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Chocolate Box Backpackers

Taipei

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Address	(2F), 11-1, Pucheng Street, Taipei Taiwan Map
Price	from 16 to 22 USD Check Current Prices by Date Here

Location/Contact

Details

Description

== About Chocolate Box Backpackers ==

Chocolate box is cute, warm, and friendly, and is ideally located in a quiet lane right next to NTNU (ShiDa University). It's the best spot in Taipei, just a one-minute walk to the famous ShiDa Night Market and a three-minute walk to the nearest MRT (metro) station, which takes you to every corner of Taipei.

FREE wireless internet, FREE security lockers, FREE washing machine, FREE maps and info that guide you through a tour of the entire Taipei City.

We offer air-conditioned double room and dorm rooms, a spacious common room, dining room equipped with an indoor bar table, and surrounding verandahs for you to sit and have an absolutely relaxing day.

== What's Unique about us? ==

Chocolate Box is hosted by professional travel journalist, experienced backpackers, and talented cookie baker. Therefore, as you walk to our reception, you can get the most detailed travel info and absolute local ways to explore the deep soul of Taiwan. Moreover, when you sit in our couch and enjoy your beautiful afternoon with relaxing music, you may get to have a taste of Taiwanese-style dessert from time to time!

In Chocolate Box, our hospitality warmth and relaxed homely atmosphere will just make you keep coming back and extending your stay! Interested in visiting us? We are just one phone call away~

Facilities
>> FREE Internet Access
- Free Public Computer Usage
- WiFi throughout the house
>> FREE Lockers
>> FREE Washing Machine
>> All Air-Conditioned Dorms
>> Linen Included
>> Common Room
>> Guest Kitchen
>> Indoor Bar Table
>> Surrounding Verandahs
>> TV and DVD's
>> Bicycle Hire
>> Tours Desk

Located Near:
ShiDa Night Market (1min walk)
Taipower Building MRT station (3 min walk)
Guting MRT station (5 min walk)
NTNU (ShiDa University) (3 min walk)
Local bars and pubs (5 min walk)
C.K.S Memorial Hall (5 min by cab)
NTU (Taiwan University) (10 min walk)
Taipei 101 (10 mins by cab)

Features

Kitchen
Lockers
Lounge / Common space
TV
Book Collection/Exchange
Washing Machine (laundry)
Travel information provided
24 Hour Free Hot Showers
Phones (public or in room)
Air Conditioning

Ratings & Comments

5 Average from 1 Rating

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Comment by Men-Chow Chiang, US/Taiwan

May 2008

Hot Chocolate is definitely a very good choice to stay in Taipei.
This was the first Hostel I visited in Taiwan, during early May 2008, and was fairly impressed. It was better than any one of more than a dozen I have been to in U.S. and Canada, in terms of cleanliness and condition of all the accommodations -- beds, furnitures, bathroom, kitchen, living room. Not surprisingly since this hostel was just opened after a major remodeling effort and most things are new. The owners/staffs were very knowledgeable and helpful in providing me not just where the nice places to visit based on my preference, but also advice on the planning such as schedule and transportation. You can pretty much assume you get the professional tourist guide entering a city you are little familiar with. They are also quite informed with the tourist attractions in rest of Taiwan. They helped me with planning part of my round the Taiwan trip. One of the owners actually was a columnist for the tourism/food section of a Taiwan newspaper. But the best part of Hot Chocolate is its location. It is close to busy district yet quiet at night for you to have sound sleep. Only two minutes of walk to famous night market of Shida (National Taipei Normal Univ.), where you can find many small food stands and restaurants to give you a good sample of Taiwanese simple but exquisite foods, plus all kinds of drinks and fruit combo -- all quite cheap too to accommodate the budget-limited university students in the area. Other convenient stores abound, especially a nearby bakery, which make different kinds of tasty breads, that any Taiwanese in U.S. will attest to you that there is no equal of Taiwanese bread to be found in U.S. shops. Transportation to other parts of Taipei city is not a problem -- the hostel is only ten minutes of walk to a subway station, which can conveniently and comfortably leads you to any other major locations and transportation hubs of the city. Hot Chocolate is definitely a very good choice to stay in Taipei. Highly recommended.

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