A resort at Tianxiang in Taroko National Park, with 160 rooms, a rooftop outdoor pool, warm pool and open-air cinema, and a paid shuttle from Hualien Station; a good base for a night and an unhurried walk on the gorge trails.
At a Glance
Silks Place Taroko is at No. 18, Tianxiang Road, Fushi Village, Xiulin Township, Hualien County, at Tianxiang inside Taroko National Park, and belongs to the Silks Place brand of the Taiwanese group behind Regent Taipei (晶華國際酒店集團). It stands on the site of the former Tianxiang Guest House, which once hosted a number of heads of state and envoys.
The hotel has 160 rooms in 10 room types, split between the leisure floors and The Retreat floors. The leisure rooms include the Gorge View Room, gorge-view rooms with a river-view balcony (峽谷河景房), the Garden View Room, Japanese-Western style rooms (和洋客房) and gorge-view suites (峽谷套房). Guests in The Retreat suites can use the rooftop Retreat Lounge, which serves light bites, soft drinks and red and white wine from 15:00 to 18:00.
The facilities are on the roof and B1: the roof has an outdoor pool and warm pool, a yoga and fitness room, a pickleball court and, in the evening, an open-air cinema; B1 has an indoor pool, a small bathhouse and a kids' play area; and the 2nd floor has Wellspring Spa and the hotel shop. The restaurants take bookings from hotel guests only, which suits a trip where you have dinner at the hotel and hit the trails early the next morning.
Highlights
01Rooftop Pool
Shanshuijian (山水澗) on the roof has an open-air pool and a warm pool, open 07:30–12:00, 13:00–18:00 and 19:00–22:00. Children aged 12 and under must be accompanied by a parent.
The fire pit area beside it has a poolside drinks bar from 15:00 to 18:00, serving soft drinks, beer and spirits; in the evening the same area shows open-air films, moving to the rooftop yoga studio if it rains.
02Gorge View Room
Gorge View Rooms are 12 ping and face the gorge, in two versions: on the 1st floor, the Gorge View Room with full-height windows, and on the 2nd floor, the river-view version with a viewing balcony (峽谷河景房). Requesting a balcony room costs extra.
Rooms have a capsule coffee machine, a free minibar (stocked once), a bidet toilet and Wellspring Spa bath products. Views vary by room type and floor, so confirm when booking.
03The Retreat Lounge
Guests in The Retreat suites can use the rooftop Retreat Lounge: breakfast 07:30–12:00 by reservation, soft drinks 12:00–18:00, and light bites with red and white wine from 15:00 to 18:00.
How and when food is served may change, and the hotel will let you know before your check-in date. The Retreat rooms have Aesop toiletries, while the leisure rooms use the Wellspring Spa range.
Rooms
The 160 rooms come in 10 room types across the leisure floors and The Retreat floors. All rooms have a fridge, capsule coffee machine, bidet toilet and free Wi-Fi. To maintain the quality of the stay, no room type takes an extra bed.
Gorge View Room
12 ping, facing the gorge; 1st-floor rooms have full-height windows, and the river-view rooms on the 2nd floor (峽谷河景房) have a viewing balcony (extra charge). Available with one king bed, two single beds (2 people) or two double beds (4 people).
Garden View Room
A 12 ping standard room facing the courtyard, in two versions, with a balcony or with a small bamboo garden, assigned on site. The family version with two double beds sleeps 4.
Garden View Suite
A 21 ping Retreat suite, with a table and chairs dividing the living area from the bedroom, facing the courtyard or Tianxiang Plaza in Taroko. Includes Retreat Lounge access; one king bed (2 people) or two king beds (4 people).
Facilities
The facilities are on three levels: the roof has the outdoor pool, yoga and fitness room and pickleball court; B1 has the indoor pool, small bathhouse and kids' play area; and the 2nd floor has Wellspring Spa and the hotel shop.
Access
The hotel is at No. 18, Tianxiang Road, Fushi Village, Xiulin Township, Hualien County, at Tianxiang inside Taroko National Park. Nearby is the Lushui–Wenshan Trail, once part of the old Hehuan cross-mountain trail (合歡越嶺古道), linking Tianxiang and Lushui. The hotel also arranges paid guided outings to the Buluowan Terrace, Xibao Elementary School and the Dali Trail.
From Taipei, a Tze-Chiang or Chu-Kuang express train to Hualien Station takes about 2–3 hours, then you transfer to the hotel's shuttle from Hualien Station; a flight from Songshan Airport to Hualien Airport takes about 50 minutes. Because the hotel is inside a national park, it encourages guests to use the shuttle or public transport. If you drive yourself, watch out for controlled opening times on some sections of Highway 8, and arrive early to wait at the checkpoint.
From Hualien Station or Hualien Airport it's about 1 hour up into the park, along Highway 9 and then Highway 8. Some sections have controlled opening times, so check that day's opening hours before setting off. Compared with the hotel's scheduled shuttle, a private charter can stop along the way at trails and viewpoints that are open (openings are subject to Taroko National Park Headquarters' announcements) before continuing to Tianxiang to check in; after check-out you can head straight to Qixingtan or Hualien City and on to an East Rift Valley itinerary. GO TAIWAN's Hualien and Hualien–Taitung tours mostly cover Taroko as a day trip, so if you'd like to spend a night inside the gorge, ask your trip consultant to rearrange the itinerary to stay here. Your vehicle can pick up and drop off at the main entrance; guest parking is in the hotel parking lot, and please check with the hotel whether it applies to charter vehicles.
Check-in is at 15:00 and check-out at 11:00. To maintain the quality of the stay, no room type takes an extra bed.
Shanshuijian on the roof has an open-air pool and a warm pool, open 07:30–12:00, 13:00–18:00 and 19:00–22:00; children 12 and under must be accompanied by a parent. B1 also has an indoor pool. In the evening there's an open-air cinema on the roof, which moves to the yoga studio if it rains, or is canceled if rain starts after the film begins.
Guests in The Retreat suites can use the rooftop Retreat Lounge: breakfast by reservation, soft drinks 12:00–18:00, and light bites with red and white wine 15:00–18:00. The Garden View Suite is 21 ping, while the Gorge View Room and Garden View Room on the leisure floors are 12 ping.
The hotel runs a shuttle from Hualien Station, taking about 1 hour: NT$250 one way for adults and NT$150 for ages 12 and under, booked three days before check-in. If you drive yourself or use a private charter, watch out for the controlled opening times on some sections of Highway 8.
Rates, room types, facility hours and parking rules follow the hotel’s latest notice.
Charter Tours
Sea-breeze strolls at Qixingtan, the easy Taroko Taidi Trail, the Chongde coastal-view trail, then Ruisui Ranch, Chishang's rice fields and five-star Zhiben hot springs — a restorative east-coast journey.
Morning waves at Qixingtan, a forest amble on Taroko's Taidi Trail and quiet sea-gazing at Qingshui Cliff, then fresh milk at Ruisui Ranch, a 'beauty bath' soak and cycling through Chishang's sea of rice.
Tamsui sea breezes and Yehliu's strange rocks at a wandering pace, a night in the Jiaoxi hot springs, healing days at Qixingtan and Taroko, then a finale in Chishang's rice fields and Zhiben's springs.
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