Travel Information

Getting from Taoyuan International Airport to the conference venue

• Take a taxi:
  It is the fast way (about 45 minutes), runs according to meter, and will cost around 1400 New Taiwan dollars (NT$1400 is about 45 USD or 40 EUR). You will need Taiwanese money. Show the taxi driver the following paragraph:
  
  中央研究院 資訊科學研究所
  台北市南港區研究院路2段128號
  
  Academia Sinica, Institute of Information Science
  128 Section 2 Academia Road, Taipei
  
  Ask the taxi driver to enter the campus through the main gate. After passing through that gate, turn left and then right, the I.I.S. will be the third building on your left.
• Public Transportation:
  Take King (Kuo-Kuang) Bus number 1843 to Nangang Exhibition Center (南港展覽館) which takes about 80 minutes. There are buses every 45–65 minutes starting at Terminal 1 and stopping at Terminal 2. The 1-way fare is NT$115 or about 3.70 USD or 3.20 EUR. Take a taxi from there for another NT$100.
  See also the Taoyuan Airport's website on public transportation.

Getting from the conference venue to Taoyuan International Airport

• Take a taxi:
  Ask at your hotel reception to call a taxi to the airport. Typically it is possible on the way to the airport to fix the price in advance, which is a bit cheaper than going by the meter (NT$1100 if you call the taxi from the Academia Sinica Guesthouse). Note that you will need to tell the taxi driver from what terminal your flight is leaving.
• Public Transportation:
  Take King (Kuo-Kuang) Bus number 1843 from Nangang Exhibition Center (南港展覽館) which takes about 80 minutes. There are buses every 45–65 minutes starting in front of the Exhibition Center. The 1-way fare is NT$115 or about 3.70 USD or 3.20 EUR. To get to the Exhibition Center you can take bus number 205, 276, 306, 620, or 645 from Academia Sinica.