Showing posts with label Yilan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yilan. Show all posts

Monday, August 28, 2017

Yilan, Lucky Art Tourist Factory 蜡藝彩繪館

front of the building

ticket counter/waiting area

1st station- coloring

2nd station-make your own markers
Location: google map
Pros: an unique experience, relatively cheap,
Cons: everyone needs a ticket, regardless of whether you want to do the activities or not. crowded on weekends.
Ticket: $200/person ($100 can be used toward gift purchases)
Duration: 1~2hrs

My boys (5,7,8) all enjoyed the activities here. There are 4 craft stations included with your ticket: 1. coloring 2. making your own markers. 3 & 4. make your own crayons (one you can pick your own mold from a selection of letters/numbers and the other is a taiwan shaped crayon). They do get crowded on weekends of course, but luckily they do crowd control so you are not fighting your way through crowds as you do each activity (still a bit crowded, but could be worse). We went on a Saturday morning, and we only had to wait for 5 mins or so until our number (you get a number after you purchase your tickets) was called. I would suggest your child to be at least 4 years old to fully enjoy this place.


Monday, November 21, 2016

Yilan, Nature House B&B 自然捲北歐風格旅店




our bathroom



common room for families with kids


Location: google map location269, Yilan County, Dongshan Township, 宜蘭縣冬山鄉水井一路250巷12號
Parking: 6 parking spots outside of the B&B, I'm not sure where you can park if it's full.
Website: Nature house B&B
Check-in time: 3 pm
Check-out time: 11am
Pros: clean, fun for kids, family common room with kitchen
Cons: nothing really!

We stayed at the "Family Room for 4 - little athletes" (親子四人房:小小運動家) and requested an additional bed. (see the mattress on the floor on pic above). They have I think 5 different family rooms with different themes (lego, little prince, one with a ball pit...etc) that all look super fun. We chose this one because of the bigger slide and the basketball hoop, the slides in other rooms seem a little small in the pictures. 

Room: There's a TV, a mini frig stocked with a big container of water, a hot water dispenser, mugs and instant coffee mixes and tea bags.

Bathroom - it's clean and comes with toiletries (body wash, shampoo, toothbrushes, toothpaste, bubble bath, towels). There is a shower and a bathtub. 

Family common room - It's a nice little area with some books and few simple toys. There is also a kitchen equipped with a hot water dispenser, a frig and a rice cooker (and maybe a microwave? I can't remember). I think having access to a kitchen is super helpful if you are traveling with a baby and you need to wash your bottles, or warm up baby food.

There is not much to do outside of your room. I suppose you can casually stroll along the little pond by the buildings, but with children...yeah that will last for 2 minutes.

Breakfast - upon checking in, you will select a time slot for breakfast. The earliest is 8:30am. Usually for adults they provide a traditional Chinese-style breakfast with 9 little dishes in squares (you eat them with porridge). But if you prefer a western style breakfast, let them know and they can accommodate you. Kids by default get the western style breakfast with bread, scrambled eggs, pasta salad, and fruit. For drinks they have water, organic juice, and soy milk (fresh brewed coffee upon request).


We thought one night was just prefect for us, since both my husband's and my heads were about to explode after being in the same room with our boys for an extended period of time - they were having so much fun just hanging out in the room with ball fights, running up and down the "castle", and running up and down the slide. We would definitely recommend this B&B if you're visiting Yilan!


Sunday, November 20, 2016

Yilan, Yi-Nong Petting zoo 宜蘭宜農牧場

some free roaming birds

playground

feeding the little pigs

 

Location: google map locationNo. 17, Lane 239, Changchun Rd, Dongshan Township, Milan County
Price: NT$30/person, $20/milk bottle for pig feeding and lamb feeding, $10/grass bunch for goat feeding
Parking: free
Pros: inexpensive, lots to do, restrooms/hand-washing station on site
Cons: it smells. just like any other petting zoo.

It's a great little place to see all kinds of cute animals: pigs, birds, ducks, chickens, rabbits, goats, lambs, and turkey! Everything is relatively cheap and there are lots of seating areas for adults to take a break while the kids run around. There are a few swings next to the metal playground set. Of course, petting zoos are not the cleanest place on earth, but this one is not bad at all. They also sell goat milk ice cream -  which if you've never tried, you should definitely give it a try! Parking is right out side of the farm itself, but if it's full you can also park next door - which is also catered to kids with a few arcade games and a mini driving course. We spent about 1.5 hr at both places together, but the kids would definitely love to stay longer if we let them.