Do you love flowers? Do you love being out in the countryside and taking instagram-worthy pictures with interesting backgrounds? Are you up for an adventure on the Taichung public transportation system? Then read on.
The Zongshe Flower Farm (also sometimes called the Chung She Flower Farm or Houli Flower Farm) makes for a nice day tour outside of Taichung. It’s located about about 30km north of Taichung City. The flowers bloom year-round and the farm grows different species of flowers depending on the season. Tulips in the winter, sunflowers in the summer. The lavenders bloom all year round!
To go from Taichung City to Zongshe Flower Farm by bus, take bus 55 to Fengyuan Station. Ride the bus all the way to the end of the route, Fengyuan Station. In the same bus terminal, transfer to bus 6606. Bus 6606 is bound for Taipei city.
The bus ride on bus 55 from Taichung City takes about 45 minutes, while the ride from Fengyuan Station to Zongshe takes about 25 minutes. The bus 6606 stop is right across the road to Zongshe. Just cross the road and you are there! You can take bus 55 from Taichung Station Minzu Road, Gancheng Station, Taichung Park, Fengjia Night Market/National Taichung University or opposite Chungyo department store. There are frequent bus 55 trips, however the bus 6606 only travels once every hour. Zongshe is the 6th stop from Fengyuan. When you board the bus, you would have to pay the bus fare in cash, and remind the bus driver to inform you when the bus is at Zongshe.
To go back to Fengyuan, take the bus 6606 which stops right outside Zongshe Flower Farm.
The best time to go is in the afternoon, an hour or two right before the farm closes at 6pm. If you are taking the bus back to Fengyuan, do note that the 6606 passes by at around 5:30pm and 6:30pm so you will either have to leave the farm earlier, or wait for the bus for some time.
Alternatively, you could take the TRA, the regional train. You would be riding on the Taichung line or the Mountain line. To go to Zhongshe Flower Farm by train, take the TRA from Taichung Main Station to Tai’an Station (8 stations away). From Tai’an station, you would need to take a taxi to Zhongshe Flower Farm as it is too far to walk! The taxi fare is fixed, usually the drivers ask for NTD120-150 fares each way.
Lots of Flowers and Lots of Props Makes for Lots of Photo Spots
Have a great time at Xongshe taking lots of photos. We visited in the summer and they had manicured flower beds of great big sunflowers, colorful daisies, dainty lavenders and sweet rose bushes. They also have lots of props, like a white piano in a sea of lavender blooms, romantic white swings, arching bridges and Holland-inspired windmills. There is also a pond full of lotus flowers.
The surrounding fields are planted with rice and vegetables, and in the distance are the mountains. You can really enjoy the wide open space here.
Location: No. 333 Section 5, Sanfeng Road, Houli District, Taichung City, Taiwan 421
Entrance Fee: NTD120; NTD150 during tulip season. If you are eating lunch at the farm’s outdoor barbecue restaurant, they have promotional prices for the two activities combined.
The farm is open from 9am to 6pm only.
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