【 “Thousand Island Lake” & Pinglin Tea Plantation Scenery】(千島湖、坪林自然美景茶飄香半日遊)
Depart at 07:30~08:00 AM every day!
Tour duration: 5 hours
Meeting Point: Hotel Hall
Tour Spots：“Thousand Island Lake” Scenery(千島湖賞美景)→ Pinglin Tea Plantation(八卦茶園)→Pinglin Tea Museum(坪林茶業博物館)（closed first Monday each month; visit of Pinglin Old Street instead）→Tea Tasting(品茶香)
▲Thousand Island Lake(千島湖)
Shiding Thousand Island Lake, on the upper reaches of Feitsui Reservoir, has formed a wonderful curve where the mountains spread and clear water of lake gathered. Therefore, a mixture of mountains and water create an illusion that there are thousands of lakes with stunning and breathtaking scenery specifically from a nearby overlook next to the reservoir like wonderland in heaven.
▲Pinglin Tea Plantation(八卦茶園)
Pinglin District is a rural district of southeastern New Taipei, Taiwan. It is located in the mountainous area connecting to Yilan County on the east coast full of nostalgic residence, cultural art and aroma of tea.
▲Pinglin Tea Museum(坪林茶業博物館)
Located beside the Pinglin Ancient Bridge, New Taipei City, Pinglin Tea Museum presents the Chinese tea culture with traditional architecture of south area of Fujian province and is worth visiting for tea lovers full of antique atmosphere. Pinglin Tea Museum has an abundant collection of materials on tea culture. Within the museum are theme exhibition areas and seasonal theme exhibitions. The exhibitions include physical aspects and cultural aspects, presenting all information concerning tea drinking in Taiwan. The museum is made up of the Exhibition Hall, Theme Hall, Multimedia Hall, Tea Art Hall and the Promotion Center. The Exhibition Hall has 3 exhibition areas: tea history, tea making and tea leaves, introducing how tea culture has developed in the Chinese history, rituals of tea making and commercial development of tea. We believe the visitors will have a better understanding of tea history after visiting the museum. The Exhibition Hall has 3 exhibition areas: tea history, tea making and tea leaves. Tea History Area introduces how tea has developed in the Chinese history, tea making, and ritual of drinking tea, tea culture and commercial development of tea. On the east side of the museum is a well-designed garden of Southern Chinese style. Inside the garden, there are 2 traditional Chinese buildings, corridors, rockery, pavilion and bamboos like Jiangnan scenery attracting visitors to taste tea there.
