Pinglin Voyage Tips and guide

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Pinglin is most known for producing pouchong tea with over 80% of the population of the district employed in the tea trade. The Pinglin Tea Museum is the world's largest tea museum.

From Taipei City (Xindian MRT) take bus 923 (weekdays: leaves hourly at half-past the hour; weekends: on the hour and half-past) or Bus Green 12 (綠12) weekdays: leaves at quarter-past and quarter-to each hour.

24°56′15″N 121°42′40″E

Map of Pinglin

• 24.936412121.7120071 Pinglin Old Street (坪林老街), ☏ +886 2 2665 6362. (updated Aug 2019)
• 24.917347121.6826782 Chen Family's Old House (老厝陳吉記). A historic old house built by Chen Jie Sheng. The house is made of bricks sitting on top of a stone foundation, which was common of houses of wealthier residents at the time. (updated Aug 2019)
• 24.91678121.6830683 Old Japanese Style Police Station (金瓜寮日本老派出所). The police station was built during the period of Japanese occupation and is over a century old. (updated Aug 2019)

• 24.967769121.7273314 Nanshan Temple (南山寺), ☏ +886 2 2665 6697. 07:00-18:00. (updated Aug 2019)
• 24.937074121.7115565 Baoping Temple (保坪宮), No. 79, Pinglin Street, ☏ +886 2 2665 8172. 08:00-17:00. (updated Aug 2019)

• 24.9344121.7131 Ping-Lin Tea Museum (坪林茶業博物館), ☏ +886 2 2665 6035. 09:00-17:00. One of the world's largest tea museums. (updated Aug 2019)

• 24.899143121.672922 Jingualiao Creek Fern Trail (金瓜寮魚蕨步道), ☏ +886 3 954 5115. A pleasant hiking trail that follows a creek. (updated Aug 2019)
• 24.884824121.66493 Jiuqionggen Riverside Park (九芎根親水公園). (updated Aug 2019)
• 24.934723121.7133724 Pinglin Ecological Park (坪林生態園區), ☏ +886 2 2665 7251. 08:00-17:00. (updated Aug 2019)
• 24.935321121.7133465 Stone Carving Park (坪林石雕公園), ☏ +886 2 2665 7251. A park on a hillside containing a number of carved stone statues. (updated Aug 2019)

Pinglin is also a popular site for camping in Taiwan and there are a number of campsites dotted around the district.