15 Sep
Taiwan Day 5&6: Luodong, Yilan (Part I)
For our full trip itinerary, please click here.
Towards the end of our Taiwan Trip, we came to LuoDong, a township in the central part of Yilan County. LuoDong is famous for its beautiful landscape and various fairy tale like manor located along DongShan River.
It was a clear case of love at first sight when I first saw the pictures of the exterior of Rothenburg Lodge. At the same time, I was touched by the Mr Hsu’s determination and persistence in realizing his dreams. Having to spend all of his savings coupled with a multi million dollar loan, noone is supportive towards Mr. Hsu’s painstaking pursuit and he almost gave up. However, Mr. Hsu has decided to hang on to his dream and Lothenburg Lodge is opened after a construction period of more than four years!
Tudor-style architecture is just one feature making this B&B stand out from the rest. Built from solid genuine Cedarwood, there is a warming, grounding aroma throughout the house. Apart from that, the lodge itself is endowed with 82 tall trees that presents a magnificent view of the surrounding environment.
Since I am a connoisseur of (cheap) beautiful places to stay, I told KampungBoy that we are so going to spend a night at Rothenburg Lodge! From JiuFen, Mr Hsu dropped us at Rueifang Station where we boarded a train to LuoDong Station.
The train runs close to the ocean and the scenery along the Eastern Coast route is unsurpassed.
We reached LuoDong train station in less than 2 hours time. Mr Xu. from Rothenburg Lodge came to pick us up.
It’s late in the evening so we ended up mostly wandering around the beautiful B&B.
Our Room (NT 3300)
To be continued……
Rothenburg Lodge
No.47, Lane 13, Siehe Central Rd.,
Wujie Township,
Yilan County 268,
Taiwan (R.O.C.)
03-9502000 (please call for room reservation)
Posted by Life for Beginners on September 15, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Awww, you two look so cute taking a picture in front of the Rothenburg Lodge. I love very European-style B&B’s like these.
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Posted by SimpleGirl on September 15, 2009 at 4:50 pm
lovely place!!!so romantic!!
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Posted by ai wei on September 15, 2009 at 5:38 pm
this B&B is soooo beautiful with the english look! love it. i wan a night stay at here too!
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Posted by Christine on September 15, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Rothenburg Lodge is such a pretty and relaxing place to stay! Looks really comfy. Nice interior and sophisticated exterior dear!
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Posted by zarra on September 15, 2009 at 9:14 pm
its beautiful~!!!! nett 3300?? wow..wish to go there someday
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Posted by hcpen on September 16, 2009 at 1:18 am
i went to luodong this jan early this yr too! I had the famous yilan/luo dong noodles there..yummy..
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Posted by cumidanciki on September 16, 2009 at 10:55 am
tudor styled lodge.. very nice!
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Posted by Chin on September 17, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Combination of cedar and rubble rock. Unbeatable.
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Posted by Simon Seow on September 23, 2009 at 3:34 am
Wow, so nice the environment.
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Posted by Jackie Long on October 9, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Hi, i would like to find out how far is this place from Taipei and how to get there? Appreciate your reply. Thanks!
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
October 11th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
hi its 1 hour train ride from taipei. u can take a train there, to luodong station
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Posted by jerny on November 27, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Hi, I stumble across your blog while surfing for info on Taipei. i am very interested to go to Jiufen & Luodong after seeing your pictures! Do you have a itinerary with directions on how to go that you can send me? Thks v much
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Posted by Executive Summary:6D6N @ Taipei & Yilan, Taiwan | KAMPUNGBOYCITYGAL on December 30, 2009 at 10:39 am
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Posted by MBS on September 28, 2010 at 11:29 pm
Hi, Can i have the Rothenburg Lodge email address?
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
October 3rd, 2010 at 12:26 am
hi you have to call them. they dun reply via email
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Posted by Pamela on March 1, 2011 at 10:40 am
Hi,
I am going travelling to Rothenburg Lodge from Jiufen.
May I ask when you say “train”, does it mean the Taiwan Railway Administration? Is the Taiwan Main Station located in the same station as the Taipei Metro station?
Thanks lots!
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
March 1st, 2011 at 1:52 pm
hi yeah its TRA. taiwan main station is like our kl sentral, theres intercity n intracity train, all within the same building
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Posted by Jamie on March 5, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Hi, do we have to put deposit for the reservations too? All the rooms are the same? If not, what type of room did you choose? I thought of booking for this since its pretty!
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
March 8th, 2011 at 10:12 am
hi sometimes they will require deposit, esp for peak travel season. all the rooms r dif, i booked the cheapest room located downstairs hehe
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Posted by Chai li on April 23, 2011 at 10:12 am
hello nice blog , i like it much, do you knw how to call from malaysia? i’m try few time but cant get thru might be the area code
please advise
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
April 25th, 2011 at 12:00 pm
yeah u have to start with 886
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Posted by alpine blanche on August 3, 2011 at 1:34 pm
Hello, i am very keen to stay at the rothenburg lodge villa- is there another way to book the rooms? – i note they dont respond to email, only calls? Is there a free pickup by this Mr xu from the train station?
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
August 25th, 2011 at 6:22 pm
yes, there’s definitely a free pick up
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