Sisinan Village (四四南村)

The experience

Taiwan's first military dependents' village, thrown up in 1948 and 1949 for workers at the 44th Ordnance Factory and the first such village anywhere on the island to be preserved. Four surviving halls sit in a fishbone plan of wood, bamboo, lime and tile at the foot of Taipei 101. One hall is now the village museum with recreated 1950s interiors, another holds the Good Cho's bakery and shop, and the square in front hosts weekend markets.

A 1949 refugee village of single-storey shacks, still standing in the shadow of Taipei 101.

What a membership adds.

Everything above is free: the name, the photo, the rating, the exact spot. What members get is the part you can't Google: the sourced insider tip for this place (what to order, when to go, what to skip), every day of your trips unlocked in full with the insider tip on every researched stop, and the concierge at full strength, answering with your own insider tips, no daily meter.