Taiwan Tech Tour

December 19–23, 2027 · Taipei + Hsinchu · $1,985 · visa-free for US citizens

The semiconductor capital, in five days. TSMC’s Museum of Innovation beside Fab 12A — free, English docent tours — plus the Hsinchu Science Park museum, Taipei 101’s 660-tonne tuned mass damper, and Syntrend/Guanghua, Taipei’s answer to Huaqiangbei. High-speed rail between cities; night markets between everything.

TSMC Fab 5 building in Hsinchu Science Park — TSMC’s Hsinchu campus — the museum sits at its doorstep; nobody in Taiwan offers fab-floor access, and we say so. Wikimedia Commons — attribution confirmed pre-launch.

Polished silicon wafer with mirror finish — The product that runs the world. Wikimedia Commons — attribution confirmed pre-launch.

$1,985 land-only · $500 deposit · US passports visa-free (90 days + free online arrival card) · connects from Shanghai on the PVG→TPE corridor · leg 4 of the season (adjacency discounts apply).

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All site visits are subject to confirmation and availability. Named companies indicate planned and attempted visits, not guarantees.

Departure morning: If flight time permits, take a Daan Forest Park morning walk near the hotel on Thursday before your airport transfer.

Photo: Sinchen.Lin · CC BY 2.0

The day-by-day (tentative)

Tentative plan — order and site visits subject to confirmation and availability.

Day 1: Sunday, December 19, 2027

AM: Fly PVG/other → Taipei (from ~$87); land Taoyuan
PM: Airport MRT in; check-in near Daan
Evening: Night-market welcome dinner (included)

Day 2: Monday, December 20, 2027

AM: Taipei tech day — flagship cluster (NPM closed Mondays, by design)
PM: Songshan Cultural Park + tech retail
Evening: Free — Ximending neon

Day 3: Tuesday, December 21, 2027

AM: HSR to Hsinchu — the semiconductor day
PM: TSMC Museum of Innovation area
Evening: Return; beef-noodle dinner (included)

Day 4: Wednesday, December 22, 2027

AM: National Palace Museum
PM: Taipei 101 observatory
Evening: Farewell dinner (included)

Day 5: Thursday, December 23, 2027

AM: If flight time permits — Daan Forest Park morning walk near the hotel
PM: Depart Taoyuan — home for Christmas
Evening: —

Per person, double occupancy; a single-room supplement is available (amount announced when deposits open). Taiwan is visa-free for US passports; this leg follows the SETI & Space Expedition on the season calendar.