Beacon Hotel - Taichung

As mentioned in my previous post, we took the free shuttle bus from airport straight to our hotel. The bus stop is located just right in front of our hotel. And our hotel is located just in the middle of the famous night market, Fengjia Night Market! :D Check-in time in Taichung hotels are normally 3pm. We were early so we left our luggage with the hotel and had brunch around the vicinity. There's a lot of food stalls around the area and all look delicious! There's this big store that sells almost everything (i.e. stationary, toiletries, masks, snacks, cosmetics, books, CDs, electronic stuffs, gadget casings etc..) and the prices are cheaper than stores outside!

We went to had food and walk around the area before heading back to the hotel. Just nice and we got to check-in into our room. The room is not exactly very spacious but everything is nice and clean.

And this is our HUGE bed! :D The bed is big and comfy and it is always the most important after a long day of walking/shopping.

And next, the toilet! It's not big but just enough space and equipped with the toiletries. 

And the shower head. You can choose to use either the one fixed to the ceiling which will look and feel like a waterfall when you're bathing or you can choose the normal one located at the side. Sometimes I'm soo tired after a whole day of shopping, I just love to stand in the bathroom and let the water run. This is also why I love shower heads that are installed in the ceiling. Hehe..

They provide all the essential items (shampoo, conditioner, soap, toothbrush, tooth paste, ear buds, shower cap etc).

 

This is the view from our room! Right below are all the shops and in the night, it'll be all packed with people and stores!

And the best thing about staying at this hotel is that it is located in a prime location! Just right opposite the hotel there is this bus stop (right outside Nike shop) where it has buses to most of the famous places like Yi Zhong street (一中街), Shin Kong Mitsukoshi (新光三越) etc. The hotel has a list of popular places around Taichung and how you can get there by buses from this bus stop. We tried going to a few places (which I will be sharing in my next post) via the buses and it was pretty easy and fast. The buses would normally stop right outside the place we are going and another amazing thing we realized is that the bus rides are all free. I am not sure if it's a promotion or new campaign, but the buses are normally free if the location is within 8km. 

You can easily travel around with the buses by using the Taiwan Easy Go card (aka Easycard; 悠游卡). You can buy it at the train stations or at the convenience stores. You can easily top up the card at any of the convenience stores if it's running low in value. This card is very useful when travelling in Taiwan. You can use it for all of the transports (railway, MRT, bus, taxi) and also paying of items at selected stores. We normally use it to pay for our food/snacks at the convenience stores during midnight as we don't have to carry any cash out and it's simple and fast! :D

They also provide free breakfast daily from 7am - 10am. They also changes the menu everyday, so you need not be afraid of getting sick of their food. Took pictures of some of the food there!

Fried noodles

Pudding

Bread, butter and toaster.

And we normally have some light breakfast before we start our day hunting for more great food/ clothes outside.

If you're a sporty person, they also have a gym located within the hotel! We wanted to go take a look at the place but we were just to exhausted each day after the whole day of shopping. Will definitely take a look at the gym next time we're there! Do let me know if they have a good variety of equipment if any of you been there.

Would definitely recommend Beacon Hotel to our friends when travelling to Taichung! It's easy to find and even when you're lost, just tell anyone you're heading to Fengjia university and you'll be able to find your way home! The hotel is also surrounded by many stores (shopping and food) and you can just head down when the night market opens and shop till it closes. The hotel staffs are also very friendly and helpful, which made our trip and stay in Taichung much easier and enjoyable!!

BEACON HOTEL (碧根行馆)

No. 427 Fuxing Road, 

Xitun District, Taichung City, Taipei 407

407 台中市西屯區福星路427號

臺中市旅館014號

http://www.beacon-hotel.com.tw/

 

Will update more on our stay in Taichung! Do drop me a comment if there is anything you guys wants to know in particular!

Xoxo!