Experience Taipei
Beyond the Guidebooks

Great to get a brief taste of the interesting City of Taipei. Best if your layover is minimum of 7hr (because it does take sometime to get into the City by express train- no problem though).

Green was highly organized and personalized our brief visit to Taipei, especially regarding my interest in local architecture. Highly recommend his tour services.

Green was a fantastic guide! We enjoyed ourselves particularly CKS Memorial and the local food.

Green was knowledgeable about the whole tour.

I had an awesome food tour with Charlotte on Saturday night! We went to Shilin night market and there was an abundance of different food options to try! We also got lucky that we came across some birthday celebrations for a key figure in Taoism - Mazu. There were dancers, firecrackers and music in the streets! It was really cool! Charlotte was a great tour guide! She was so easy to talk to. Told me about local foods, but also about life in Taiwan in general! She’s a great guide! Thank-you Charlotte!

Charlotte was an excellent guide, wonderfully communicative and detailed/well thought out!

Lin was our guide and she was terrific! Very helpful in navigating the city and giving us the right amount of information about Taipei that was kid-friendly.

What a great tour! Our tour guide, Lin (Charlotte), was very friendly and knowledgeable and ensured we had a great time. We tried lots of different dishes and enjoyed them all. She also helped us with transportation and gave us lots of helpful recommendations for other things to do in the city. It felt like a fun night out with a local friend. I highly recommend this tour!

Megan was a great tour guide! She tailored the tour to our interests. I enjoyed learning about the history and experiencing and learning about the temples.

I enjoyed experiencing the temples and learning about the customs

Megan is knowledgeable and it was really helpful to sightsee with a local especially if you’re looking for a short tour during a layover with limited time.

Megan was a great tour guide. She is very knowledgeable and answered all our questions well. She was particularly helpful detailing vegetarian food options at a market.

We didn’t get to do the whole tour because we had short time and our flight was delayed. Daphne did a great job organizing everything and the tour was really nice. We toured a temple, ate in the market, and walked around the Taipei 101 building. Would recommend for someone with more time to spare since the ride to the airport is an hour.

It was our fist time and first day in Taiwan, and we got a best experience with a beautiful, kind and extremely nice guide Daphne.everything was easy - meeting point, transportation around and so on. We were surprised how much we could see during the tour. She also gave us recommendations about dining, shopping etc. Thank you, Daphne, we immediately got best impression of Taiwanese people and Taipei!

Daphne was a great guide - she provided lots of information but also allowed me to linger or to ask further questions depending on my interests.

I did a layover tour with Daphne and it was incredible! City Unscripted had a nice questionnaire to help personalize your trip, and Daphne helped me get exactly what I wanted out of the trip - a look into the city, customs, and history as best as I could in a single day. She even set me up for success when her time with me ended by guiding me to one last location and arranging pick-up for me at a later time at my request. What a fantastic personal experience - would absolutely do again!

What a great time. The food was delicious (mostly

We enjoyed Alice and the night markets. Yummy food and a wonderful guide

She was amazing! She treated me like a friend from the start, taking me to a fantastic local brunch spot. We also explored some great sights together. One of the highlights was a visit to a Michelin-rated restaurant, where the noodles were absolutely delicious—and the best part? I only paid about $20! Such a steal. As a true foodie, she made sure my belly was always full, and I loved every moment of it!

Alice contacted us before our tour and made suggestions as far as our options to get to Songshan from our hotel. She was in constant contact making sure that we can find each other easily. Alice asked us what we liked, made recommendations as far as the different foods, talked with the vendors to make sure we weren’t getting cheated. We found her to be personable, considerate and pleasant to be with. I’d highly recommend Alice and this tour. It would be hard to go to the night market alone and not be able to communicate with the vendors. Plus if you want to buy anything you need to bring Taiwan dollars.

We had a great experience using City Unscripted with Dragon as our guide for a night market tour. They were very responsive, and quickly sent a questionnaire to learn about our preference, which helped make for a highly personalized tour. Dragon was incredibly knowledgeable and did a great job of understanding our preferences and ensuring we had a great experience. We ate lots of tasty food and learned a lot about Taiwan (food, night markets, and much more). We really enjoyed our time, and I'd feel good about booking with City Unscripted again.

We would 100% highly recommend dragon/ Peining Lung for this Private walking tour. She is friendly, well spoken, very knowledgeable and has a great sense of humour.… We had such a great time she took us on the trains metro & bus around the city and was all ways on hand showing us how to understand the metro lines. Conversations were not only on the sites we visited but also on the culture, different types of foods, and religions If you want to see the very best of Taipei then please don’t hesitate to have Dragon as your tour guide I promise you will have an amazing day and learn so much.

Dragon was wonderful and we would recommend her for any tour! She was knowledgeable and kind and was fun to be with!

Dragon is personable and knowledgeable. We thoroughly enjoyed her, the market and the food!

Winnie showed us Lin family grounds and home. It was something very unusual and a site we would never have discovered on our own. The Longshan Temple gave us insight into religious life. Lunch was a great treat. Very filling and delicious.

I recently had the pleasure of experiencing a city tour in Taipei, and it exceeded all my expectations. Winnie, my tour host was well-organized, introducing me to a perfect blend of cultural immersion, historical insight, traditional foods and shopping. In the 5 hours we managed to comfortably see Lin A Taipei historical house, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, changing of the guards followed by the beautiful Longshan Temple. Winnie provided a terrific overview of Taipei's charm in the short time I had available. Highly recommended this tour!

Winnie is a real pro! She knows her stuff. We packed in so much in our half day tour. She showed us so much, and we really learned a lot about the history and the culture. She set us up to be able to use the metro throughout our trip, which I don't think we would have ventured into without her guidance. Five Stars! Would definitely recommend.

Awesome tour. We saw several important sites tailored to our interests. Our tour guide Winnie was knowledgeable and provided great information about everything we saw. She also took a number of great pictures for us.

Completely customizable. VIila was an ncredibly responsive and personable guide. She introduced us to shops and experiences we could never have found on our own.

Ich hatte einen großartigen Tag mit Vila! Ich habe viel gesehen und erlebt und sehr viel erfahren über Geschichte, das heutige Taiwan bis hin zu heimischen Gerichten, die ich in einem einheimischen Lokkal auch genießen konnte. Eine Top Empfehlung! Danke Vila! I had a fantastic day with Vila! I saw and experienced a lot, and learned a great deal about history, modern-day Taiwan, and even local dishes, which I was able to enjoy in a local restaurant. Highly recommended! Thank you, Vila!

Had an amazing time with Vila on my layover tour in Taipei! Vila picked me up from the airport and drove me around the city showing me a local fish market and outdoor food market, the famous Dihua street, and the beautiful Chiang Kai-shek memorial. We tried yummy treats all around and she showed me some wonderful spots to pick up some tea and a few other little souvenirs. She did a wonderful job customizing our few hours to what was important to me and shared so much about her culture and the history of Taiwan. I would definitely recommend booking a tour if you have a long layover rather than just sitting it out in the airport.

We had a great Taipei city tour with Vila. She is passionate, great communicator, provided us with a lot good information about history and culture. All together an excellent tour. Highly recommended.

We had a great time. Kevin has had such an interesting life so far, and his worldly experiences added flavor to his stories and the history of Taipei and Taiwan.

Laid back tour guide that tailored to our needs. I would recommend him to others for a general sense of Taipei (which is what I was looking for) however I would look elsewhere for the nitty gritty detail.

Our guide Kevin was great. We set a fast pace and seen a lot of great sites in a short 4 hours. Kevin worked us on and off the trains to get to a number of important sites. We went in without a plan and Kevin was great at finding out what we wanted to see and getting us there. I highly recommend our guide Kevin and Viator for a quick impromptu exploration of Taipei!

I highly recommend the City Unscripted approach to private tours. We were not surrounded by other tourists, and we got a true taste of the city with a knowledgeable and friendly local guide.

Roro was an amazing guide. She shared so many local customs and foods with us. As it was our first visit to Taipei, Roro was the perfect introduction to the city. A better more fun guide couldn't be found.

She really chose nice secret spots and i teresting places to visit!

Roro was an amazing guide. We were shown such interesting people and foods. The night market was a maze and Roro guided us through with ease. So many different foods to choose from. She explained everything as well as the different customs and things we saw. She was a perfect leader. Roro answered all of our questions and made the experience one to always remember. She is a treasure and a definite perfect addition to Viator. We would wish her to be our guide in the future. 10 out of 10

Roro was a most excellent guide. She knew so many special places and foods. She gave us insights into local cultures and customs. We couldn't have wished for a better person to introduce us to Taiwanese foods. She is a treasure. Next visit we will request her to guide us again.

Cindy was a great host! We had a very nice tour with her and saw many locations. She is also great to talk to and gave us a lot of her perspective on her life in Taiwan.

This tour was very memorable because my guide, Cindy, is extremely knowledgeable not only about Taipei but about Taiwan as a whole. Her prodigious grasp of history and of current events in Taiwan provided a wonderful backdrop to the sites and places that we visited. She brought me not only to attractions frequented by tourists but also to other interesting, less-crowded places. I highly recommend this tour and suggest that you ask for Cindy as your guide.

Our guide, Cindy, was excellent! She knew all of the places to go! It was Chinese New Year’s Eve, and though some places closed early, she made the best of it! She is most knowledgable about the city, night market, and various foods. Cindy made sure that each of us had something we would like.

Cindy was a great guide. She spoke great English. She was knowledgeable and fun. She was adaptable and accommodating. I highly suggest her.

Excellent choices of foods. Claire, the tour guide, was very flexible and very considerate. It was a great way to understand the Taiwan culture of dining out.

I felt like I was like meeting an old friend who offered to show me around the city. A great guide for someone who wants a combination of planned and spontaneous activities off the beaten path. Excellent information about historical sights.

Ask for Ping-Hui! I was visiting Taipei for the first time and only had a limited window for sightseeing. Ping-Hui met me at my hotel and made sure that I agreed with itinerary. She also went the extra mile to accommodate my interests and requests.

The tour was very planned. Ping-hui made sure that I approved the itinerary and went the extra mile to accommodate my interests and preferences. In only 4 hours, my knowledge of Taiwan’s history and politics has greatly improved. I recommend this to everyone!

Yui was my City Unscripted tour guide in Taipei. She was a great listener, asked spot-on questions, and shared heaps of info. She made sure the tour was tailored just for me, which was tops. Yui chatted about the local food, how it's made, and the culture here in Taipei. She really got what I was after and made the tour exactly what I wanted. Yui gave me some bonza ideas for other things to do in Taipei, based on what she knew I was keen on. At the end, she took me to the train station and gave me clear directions to get back to my hotel – no worries there! I had a very good time with Yui, and I'm stoked I chose her as my guide. I'd definitely recommend her to anyone looking for a top-notch guide in Taipei.

A must do to get the real feeling of the city! We had the most wonderful day seeing so many "must do" in Taipei! Jandy was a pleasure to be with and extremely knowledgeable. I would highly recommend Jandy!

Jandy was so delightful and knowledgeable! We were able to see so much of the city in a few hours. I highly recommend Jandy! She was fantastic!