Taiwan Day 5&6: Luodong, Yilan (Part I)

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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.
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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.


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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.
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The train runs close to the ocean and the scenery along the Eastern Coast route is unsurpassed.
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We reached LuoDong train station in less than 2 hours time. Mr Xu. from Rothenburg Lodge came to pick us up.
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It’s late in the evening so we ended up mostly wandering around the beautiful B&B.
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Our Room (NT 3300)
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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)

Comments

  1. 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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  2. SimpleGirl says:

    lovely place!!!so romantic!!

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  3. ai wei says:

    this B&B is soooo beautiful with the english look! love it. i wan a night stay at here too! :P

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  4. Christine says:

    Rothenburg Lodge is such a pretty and relaxing place to stay! Looks really comfy. Nice interior and sophisticated exterior dear!

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  5. zarra says:

    its beautiful~!!!! nett 3300?? wow..wish to go there someday

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  6. hcpen says:

    i went to luodong this jan early this yr too! I had the famous yilan/luo dong noodles there..yummy..

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  7. cumidanciki says:

    tudor styled lodge.. very nice!

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  8. Chin says:

    Combination of cedar and rubble rock. Unbeatable.

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  9. Simon Seow says:

    Wow, so nice the environment.

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  10. Jackie Long says:

    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:

    hi its 1 hour train ride from taipei. u can take a train there, to luodong station

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  11. jerny says:

    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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  12. MBS says:

    Hi, Can i have the Rothenburg Lodge email address?

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    kampungboycitygal Reply:

    hi you have to call them. they dun reply via email :)

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  13. Pamela says:

    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:

    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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  14. Jamie says:

    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:

    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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  15. Chai li says:

    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:

    yeah u have to start with 886

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  16. alpine blanche says:

    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:

    yes, there’s definitely a free pick up :)

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