Day. 2 - Gongguan Treasure Hill Artist Village 寶藏巖

10 minutes walk from the Gongguan metro station is the Gongguan Treasure Hill Artist Village and Treasure Hill Temple 寶藏巖 (Buy 17).   

We took the woody park path to the temple, but we couldn't have just walk on on normal side walk.   Don't know what came over us to up and down this path.

The place is a lot smaller than we imagined.  Looks like a those traditional villages we would find in New Territories in Hong Kong.  So,  it wasn't very interesting to us.   It's just less crowded and a tiny bit more artsy compared to Hong Kong.

They have a free guided tour on the weekend.  It is in Mandarin though.

There was a family taking their pet chickens out for a walk.   Super cute. 

There is a store that owns the farm that releases their ducks out for a walk.

The rest is just traditional houses with a brief summary  of the resident inside, which was quite interesting and weird at the same time.  I wouldn't feel comfortable having a brief summary outside my door as if I am an animal on display in a zoo.

Point on map:

Buy 17 - Gongguan Treasure Hill Artist Village 寶藏巖

No. 2, Alley 14, Lane 230, Section 3, Tingzhou Rd, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan 100

100台北市中正區汀州路三段230巷14弄2號

Day 1: RH Hotel, Convenience Stores, Dr Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Salt Water Chicken, Kura Sushi, Linjiang Night Market

Day 2: Taiwan Breakfast, Taipei Station Underground Mall, Taipei Station Foodcourt, Gongguan Noodle and Poya, Gongguan Treasure Hill Artist Village, Shopping by Zhongxiaodunhua Station

Day 3: HSR to Kaohsiung, My Cofi, Pier 2 Art Center

Day 4: Zuoying Station, Taichung Animation Lane, Squid Soup, Taichung Literature Museum, NMU Cafe, YiJing Fresh, Bugcat Capoo, Caowu Square, Heynuts Cafe, 24 Hour Beef Noodle in Taipei

Day 5: Sugar Pea Cafe, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Rose Garden, Italian food at Divino

Day 6: Yongle Market, Fried Mackerel Thick Soup, Dadaocheng Visitor Center and Dihua Street, Taiwan New Cultural Movement Memorial Hall, Bean Village, 9x9 Stationery, Sin Hong Choon Tea Factory, Dadaocheng Dock, Ximending, Sushi Midori, Odd One Out Cafe

Day 7: Taiwanese Breakfast, Ivette Da An