List of Places that Are Closed in Taiwan Right Now (early 2026)

When I first published this article, it had been a rough year for weather disasters in Taiwan, including the devastating Hualien earthquake in April 2024 and destructive typhoons Gaemi in July and Kong-rey in October of the same year.

On top of that, many popular hikes and tourist attractions were closed for renovations that year. In 2025, several major sights reopened, but new ones closed again.

Since these closures are so commonly asked about in my Taiwan Travel Planning group, I thought I should make a running list of all the things that are closed in Taiwan.

I will continually update this list as things change so you guys can reference it when planning your trips.

Things that Are Closed in Taipei

• Taipei North Gate (CLOSED): The best-restored of Taipei city’s old gates, Taipei North Gate (北門 or Beimen) and the area around it is being remodeled and the gate is covered in scaffolding. Renovations are expected to be completed by March 2026.

• Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei (OPEN NOW BUT CLOSING NEXT YEAR): The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Taipei will be closing for major renovations from 2027-2029.

• Da’an Forest Park (PARTIALLY OPEN): There is a lot of construction going on in Taipei’s most famous park. According to a recent visitor, the pond area was totally closed off but playground was still open.

• Shilin Underground Food Court (REOPENED): The underground food court in Shilin Night Market was been closed for renovations for a couple years. In April of 2025, there was a soft reopening, with some new stalls reopened, and by April 25, 2025, it fully reopened again.
  
  See my Shilin Night Market guide for more info.

• Qixingshan Trail (REOPENED): Due to damage caused by Typhoon Kong Rey in October 2024, the popular trail from Xiaoyoukeng to Qixingshan peak in Yangmingshan National Park was closed for two months. On January 7, 2025, the national park reported that the trail is now totally open again.
  
  On April 14, 2025, a fire burned a large area on Qixingshan. The damage is visible but trail remains open.
  
  Read about Qingtiangang Grassland, another great hike in the park which is still open, and others in my Yangmingshan guide. Also see my guide to Taiwan’s national parks.

• Wistaria Tea House (CLOSED): One of the most famous traditional tea houses in Taipei, Wistaria is closed right now. The renovations are expected to last until sometime in 2026. Another traditional teahouse, Eighty-Eightea Rinbansyo (八拾捌茶輪番所) in Ximending, is also currently closed. When I asked, they told me they expected to reopen in fall 2025, but as of early 2026, it still hasn’t happened.
  
  Fortunately, there are several other similar traditional tea houses in Taipei which are still open.

• Meerkat 75 (ONE LOCATION STILL OPEN): The Songshan location of Meerkat75, Taipei’s Meerkat Cafe, closed in late 2024. But the Da’an location, which I review here, is still open.

• Beitou Public Hot Spring (CLOSED): Beitou’s cheapest and most popular hot spring will close for at least one year for renovations, starting from January 24, 2025. The current estimate is that it will reopen at the end of July 2026.
  
  The best alternative is Spring City Resort (book adult tickets on Klook / KKday for a big discount). This is the only other co-ed (with bathing suits) hot spring at Beitou and it is nicer (but further from the MRT) than Beitou Public Hot Spring. See my Beitou guide for more info.

• Plum Garden, Beitou (CLOSED): This lovely Japanese-era home of a former scholar next to Beitou Public Hot Spring has been closed for a few years. There are still plenty of other attractions to enjoy in the area, though.

• Bishanyan Kaizhang Shengwang (PARTIALLY CLOSED): The upper viewing platform at this mountaintop temple with a fantastic view of Taipei is under renovations. You can still get a nice view from the adjacent cafe, though. Read about the temple here.

• Futai Street Mansion (CLOSED), a small historical attraction near Taipei Main Station, will be closed for at least a year.

• National Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall (INSIDE CLOSED): The inside of the memorial hall, which usually includes a gift shop and some small exhibits, will be closed until sometime in 2026. The hall grounds outside, which include some ponds, views of Taipei 101, and a guard changing ceremony, are still open.

• Taipei Zoo (OPEN) was closed for annual maintenance from June 18 to 27, 2025, as displayed on their website. Maokong Gondola (my guide / official site), right next to it, was closed for its annual maintenance from June 16 to 30.
  
  Both the zoo and gondola usually close for 1-2 weeks per year. It’s often but not always in mid to late June. I’ve also seen the gondola close for a few weeks in winter before. Also check their official sites for announcements of possible closures.

Some places in Taipei that are permanently closed include:

• The Barbie Cafe
• Touching Cafe, which was a raccoon cafe
• World’s highest Starbucks in Taipei 101 (see the new even higher cafe here)
• Taipei Discovery Center (it closed its doors for the last time on December 30, 2024)
• Taipei Living Mall (shaped like a huge golf ball) and ATT e Life (two malls which used to contain many indoor children’s playcenters)

Monday Closures

Many restaurants, food vendors, and popular tourist attractions in Taipei close on Mondays. Note: if the Monday is a national holiday (long weekend), these places will be open.

Also check GoogleMaps before you visit anywhere on a Monday. Places which close on normal Mondays include:

• National Palace Museum: The Northern Branch in Taipei AND Southern Branch in Chiayi.
• Several things in Beitou, including Beitou Hot Spring Museum, Thermal Valley, Ketagalan Museum, and Beitou Museum, but all the hot springs there are open every day. See my Beitou guide.
• Maokong Gondola (the gondola also closes in stormy weather and for a few weeks every year for maintenance – always check the official site for closures. Note, you can also reach Maokong by bus).
• Taipei Children’s Amusement Park

Places that are open on Mondays include temples, Taipei 101 Observatory, Taipei Zoo, and many more. Monday is also a great day for hiking or for doing a day trip to Yehliu, Jiufen, and Shifen.

Closures in Northern Taiwan

• Yong’an Trail, Shiding (CLOSED): This trail in Shiding district of New Taipei City, which includes views of Bagua Tea Plantation and views of 1000-Island Lake on Feitsui Reservoir, is closed because part of the trail collapsed. The main viewing platforms of Bagua Tea Plantation, which are included on Shiding and Pinglin day tours from Taipei, are still open. More info in my Shiding and Pinglin guide.

• Tea Pot Mountain (MOSTLY REOPENED) The trail to Tea Pot Mountain was closed due to typhoon damage in late 2024. For months around a year now it has been mostly reopened, with only the “teapot” at the top (a teapot-shaped stone with tunnel that you can climb through) being officially off limits. You can still do the whole hike, including the longer extension to Banpingshan, but you just can’t climb into the “teapot”.
  
  For an alternative hike, which also starts from Jinguashi, hike up to Jinguashi Shrine, which is the ruins of a Japanese shinto shrine. If you keeping climbing up higher past the shrine, you can see Tea Pot Mountain from afar. Or, see my guide to many other excellent hikes in northern Taiwan.

• Pingxi Line (CLOSED): Due to damage caused by extremely heavy rainfall in Pingxi region during the third week of October 2025, and then even more in a typhoon in the second week of November, the Pingxi Line will be totally closed from now till January 30, 2026 (according to the Taiwan Railways website – hopefully it doesn’t get further extended).
  
  For those planning to visit the region in the coming months, here are some tips:
  
  You can still travel to Jiufen as normal. Take a train from Taipei to Ruifang and bus or taxi from there. There’s also a direct bus from Keelung to Jiufen. See my guide to getting to Jiufen.
  
  If you want to visit Houtong Cat Village, you can still take a direct train from Taipei to it. (Yes, Houtong is on the Pingxi Line, but it’s ALSO on the regular round-Taiwan line). See my Houtong guide.
  
  Same thing for Sandiaoling. You can take a train from Taipei to it and do the excellent Sandiaoling Waterfall trail. I high recommend it! Read about Sandiaoling trail here.
  
  Shifen Old Street and Shifen Waterfall. You have many options for visiting these. One is to join a Klook tour such as this one or others. Another is hire a driver for the day. Another is to take the train to Ruifang then take a taxi from there. And the final option is to take Bus 795 from Muzha MRT in Taipei (one stop before Taipei Zoo) to Shifen.
  
  For smaller stops past Shifen, like Pingxi and Jingtong, those are also accessible by bus 795 from Muzha. See more info in my Pingxi Railway Line guide.

• Badouzi Station (REOPENED) Often considered Taiwan’s most scenic train station (along with Duoliang Station in Taitung), Badouzi Station was closed in 2024 closed, with no trains running from Haikeguan to Badouzi is not running. The train line and station reopened in late February, 2025.
  
  Note that there are two stations called Badouzi Station. The first is the one mentioned above, with train connections to Haikehuan and Ruifang. The second, which is used for the Shen’ao Rail Bike, is 80 meters away.

• Bitoujiao Trail (MOSTLY OPEN): The main trail is open, from Bitou Cape Park to Bitou Primary School, but the side trail to Bitoujiao Lighthouse at the end of the cape has been closed since 2020. See my Bitoujiao guide for all the info.

• Wufengqi Waterfall Trail, Yilan: This popular and easy waterfall trail just outside of Jiaoxi hot spring village is currently closed. A notice at the trailhead says it will reopen on January 31, 2026.
  
  It’s still possible to do some hiking in the area, but just not to the waterfall. A hike to a church (Shengmu trail), Matcha hills, and Yuemeikeng Waterfall (all longer hikes) all still seem to be open.

• Zhang Mei Ama’s Farm, Yilan (REOPENED BUT DIFFERENT): This popular animal farm in Yilan is undergoing some big changes. Some of the animals have been moved to their new location, Zhang Mei Ama’s Farm 2.0, which is being called a “Sloth Restaurant”, about 1 kilometer away. So now the original location (1.0) doesn’t have as many animals anymore.
  
  So far the new one doesn’t seem to have DIY activities, at least not yet. The Klook page is selling tickets for both locations. There’s a new KKday page for the new location.
  
  See my Zhang Mei Ama article for more info about the two branches.

• Jiuzhize Hot Spring, Taipingshan (PARTIALLY CLOSED): The main public pool (pictured above) at Jiuzhize Hot Spring, one of my favorite hot springs in Taiwan, is currently closed for renovations.
  
  The nude onsens (male and female) and hot spring egg cooking areas there are still open. The small hiking trail across the suspension bridge on site is also currently closed.
  
  Read my Taipingshan guide for more info.

Closures in Central and Southern Taiwan

• Taroko Gorge, Hualien (PARTIALLY OPEN): Here’s the big one. Taroko Gorge was severely impacted by the April 2024 Hualien earthquake. Repairs are ongoing and it will taken years before the gorge is fully restored.
  
  It’s currently still possible to visit Taroko Gorge, but there’s a lot to know, including the five opening times per day. I’ve covered this situation in detail, including which attractions are currently open or closed and the road opening times, in this article: Is Taroko Gorge Open?
  
  Silks Place, a five-star resort in the gorge (see on Booking / Agoda) is currently the only open hotel inside the gorge.
  
  I’ve also got this article introducing all the things to do in Hualien besides Taroko Gorge, which I wrote based on a visit after the earthquake. Use it to help you decide if you still want to visit the region – I think you should!

• Qingshui Cliffs Viewpoint, Hualien (PARTIALLY OPEN): Highway 9, which runs north along the coast just north of Taroko Gorge, was also impacted by landslides in the April 2024 earthquake. After several months of only being open three times per day to cars, Highway 9 is now totally open.
  
  Chongde Recreation Area (here), the main viewpoint of the cliffs, reopened on July 1, 2025. However, Huide Viewpoint (here) remains closed as they are totally rebuilding the lookout platform.
  
  You can also see the cliffs from Chongde Beach (around here) or from the sea on this paddle boarding activity. You can also appreciate the coastal scenery at Qixingtan beach between Hualien city center and Taroko Gorge.

• Emerald Valley and Mukumugi Valley (CLOSED): These two natural attractions in Hualien have been closed for years due to landslides and land claims issues with local Indigenous communities.
  
  I tried to visit them both post earthquake and can confirm that both remain closed. Emerald Valley has multiple signs, while there is a police stop preventing visitors from driving to Mukumugi Valley.

• Starbucks Promiseland (REOPENED): This popular fairy tale-like Starbucks location near Promiseland Resort south of Hualien city was closed for renovations for six months but reopened on June 22, 2025. See my guide to other cool Starbucks in Taiwan (including a few others in Hualien).

• Hehuanshan Main Peak Trail (REOPENED): One of the five peaks of Hehuan Mountain, Hehuan Main Peak trail was closed off and on for much of 2024 and 2025, but currently it’s finally open again. Some platforms still have construction work but the trail is open.
  
  For the current opening status of any trails in Hehuanshan area, it’s always best to check the official Taroko National Park website.
  
  The trails are listed by “grade” (difficulty level), with all the Hehuanshan ones being grades 3-5. Hehuanshan Main Peak Trail is called “Hehuan Mountain Trail” there under grade 3.
  
  Luckily the other four peaks (Hehuan South, East, North, and West) all seem to be currently open.

• In Taichung city, the Totoro Bus Stop closed years ago, but there’s a smaller one still there at Painted Animation Lane.

• In the Dakeng Trail System just outside Taichung city center, which has hikes numbered 1 to 10, hikes #2 and 4 are currently closed for repairs. A commenter on my Taiwan hiking guide recommends: “hike up 1, cut over on 5, hike halfway down 3, and then take 3A to the trail 4 trailhead. You then have about a half hour walk to get to the nearest bus stop.”

• Rainbow Village (REOPENED) was partially destroyed by disgruntled workers of the company hired to manage it, plus Rainbow Grandpa passed away in 2024. The site remains open but not as good as before.
  
  See my guide to whether Rainbow Village is still worth visiting after considering the above two factors.

• Fenqihu Trails (PARTIALLY OPEN) There has been ongoing repair work on several of the trails in Fenqihu for the last year. Fenqi Trail (my most recommended on) finally seems to be all open again. However, Fenrui Historic Trail appears to be blocked at the entrance from Fenqihu, as well as somewhere in the middle of the trail. There are also repairs on some of the Cedar Boardwalk trail.

• Mianyue Line, Alishan (REOPENED): The best hike in Alishan National Forest Recreation Area, Mianyue Line, had a collapsed tunnel from a typhoon on August 9 and risk of further landslides. The hike is now open for bookings again (permit required for this hike, or you can read my guide to learn how to hike part of it without permit).

• Jingzijiao Wapan Salt Fields, Tainan (REOPENED): Tainan’s picturesque coastal salt fields were damaged by Typhoon Danas in July 2025. There open again, but there’s still some damage and they may not have water in them yet. Read about them here.

• Chikhan Tower, Tainan (PARTIALLY OPEN): This famous historical sight in Tainan city center is still open, but parts of it are under renovation, so you may see some scaffolding. See my Tainan city guide.

• Sanfong Temple, Kaoshiung (PARTIALLY OPEN): You can still see the canopy of lanterns in the temple, but only from below, as the upper floors of the temple are currently closed for renovations. See my Sanfong Temple guide.

• Dragon and Tiger Pagodas, Kaohsiung (REOPENED): After a nearly two-year period of being closed and coffered in scaffolding, Dragon and Tiger Pagodas at Lotus Lake finally aren’t covered in scaffolding anymore and it’s now finally possible to enter them again.

• The Hamasen Museum of Taiwan Railway (REOPENED) After being closed for renos for almost one year, this fun train-themed museum near Pier 2 Art Center in Kaohsiung is totally reopened as of late August 2025.

• Cijin Island (OPEN BUT MAJOR RENOS): In 2026, there will be some major construction work on Cijing Island in Kaohsiung. They are totally redoing the beachfront area, including changes to the beach itself, beachfront buildings, and cycling path. The island itself can still be visited, but access to the beach and cycling path could be affected at various points through 2026. See my Cijin guide.

• Fo Guang Shan Monastery (PARTIALLY CLOSED) The Fo Guang Shan Buddha Memorial Grounds are still open to the public. However, the main shrine inside is undergoing renovations and closed until sometime in 2026. It’s still worth visiting, though. See my Fo Guang Shan guide for more info.

• Eye of Gangshan (崗山之眼, CLOSED): This violin-shaped viewing platform in Gangshan district north of Kaohsiung city center is closed for renovations for one year. Expected reopening date is February 2026.

Read more about these places my Kaohsiung city guide.

• East Coast Highway 9 (PARTIALLY CLOSED): In July 2025, a typhoon-caused landslide created a barrier lake in the mountains of Hualien. In September 2025, the lake overflowed, resulting in a flood that devastated Guangful township, killing 18, and taking out one bridge of Highway 9. Highway 9 is currently impassable around Guangfu. A detour on the smaller 193 will be required, or you can opt for coastal Highway 11 instead.

• East Coast Highway 11 (OPEN): Every summer, typhoons cause damage to some of the small attractions along the coast between Hualien and Taitung. Currently, there are no major ones to report and the highway is totally open. Read about these spots in my guide to driving down the east coast.

• The South Cross Island Highway (Highway 20) is closed (one section of it in the middle) every Tuesday and Thursday.
  
  If you plan to visit Lisong Hot Spring from Chishang, the hot spring is located before the closed section, so you can go there any day of the winter.
  
  But keep in mind that it’s only possible to visit this hot spring in winter (dry season), otherwise it will be underwater.

• Near Yuli in southern Hualien county, the Walami Trail (REOPENED, here), the first hour of which can be walked without a permit, was closed due to typhoon damaged in late 2024, reopened in 2025, but then closed again from typhoon damage in September 2025. As of early 2026, it seems to finally be open again.

• Zhaori Hot Spring, Green Island (PARTIALLY OPEN): Ever since Typhoon Kong-rey in 2024, the lower seaside pools at Zhaori Hot Spring (the best part!) have been closed for renovations.
  
  When I visited in spring 2025, they told me they usually open them in summer only, but now summer has arrived and they still seem to be closed. The main upper pools remain open and also have a sea view.
  
  In August 2025, another typhoon further damaged Zhaori Hot Spring. After a brief total closure, the upper pools are open again, but only for the evening slot (no sunrise opening). Check GoogleMaps for the current opening times.
  
  Great Little Wall, another attraction on the island, remains closed since the same typhoon. You can still see it from the road but can’t walk up it.

Holiday and Lunar New Year Closures

During Lunar New Year, most restaurants, food stalls, and small businesses in Taipei and other major cities in Taiwan close for a few days.

For major attractions in Taipei, several of them only close for one day (Lunar New Year’s Eve) but open again from Lunar New Year’s Day. Read my Lunar New Year’s guide for more info about each day of the holiday and exactly what will be open or closed each day.

Night markets in Taipei are open every day of the year, but some of the stalls might take a break for a few days during Lunar New Year holiday.

For other holidays in Taiwan, including January 1 and all long weekends, virtually everything stays open as normal. Christmas is not a holiday in Taiwan, it’s just a normal workday.