competitive price to other similar restaurants in Taiwan. However just a nice place for some shopping or dining, there’s nothing else special. More

The Chinese translation of the old town refers to a lake. But there is no lake at all. Rather, this place is at a low lying valley that resemble lake. If you are a Taiwan movie fan and watched the movie Starry Starry Night, the little house used for the movie is well preserved there. Nice hiking walk. There is... More

Looks very similar to other "old streets" in Jiufen, Wulai etc.... Famous bento is overpriced. More