【Nantou chartered bus route recommendation】Puli Winery, Cingjing Farm, Little Swiss Garden, Carton King, 18 degrees C chocolate workshop one-day tour

Nantou Puli Distillery was first established in 1911, and Puli Liquor Co., Ltd. was established by the local gentry of Puli. In 1952, the Nantou mountain spring water test was used to manufacture Shaoxing liquor, which became one of the main products of the factory. Later, it was operated by the Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Company, which mainly produced Shaoxing liquor, Ailan liquor and Ailan liquor. Puli Distillery is no longer a simple liquor production factory, but has gradually transformed into a tourist distillery, attracting at least 1.30~1.5 million tourists every year. In addition to the sales department, Puli Distillery is also open for the public to visit the wine museum, taste wine, and introduce the characteristics, production and drinking culture of Shaoxing liquor and Ailan liquor;

In the merchandise sales section, in addition to alcohol, there are also alcohol-related by-products, among which Shaoxing wine eggs and Shaoxing wine sausages are the most popular. If you come to Puli Winery, don’t miss out on these delicacies.

Cingjing Farm

Cingjing Farm is located in Nantou at an altitude of about 1700~2000 meters above sea level, is one of the three major alpine farms in Taiwan, the farm can be seen around the undulating mountains (Hehuan Mountain, Qilai Mountain, Noeng Mountain), you can go to Cingjing in summer to cool off, winter to Cingjing can enjoy the snow.

Cingjing Farm is best known for its lush grasslands, where herds of sheep are a favorite for tourists. In addition, if time permits, it is also recommended to watch a sheep shearing show (performance time: 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on the holiday, each show is about 30 minutes), this kind of foreign popular performance, but in Taiwan only Cingjing Farm can be seen.

In addition to the green grasslands, the buildings on this side of Cingjing are also known for their European style. On the way to Cingjing, it is as if you are in Europe, and you can’t help but immerse yourself in the romantic European atmosphere.

Little Swiss Garden

The Little Swiss Garden is located around Cingjing Farm, covering an area of about 6,000 hectares, and is also one of the early Cingjing Ten Scenic Spots. Because a large number of landscaping in the park is similar to the scenery of Europe, it is called “Little Switzerland”.

Cingjing Farm Little Swiss Garden is based on the direction of returning to nature and highlighting the natural beauty, with the theme of European fairy tales, and is planned into five areas: European style garden, water mirror lake, water stage, starlight lawn, and lakeside cherry blossoms. It is connected by planting trails such as the trail around the lake, the cedar trail, the maple forest trail, the larch pine trail and the moon-shaped wooden plank trail to create a fairytale castle-like style in Switzerland. If you have enough time, it is recommended that you can enjoy the day and night water dance show here at one time, which is guaranteed to be worth the ticket price.

“The King of Cartons”

Located next to the Little Swiss Garden, Cingjing Carton King is a free compound park with a paper theme, a restaurant and amusement facilities. In addition to the decoration and merchandise made of a large amount of paper here, the entire second floor area is the dining area of the carton king restaurant, and the meals include paper hot pot, theme set meals and light food sets. Finally, there is the outdoor play area, which contains the latest check-in facility in 2019, the Pink Slide, and a cardboard box train that children can sit on. If you are tired of seeing the outdoor grassland scenery, you might as well come to Cingjing Carton King Park to take a break, and by the way, feel the Taiwanese carton manufacturing technology!

> 18 degrees C Chocolate Workshop

“I thought it was just a small dream, but I didn’t expect it to be so huge.” Feeling18 Chocolate Workshop, which started from the Internet in 2006, is named “18 Degrees C Chocolate Workshop” because the temperature of 18 degrees Celsius is the best way to present the perfect flavor and quality of chocolate in terms of production, preservation and tasting. A year after its launch on the Internet, because it was well received by netizens, it opened a physical store in Puli, Nantou. In addition to the sale of chocolate, the ice cream here also performs very well. In addition to attracting Taiwanese people, it is also one of the designated stores for Southeast Asian guests (Singapore, Malaysia) to visit Cingjing.