Renowned as the highest hotel available for booking in Taiwan at 3,150 meters elevation, located within walking distance of the Hehuanshan (合歡山) trailhead. The original three-storey building was completed in 1966 as both a ski training camp headquarters and the highest of Chiang Kai-shek’s many retreats, providing accommodation during inspections of the Cross-Island Highway. Storm damage forced its closure in 1996 and the building was demolished in 1999. It was completely reconstructed in a European alpine style by 2004, but sat vacant and deteriorating for years before finally reopening under Forestry Bureau management in 2009.
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Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
Themes
- KMT Authoritarian Era Taiwan (國民政府時期)
- Chiang Kai-shek Guesthouses (蔣公行館)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.