Xinhua, formerly Tavokan, was a collection depot for hill-country produce. The Zhongzheng Road shophouses, built in two phases about 17 years apart in the 1920s–30s, show two generations of Baroque facades and were voted the region's top historic architecture; a second old street on Zhongshan Road was demolished in 1995.
Architecture
Baroque facadesJapanese-eraArcades
Themes
Japanese eraQing eraFarming
Getting there
Where
Zhongzheng Road (Zhongshan Road to Xinyi Road), Xinhua District, Tainan
Getting there
From Tainan Station by bus to Xinhua
Time needed
1–2 hours
Best time
Weekend mornings, with the Xinhua Old Street market
