Taipei Travel

Eslite is a celebrated bookstore that is more than a bookstore. Apart from the Chinese collection, it has a wide range of foreign language books, including English books. It's a multistory venue. Apart from books, there's also a cafe and giftshop. If you feel the need for a good book late at night, don't worry, Eslite is open 24/7. By the way, if you like the look of a book, you can sit down and read it for a while.

Taiwan Chengpin has closed some of their shops and owes tenants money. PAY UP MS. Wu! Our shop was closed when their management team ran away during Covid.

Um if you haven't been to an Eslite while you're in Taiwan where have you been? If you haven't been to this one while you're in Taipei what are you doing mate? Jokes aside this is just something else. My explanation for my non Taiwanese friends on Eslite is as followed: "well it's a bookstore but also not just a bookstore. It has everything. It's like a shopping mall but not really... It's got everything. It's a treasure land. It's brilliant. You should just go and check it out for yourself..." And as the icing on the cake: this Eslite opens 24/7. I don't know what else one could ask for and maybe this is the only thing that will get us through 2020. I can personally spend a whole day (or week?) here. Apart from the food and drinks and books and lovely environment to read, Eslite always supports smaller/independent brands and it's full of hidden gems. I always find some beautiful/good quality yet affordable stuff there. (3rd floor offers some marvellous jewellery brands) Sure everyone can spend ages in here so spare a day/afternoon for it.

This place is open 24 hours! Very large bookstore, including foreign language books (in English and other languages). Popular with students. Includes a cafe with food options, as well as a large gift store with relatively kitchy items for sale. Did I mention they are open 24 hours?! Can be handy...

Speaking of multi-tasking. This Eslite bookstores is huge with MANY other things, not just books. We didn't have a lot of time for it. But if you have spare times in Taipei, an afternoon there maybe some experiments.