苗栗南庄

平日到南庄老街，交通顺畅，逛街的人不太多，舒适自在，首先到游客中心拿一份导览图，服务人员热心解说，先逛桂花巷，试吃试喝，桂花酿有特色，中午就地找个餐厅吃客家菜，桂竹笋，客家小炒皆是道地客家菜，好吃，吃饱了，周边景点：向天湖，观鱼护道，都值得一游。

那天去南庄天气超好,所以怎么拍都很美。虽然对孩子来说,这种老街景点较不有趣,不过我还是会跟儿子一一介绍它得特别。临时绕去山上的向天湖,那天人不多,湖虽不大,但是很漂亮呢。

这里有很多客家文物可以了解很多过去人们在生活上所做的努力简单又美的价值拍照者可以安心拍下很多美景每样物品都有各不同的美深只要用点心灵一定可以拍出不少好照片很适合初学拍照者来的地方特色物品很有美度不浮华但是实用夏天的到访现在夏天又快到了规划一下吧 还有冷气开心度过夏天喔

那里的人不急躁，很爱聊天。有时间能了解当地的人文风貌⋯⋯ 南庄人还没受到金钱的诱惑。天气不好就不开门⋯⋯不会让逛街的人有压迫感；若进了一间店没有想买的就别买，店主不但不会不开心还会谢谢你光顾。老街也许不多东西看，但适合休闲的人逛。市场里的客家面摊好吃，客家板条也不错！别错过！ 空气新鲜，让人很容易放松心情。风景很漂亮，不停的按快门！小心没电哦！不过希望南庄能保持这样没被”污染“的风貌！会再去⋯⋯ （只是会看好天气预告再去。别再下雨了）

苗栗南庄里的土著是赛夏族，胡瓜就是苗栗人，很多年前，一个叫黄旗因的福建汉人来娶了赛夏酋长的女儿，和汉族通了婚。赛夏族在台湾14个少数民族中是能见度比较低的，但在南庄可以看到他们的矮灵祭表演。

这是我第二次去南庄,在南庄待了近两个小时,临时决定前往离南庄约半小时路程的向天湖.到达时已将近下午5点.傍晚时分,大部份的游客皆已下山,反而给了我们可以好好看看向天湖的机会,静静的湖面,搭著远方传来的山羌声,大自然用他独有的方式接纳著渴求心灵平静的游客.而在湖边贩售原住民艺品与美食的原住民也因为游客较少,多了时间和客人聊起了赛夏族的历史.说到精采处,那神情可说充满了热情与力量,对我而言,这是一趟很棒的文化之旅.所以下次如果机会去南庄,别忘了到向天湖走走.

客家料理和桂花冰很棒，山峦层层叠叠，延途风景很美，山行玫瑰的咖啡香浓好喝，搭配秀丽的山景，可以悠闲的度过一整个夏日午后。

它就在苗栗南庄~124線道~31K處~你在遠處就可以看到一棟白色風車建築物~很有特色

苗栗南庄，一个观湖光山色，品老街美食，赏桐花萤火虫的美丽小镇。哈哈，我穿和服的表情有木有很到位@台湾自由行 @台灣自由行達人

说是台湾的原始人的部落不过那个博物馆也不怎么样 很普通然后景色也一般擂茶倒是蛮好玩的项目 真的很好喝很香

I rode down to Toufen to take the 台湾好行 TW shuttle bus up to Nanzhuang. The shuttle bus was located at the same terminal station for the other Miaoli buses but the shuttle does not come very often, so you should schedule your itinerary carefully. I purchased a day pass for NT$100 which allows unlimited rides on the shuttle (one way to Nanzhuang is about NT$91 so it saved me quite a bit even though I didn't get off anywhere else). Also picked up a pamphlet which lists the shuttle bus routes, as well as recommended food stalls (if you keep the pamphlet and show it to the advertised vendor, they will give you discount). The bus arrived in Nanzhuang visitor centre in about 35-40 minutes. You will immediately recognize the tourist centre as well as entrance to the old streets (very obvious). The old streets has lots of yummy food -especially deep fried snacks, flour-made sweets/cake like desserts, and a cannot miss green tea red bean mochi 'flaked' ice stand at the end/top of the old streets. However, I wouldn't allocate too much time here. The old streets are very small. I ended up finishing in about 1-1.5 hours and even walked to the outskirts of the real town (which was almost deserted, many stores were also closed - I went on a Saturday). I didn't go to the mountain trails, but from what I saw, I would still recommend the one in Hsinchu (much nicer and longer).

There are many hiking trails around Nanzhuang old town. Although the town is interesting mainly for its Hakka Street food, there are more attractive places about 30 minutes away in 3 directions that you can hike by using the affordable tourist buses "Nazhuang Hao Xing". I stayed 3 days and could not finish all the hikes. There is the Xiang Tian Hu Lake which we took not the paved path but into the mountains for about 3.5 hours round trip without scaling the Xiang Tian Shan Mountain. It's interesting to walk on the ridges of the mountain. In another trip from Nanzhuang old town, you can go to the Lion Head Mountain and hike paved roads (mainly uphill) to end in Wuanhua Temple (or the other way). Along the way, magnificent temples residing on the mountain slopes with fantastic views greet you. The third location is to go to the Eco-River and onward to Xian Shan (Fairy Mountain). Unfortunately there was not enough time to hike but there are interesting routes around here as well. In late April through summer, the Tong Flowers will bloom on the mountain. The soft white petals will flutter with the winds onto you. They call it June Snow.People are very friendly and helpful. Helps to have Chinese speaking travelling companions though.

We had lunch at the Hakka restaurant at the entrance of the old street which was nice and quite cheap. The 台湾好行 bus stop is just facing the entrance of the old street. The entrance is way too narrow especially when people used their baby prams and strollers on the uneven road surface. Almost all the stalls sell one type of food or another made of osmanthus which you can sample without obligation. At the end of the street is an old postal office since Japanese days.

The old town is actually not that old and not that interesting. There are a few interesting places in Nanzhuang minutes from the old town that is more interesting. eg a ake known as 向天湖, a flatten mountain 石壁景觀 and a valley known as 神仙谷. We particularly love the 神仙谷. It has 3 streams rushing into a big waterfall.You can read and see the photo on Day 6 of my Taiwan June 2012 blog.http://1place1dream.blogspot.sg/2012/06/taiwan-june-2012-day-6.html