The old town is actually not that old and not that interesting. There are a few interesting places in Nanzhuang minutes from the old town that is more interesting. eg a ake known as 向天湖, a flatten mountain 石壁景觀 and a valley known as 神仙谷. We particularly love the 神仙谷. It has 3 streams rushing into a big waterfall.You can read and see the photo on Day 6 of my Taiwan June 2012 blog.http://1place1dream.blogspot.sg/2012/06/taiwan-june-2012-day-6.html
这是我第二次去南庄,在南庄待了近两个小时,临时决定前往离南庄约半小时路程的向天湖.到达时已将近下午5点.傍晚时分,大部份的游客皆已下山,反而给了我们可以好好看看向天湖的机会,静静的湖面,搭著远方传来的山羌声,大自然用他独有的方式接纳著渴求心灵平静的游客.而在湖边贩售原住民艺品与美食的原住民也因为游客较少,多了时间和客人聊起了赛夏族的历史.说到精采处,那神情可说充满了热情与力量,对我而言,这是一趟很棒的文化之旅.所以下次如果机会去南庄,别忘了到向天湖走走.
There are many hiking trails around Nanzhuang old town. Although the town is interesting mainly for its Hakka Street food, there are more attractive places about 30 minutes away in 3 directions that you can hike by using the affordable tourist buses "Nazhuang Hao Xing". I stayed 3 days and could not finish all the hikes. There is the Xiang Tian Hu Lake which we took not the paved path but into the mountains for about 3.5 hours round trip without scaling the Xiang Tian Shan Mountain. It's interesting to walk on the ridges of the mountain. In another trip from Nanzhuang old town, you can go to the Lion Head Mountain and hike paved roads (mainly uphill) to end in Wuanhua Temple (or the other way). Along the way, magnificent temples residing on the mountain slopes with fantastic views greet you. The third location is to go to the Eco-River and onward to Xian Shan (Fairy Mountain). Unfortunately there was not enough time to hike but there are interesting routes around here as well. In late April through summer, the Tong Flowers will bloom on the mountain. The soft white petals will flutter with the winds onto you. They call it June Snow.People are very friendly and helpful. Helps to have Chinese speaking travelling companions though.
客家料理和桂花冰很棒,山峦层层叠叠,延途风景很美,山行玫瑰的咖啡香浓好喝,搭配秀丽的山景,可以悠闲的度过一整个夏日午后。
这里有很多客家文物可以了解很多过去人们在生活上所做的努力简单又美的价值拍照者可以安心拍下很多美景每样物品都有各不同的美深只要用点心灵一定可以拍出不少好照片很适合初学拍照者来的地方特色物品很有美度不浮华但是实用夏天的到访现在夏天又快到了规划一下吧 还有冷气开心度过夏天喔
We had lunch at the Hakka restaurant at the entrance of the old street which was nice and quite cheap. The 台湾好行 bus stop is just facing the entrance of the old street. The entrance is way too narrow especially when people used their baby prams and strollers on the uneven road surface. Almost all the stalls sell one type of food or another made of osmanthus which you can sample without obligation. At the end of the street is an old postal office since Japanese days.
那里的人不急躁,很爱聊天。有时间能了解当地的人文风貌⋯⋯ 南庄人还没受到金钱的诱惑。天气不好就不开门⋯⋯不会让逛街的人有压迫感;若进了一间店没有想买的就别买,店主不但不会不开心还会谢谢你光顾。老街也许不多东西看,但适合休闲的人逛。市场里的客家面摊好吃,客家板条也不错!别错过! 空气新鲜,让人很容易放松心情。风景很漂亮,不停的按快门!小心没电哦!不过希望南庄能保持这样没被”污染“的风貌!会再去⋯⋯ (只是会看好天气预告再去。别再下雨了)