Penghu Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)

Complete Guide to Magong Tourism: Must-Visit Attractions & Super Useful Guide

🌊Beautiful island, encounter the romance of Magong💕 🌟Want to feel the pure sea breeze, experience the leisurely life of the fishing village, come to Magong! Here you have the blue sky, white clouds, beaches and seafood you long for.😍 🌊Magong's featured attractions 1️⃣ Magong Port: Feel the unique charm of the seaport, admire the spectacular view of warships and lighthouses.🛤️ 2️⃣ Guanyin Mountain: Climb high and look far, overlook the beautiful scenery of Magong City, and take a photo with the Guanyin statue.🗽 3️⃣ Beihai Bay: Bask in the sun, swim on the beach, and enjoy the romance and passion of the sea.🏖️ 4️⃣ Sun Moon Lake: Enjoy the lake and mountain scenery, row on the lake, and feel the tranquility and comfort.🏞️ 🏨Nearby facilities, good travel helpers 🏨 Accommodation: Choose a guesthouse near Magong Port and fall asleep to the sound of the waves.🏡 😋 Food: Taste authentic Magong seafood, salt and pepper shrimp, fish balls and other delicacies are not to be missed.🦞 🛵 Transportation: Rent a small motorcycle and freely shuttle through the streets and alleys of Magong City.🏍️ 🛍️ Shopping: Purchase local handicrafts as souvenirs or gifts.🎁 ✨Travel Tips✨ ☀️ Time selection: Spring and autumn are the best, between February to April and September to November. 💄 Sunscreen and moisturizing: The seaside UV is strong, remember to apply sunscreen and moisturizing lotion.💦 🤝 Respect local culture: Communicate friendly with the locals, respect local customs and beliefs.🤝 🌟 Recommended itinerary🌟 Day1️⃣: Arrive in Magong, check into the guesthouse, stroll around the Magong market, and feel the local atmosphere.🌃 Day2️⃣: Visit Magong Port and Guanyin Mountain, feel the blend of seaport and mountain scenery.🌅 Day3️⃣: Go to Beihai Bay and Sun Moon Lake, enjoy the lake and mountain scenery and the blue sea and sky.🌊🌉 Day4️⃣: Taste food at the local market, buy souvenirs, and end the happy trip.🛍️🍽️ ✨Tips✨ Check the weather forecast in advance, arrange the itinerary reasonably. At the same time, pay attention to personal safety and financial security!❤️

The life of Penghu is leisurely and comfortable. The earliest hotel on this street was built in the Japanese occupation period. It has been nearly a hundred years old. The modern Japanese ruled Taiwan for 50 years, which not only affected the thoughts of at least two generations, the architectural style of the house, the measurement and measurement of the standard. And the ways and means of doing things, there are still shadows of the era of Japanese rule. Many of the old buildings of Magong have also used Japanese-style sliding doors, and the museum was also the official residence of the Japanese army. From the things sold on the old street, I know what special products are in Wuhu. There are black sugar cakes, small tube dried, aloe vera, Fengru tea, and cactus. The first time I know that the juice extracted from the cactus fruit is purple-red. There is also Fengru tea that can protect the liver and prevent cancer. Only local can buy it. Sun-baked dried fish and tubers are the traditional specialties here. In order to save more food, the ancestors will re-process the fish that are caught.

I have seen the natural scenery of the outlying islands. If you want to know more about the local culture, it is best to reserve a day for the city of Magong. This has a very different style from the island of Baodao. Take a bicycle and leisurely in the city, visit the historic buildings with legendary stories behind them, and pass through the old and simple old lanes. is located in the island of Penghu and is the political and economic center of Penghu. In the past, in the early Qing Dynasty, it was called "Mom Palace City". In 1921, the Japanese army stationed in the park was renamed "Ma Gong".

You can see the sky in the lake at 4 o'clock in the morning? The sky is still not bright. It is quite lively in the third fish market in Magong City, the main island of the Central Lake in the Taiwan Strait. The fishermen who go out to the sea will move the fish into the market. On the opening, the buyers select one by one and write their own bids on a piece of paper to the boss, and finally the highest bidder. Today's fish is not too much, but in winter it is the most fat of the mackerel. The locals use it for frying, or for making fish, very delicious. The largest one (about 20 kilograms) on the day can sell more than 30,000 Taiwan dollars, or nearly 7,000 yuan. Winter's Penghu Islands are kingdoms ruled by the wind, and the strong northeast monsoon is almost regressive. In this weather, the fishermen still go out to sea - this was the outpost when Zheng successfully recovered Taiwan. The archipelago is an island of fishermen, although her population has been steadily decreasing in recent years a new generation of young people, like their peers around the world, flock to the bustling and tempting big cities, leaving their parents They still stick to tradition. In the fish market in Penghu, we have seen many fish market female bosses. The Taiwanese companions in the same industry said that there are many widows in this place in Wuhu, especially in the past days, the husband never came back to the sea, lonely. When the woman pulled the children and could not get on the boat, she opened a small shop selling aquatic products at the dock, and worked hard. When I think about it, I really understand why the fishermen believe in Mazu so much. For those who live in the sea, what is more important than the safe return of their loved ones?

Amazing place to visit

Penghu is a great place with beautiful views. They local people are very friendly. #Penghu

One of my favorite islands!!#diving #mytripvlog

a memorable one! #staycation

At the beginning, I heard the grandmother's Penghu Bay singing the sun, the waves, the beach, the cactus, and the old captain. I have always doubted the cactus. Is Wuhu not an island? Does the cactus not live in the desert? Why is there a cactus in Wuhu? And the cactus ice here is so famous? Later, after understanding, it was known that the Dutch originally brought the seeds of the cactus to this small island, but because of the stubborn viability and reproductive capacity of the cactus, it really made it possible to be on this small island by the sea. I saw a lot of cactus in pieces. The large fruit leaf columnar basalt is said to be a volcanic eruption more than 10,000 years ago. The lava is contracted into a pentagonal or hexagonal shape after cooling with water. In the large fruit leaves, the basalt can be seen from the bottom to the top with different stages of weathering. Only here can sigh the magic of nature, so just a few seconds of cooling to form such a strange landform.

Qimei Island, located at the southernmost tip of Penghu Island, takes about two and a half hours from Wuhu Magong to Qimei Island. The yachts you ride are more comfortable, not too crowded and chaotic. There is a story circulating on Jumei Island. During the Jiajing years, there was often chaos in the sea. Once the island was attacked, there were seven young and beautiful girls who did not hide from the hustle and hide in the cave. Unfortunately, they were later discovered and chased to a well. The seven girls were insulted and unwilling to be insulted. . Later, the neighbors buried the earth for the burial. Soon, seven eucalyptus trees were grown on the raft, and white flowers were opened, and the aroma was overflowing. The villagers all thought that this was the result of the seven female sorcerers, so in the memorial of the well, the "seven beautiful people" was engraved, and the island was named Yamei Island. The most famous landscape on the island of Qimei is to be a double heart stone. Shihu was originally a trap for fishermen to fish. Whenever the tide rose, the sea water passed through Shihu, and the fish, along with the tide, swam into Shihu. At the time of the ebb, the seawater receded, revealing Shihu, and the fish was trapped in Shihu. Due to the unique shape of the Double Heart Stone, it attracts a large number of tourists to watch. There are many other small landscapes on Jumei Island. If you have enough time, you can take a slow tour.

And there is obvious stratification. If it is a sunny day, I dont know what it will be like to change the beauty. I remember the whistling of the wind that day, it is definitely the strongest sea breeze I have encountered in these years. My hair was blown completely, and my hands holding the camera shook involuntarily. But my husband and I are still sweet. It is a kind of joy after obsessing the hardships and persisting in the pursuit of beauty. Double Heart Stone does not live up to my imagination, and it is very romantic. It is a stone wall built by the Seven Americans for fishing. It has a long history. It is surrounded by basalt and underneath a coral reef. This landscape makes its colors rich and colorful. Golden, green, light blue, dark blue, these colors are framed in two hearts. I really dont get bored with it.

The development of Qimei Island is between the Ming and Qing dynasties. At that time, people from Xiamen and Quanzhou in Fujian came to Wuhu, scattered in Magong and Huxi, and later moved to Qimei, who lived on agriculture and fishery and settled on the island. Because the island is at the southernmost tip of the Penghu Islands, it is known as the South Tiandao. It takes about one and a half hours to go to the island of Qimei, but because the waves are relatively large, the small partners with motion sickness and seasickness must be sure to eat the seasickness medicine in advance, and find the boat on board. a method. Otherwise, like me, I thought I wouldn't get seasick, I fainted, causing the island to walk like cotton. . . Located in the top of the north side of Qimei Island, the vast surface, due to poor soil water permeability, after the erosion of rain, the formation of many rain ditch, rain valley, the grass is not born, the scenery is desolate, the locals call it "the moon world." Shihu ancient people in order to fish, the small bay surrounded by stones. When the sea tide rises, seawater and fish will flow into Shihuli. When the seawater ebbs, the small fish will stay in Shihu. This time you can go to harvest.

Seacation, sail to nowhere 🛳

Staycation??? Seacation for 3 days 🌞 2 nights🌜with Genting Dream Cruise 🛳 is one of the choice 😍😍 (Will sail with different theme everytime) Our package included stateroom for 2 with simple yet effective interior 🛌🚻plus balcony to enjoy panorama of sky-ocean. Buffet 3 times a day is in this package as well; offers chinese/asian food 🍣🥟 and western 🍔🌭which served at different floor, choose your fav. Still craving for food at night? You can visit the foodstall but this is not included in the package. Bunch of fun activities 🤩🤩. It has kids sections as well. Some need to pay but most of them are free. Water slides, waterpark for kids, art-craft🎨, gaming section👾, night performance 🎤, mini show, casino, rope climbs, cooking show👩‍🍳👨‍🍳, game show, movie night🍿🎥, etc Seems that 3d-2n never be enough 😅 Embarkation point: Kai Tak Cruise Terminal Note: - Check the requirement of vaccination due to covid. - Don't forget to download the Dream Cruises app so you can connect to the WiFi onboard, check the schedule of activites and pay your purchases. #gentingdream #cruise #seacation

Taking photos of the starry night on a red eye flight

#christmastrip #star #nightsky #photography #overnightflight Christmas flight tickets are expensive - to save cost one option is to choose a red eye flight :( But luckily I got a window seat and took some pictures of the night sky. Some tips of taking such photos using mobile phone: - better wait until the light in aircraft is dimmer to reduce reflection - try to roll down the window shade to reduce reflection, while keeping the phone in between the window and window shade - use Manual mode - set to highest ISO (e.g. 3200), test out different exposure time (e.g. 4-8 seconds) to balance between brightness of stars and blurriness. Just try it out if you get a window seat on an overnight flight!

There are not many foreign island tourists in this place. They are all locals. They know the most beautiful time in Penghu in summer. When we arrived, the hotel was a pair of guests, and we enjoyed the warmth of Chens one-on-one service. The first stop is the Penghu Bay Bridge. This curved arch bridge spans the two ends of the bay. The contrast between blue and orange is very conspicuous, with a touch of cuteness. Although the weather was a little white, I walked on the blue steps, blowing a slight sea breeze, watching the tides rise and fall, and the feeling of heaven and earth. From April of each year, Wuhu ushered in the Flower Fire Festival, when the bridge will be crowded, the color of the bridge will be rainbowd. Everyone is sitting on the lawn watching the fireworks.

The Wuhu Sea-crossing Bridge is a long-distance sea bridge connecting the two major islands of Baisha and Key West. It is the most difficult and greatest bridge project in the Magong Island and the major islands. It is also a very well-known landmark in Penghu. The cross-sea bridge is 2,494 meters in length and was completed in 1970. It was the longest cross-sea bridge in the Far East. The bridge has a wide view and can see the panoramic view of the island and the sea. It is also the only way to go to the fisherman's lighthouse. Remote transmission is the trapping of the whale baby. The whale mother formed a whale hole in order to rescue the baby from hitting the rock. It is a sea cave formed by the erosion of the texture caused by seawater erosion. The color of the sea from the way I got off the whale hole really attracted me. The waves beat the stairs and splashed a tall splash of water. I saw a lot of scattered stones next to it. The camera on the decent frame began to take a self-portrait. . Because I am not too cold on the piles of attractions, I took a decisive look at the camera and started to take a self-portrait. I put the camera Wi-Fi on the phone, put it on the ground, stand in the position, and remotely control the phone. The card is wiped, and a self-timer is completed successfully.