Ximen Tours and Tickets

There are plenty of ways to experience Ximen. Looking at ratings and reviews previously given by customers, these are the best tours available right now:

• Small-Group: Classic Taipei Landmarks Day Tour

• Keelung Shore Excursions: Private 6-Hour Taipei City Adventure!

• Taipei Private Custom Tour With a Local: Highlights & Hidden Gems

• Taipei Tastes Food Tour With 12+ Tastings

• Formosa Flavours Taipei Food Tour With 12+ Tastings

While it costs nothing to explore Ximen on your own, guided tours are a good way to get more out of the experience. Food tours that explore Ximen’s cuisine start around US$55, while city tours that include Ximending cost from US$60.

Yes, Ximen is well worth visiting for many reasons. This popular downtown neighborhood is great for dining and street food, and its pedestrian streets are lined with shops, bars, and street art—particularly around Taipei Cinema Park. Ximen is also Taipei's LGBTQ+ hub and the center of the Taipei Pride Parade.

Ximending is more a lifestyle and dining area than a tourist precinct, so the best things to do there mostly involve shopping, eating, and drinking. The neighborhood has a few attractions, such as the Red House and the street art around Taipei Cinema Park, but most visits focus on its street food, bars, and boutiques.

You can sample all sorts of foods when visiting Ximen. While you can find general Taipei staples here, such as beef noodles, shaved ice, and scallion pancakes, you can get those all over the city. Don't miss the area's sun cakes and pineapple cakes at Ruyi Sunny Cake, and the flour-rice noodles at Ay-Chung Noodle Shop.

Ximen is best visited in the evening—most people come to this area of Taipei for dining and nightlife. However, this is also when the area is typically busiest. If you’re coming to Ximen for shopping, there’s no point in arriving before 12pm, as many stores don’t open until after 11am.