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Illustrative Yanping Dog Exercise Area sits on the riverside green beyond the levee of Yanping Riverside Park in Taipei's Datong District, inside the Laoshi Li neighborhood. Opened on April 9, 2022, it is Datong District's first dog-only park, covering about 1,750 square meters with separate sections for large and small dogs. Safety fencing, double-gated entries, benches, dog-waste bag dispensers, trash bins, and washing stations make the site comfortable and secure. After a run, owners can walk over to the nearby Dadaocheng and Dihua Street commercial district for a meal or coffee, extending the outing into a relaxed half-day in one of Taipei's most historic neighborhoods.
Illustrative Dabune Marble Soda Tourism Factory is located at No. 11, Minsheng Road, Tongluo Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan's only indoor tourism factory themed around marble soda. It operates by appointment and is ideal for families with children as well as teens curious about retro toys and technology. The 1.5-hour tour includes a marble soda video presentation, historical introduction, DIY marble soda making, puffed rice experience, and free-play marble games. Adult tickets are NT$250, free for children under three, and visits are rain-or-shine. Hours: 10:00-17:00 daily. The factory offers guided tours and diverse interactive experiences, making it a popular family attraction for a Miaoli day trip.
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Illustrative →Cappuccino B&B
Cappuccino Homestay in Taitung City is an easy walk from Taitung train station — a clean, simple design with five room types, all with en-suite bathroom, balcony, air-con, free Wi-Fi and a hairdryer as standard. The property leans into pet-friendliness: pets come at no cleaning fee, and the add-ons — bike and scooter rentals, free coffee, and washer-dryer access — make travelling with furry companions simple. National Travel Card, long-stay discounts and an overall family-and-pet-friendly posture make this a high-value Taitung base.
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Illustrative →Gaga Walailai
Ga-Ga-Wu-Lai-Lai sits on the Wu-Shi-Bi coast in Chang-Bin Township, Taitung — a blue-and-white cottage perched just behind Wu-Shi-Bi Beach, with knockout sea views and a wide outdoor terrace. The menu runs to coffee, signature smoothies and assorted desserts, the mood is hushed, and well-behaved pets are welcome — a pet-friendly seaside café tuned for healing. Visitors slow their pace, tune into the surf and slip into the unhurried ease of Taiwan's east coast.
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Illustrative →Taimali Creative Cafe
Tai-Ma-Li Creative Café in Taitung City started life as a Japanese-era police dorm and now lives on as a timber-and-glass heritage house with broad floor-to-ceiling windows — a nostalgic, design-forward setting. A resident cat, pet-friendly seating and a small tatami booth cover families, friend groups and travellers with a taste for Japanese-era architecture. Pour-over coffee, rich sugar-apple (shijia) drinks, lattes and light meals fill the day, then the room flips to a bar in the evening — a downtown Taitung stop that works for photo stops and slow unwinds alike.
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Illustrative →Little Fish's Home
Xiao-Yu-Er-De-Jia (Little Fish's Home) sits on the Shan-Yuan coast in Bei-Nan Township, Taitung, beside the Fu-Shan conservation area on Highway 11 — a sea-view café-and-homestay built around a two-storey white wooden house. A wide ocean-view terrace, lawn, swing, sandpit and boardwalk lead straight to the beach, sized for families and pets together. The menu leans light — coffee, abai (Paiwan millet dumplings), Wen-Shan green tea, cheesecake and fried chicken wings — with a low-spend of just NT$50. Lodging covers doubles, an independent hot-spring room and a one-night-three-meal package from about NT$1,680, fully pet-friendly. A healing bolt-hole for sea views, slow afternoon teas and travel with four-legged companions.
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Illustrative →Mumu Ice Parlor
Mu-Mu Shaved-Ice Shop stands at the corner of Cheng-Gong Road and the outer ring road in Taitung City, near the Taitung Hai-Bin Park — a design-forward dessert spot that puts Japanese-style kakigori first. Bowls come colour-splashed and loaded with fresh fruit, the portions run large, and prices stay around NT$100, which has made the shop a hit with families and pet owners alike (the room is pet-friendly). Beyond kakigori, evening hours add small bites like charcoal-grilled goat-milk mantou — a cool-down-and-photo stop for summer.
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Illustrative →Pisirian Coastal Kitchen
Bi-Xi-Li-An Near-Sea Kitchen at 55 Bai-Lian Road in Cheng-Gong Township, Taitung, is a seafood-forward, pet-friendly small restaurant. The menu is à la carte with friendly pricing — average spend runs about NT$500 — suiting small families and travellers with pets. The room is clean and tidy, the location is near San-Xian-Tai and the harbour, and the kitchen turns out local sea-driven plates like fried dolphinfish (gui-tou-dao), oysters and scallion beef — popular with locals and visitors alike.
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