[Live in the soul of an old house] Tainan Gugen Hotel|Accommodation experience in an old house in a quiet alley
📍Location
Lane 70, Weimin Street, West Central District, Tainan City
Located in the alleys around the bustling Zhengxing Street and Guohua Street in Tainan, it is a 3-minute walk to popular check-in spots such as Nianweijia, Xiaojuan Rice Noodles, and Taicheng Fruit Shop. The location is quiet in a busy city, making shopping, eating and returning to the hotel very convenient!
🚶♂️Transportation
・About 20 minutes walk from Tainan Train Station
・About 8 minutes by taxi
・Or take the bus to "Zhongzheng Junior High School" stop and walk for about 5 minutes to arrive
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✍️Personal experience
As soon as you open the wooden door, you can smell the scent of the old house, a mixture of wood, time and sunshine. Gugen Hotel doesn’t have a gorgeous lobby or welcoming service, but it gives you a gentle and secure feeling, like spending the night at your grandma’s house.
The room design retains the wooden windows, terrazzo floors and high ceilings of the old house, and also thoughtfully adds modern facilities. The bathroom has separate dry and wet areas, and the bed is just the right softness. There is an old desk by the window. Sitting there to write, read, or daydream, it seems as if time has slowed down.
I was awakened by the singing of birds in the early morning. The sunlight came in through the blinds. I made a cup of hot tea and sat by the window, feeling as if I was in a film of slow life in Tainan. When I walked back to the hotel at night, the quiet alleys seemed to whisper stories in my ears. That was the romance of the ancient city and the warmth that the old houses gave people.
If you also want to experience the real sense of life in Tainan, Gugen Hotel will be a gentle starting point. It's not luxurious, but just right.
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