Tourist Attractions
New Taipei has a wide range of historical, natural and cultural attractions. Historical attractions include Fort Santo Domingo and Qing dynasty remnants in Tamsui and the old mining towns of Jiufen, Jinguashi and Jingtong in the east. The most famous temple is the Zushi Temple in Sanxia. Sanxia also contains the historic Minquan Street. There are numerous notable museums, such as Yingge's Ceramics Museum, Yonghe's Museum of World Religions, Bali's Shisanhang Museum of Archaeology, Pinglin's Pinglin Tea Museum and the Ju Ming Museum at Jinshan.
Natural attractions include the Wulai and Shifen waterfalls, Wulai hot springs, hoodoo geological formations at the Yehliu seacoast, and hiking in Guanyinshan, Wulai, Pingxi and the northeast coast. Popular beaches include Fulong and Baishawan.
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