Nantou City

Every Wednesday night, there is a night market on the streets around Carrefour.

= Nantou is famous for delicious Taiwanese dishes.

• Bucket Sticky Rice (桶子米糕)
• Yi Noodle (義麵)
• Shaved Ice (ㄘㄨㄚˋ冰)

Refreshment shops can be found all over, most offering a variety of bubble teas, tea, and fruit juice.

• • Nantou Winery — A winery and distillery where visitors can learn about the production process and pick up a bottle or two. — Address: No. 82, Dongshan Road — Hours: 08:30-17:00 — Phone: +886492234171 — Website: https://event.ttl.com.tw/

• Carrefour (家樂福)
• Watsons
• Xin Nong Sheng Xian Supermarket (新農生鮮超市)
• Twilight Market (黃昏市場), a market that sells a variety of groceries, including many traditional Taiwanese dishes.
• He Jia Ren Bookstore, a bookstore that sells some English books.
• Tsang Kun, a large electronics store.
• • Nantou Market — A covered market selling a variety of food, homewares, and other items. — Hours: 06:00-14:00 — Phone: +886492222106
• • Nantou Wednesday Night Market — A typical Taiwan-style night market that runs every Wednesday night in the streets around the Carrefour. — Address: Sanhe 2nd Road — Hours: W 17:30-22:30

• • Nantou Hotel — A 3-star hotel in the centre of town. — Address: No. 6, Sanhe 1st Road — Phone: +886492229161
• • EG Rental Co. — A modern, boutique-style budget hotel nearby the Mochi Museum. — Address: No. 10, Alley 12, Lane 1, Datong Street — Phone: +886979618748 — Website: https://www.eghostel.com/index-en.html
• • Zhongxing Nanfa Manor — A small B&B which is housed in an old, traditional wood and stone house. — Phone: +886492394880

• • Nantou City Bus Station — There is a bus station right by Carrefour that connects to most major cities around Taiwan. As of 2011, there are no direct routes from Tainan to Nantou. — Address: No. 122, Datong South Street

The name of the city is a transliteration of the Hoanya word Ramtau with its first character (南; "south") chosen to complement that of Beitou's (北; "north"), a district in Taipei, even though there is no relation between the aboriginal names.