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The Tainan Anping Harbor Walk starts at the Eternal Golden Castle, a Qing fortress finished in 1876, follows the waterfront past a sixteen meter statue of the sea goddess Mazu at Lin Mo-niang Park, and crosses the canal into the old town at Yanping Street, lined with snack stalls and door plaques of Anping's sword lion symbol. From there the route visits Fort Zeelandia, the Dutch stronghold where Taiwan's written history begins, the banyan root tangled Anping Tree House, and finishes at the small Qing era Anping Small Fort, about 4 kilometers and 56 minutes.

The Tainan Old Capital Walk starts at the quiet Fahua Temple, once a Ming loyalist's garden, visits the shrine of Koxinga and the surviving Great South Gate with its rare barbican, and reaches the Tainan Confucius Temple, the island's first Confucian school, founded in 1665. Heading north past the 1930s Hayashi Department Store, the route arrives at Chihkan Tower, built over the ruins of the Dutch Fort Provintia, and finishes among the lantern lit shophouses of Shennong Street, also about 4 kilometers and 57 minutes.

Both walks are flat and easy underfoot, but Tainan's sun is strong for much of the year, so plan around the heat rather than the distance, starting early or timing your finish for the cooler, lantern lit evening. Snack stalls and convenience stores are rarely far away on either route, which is exactly how a Tainan walk is meant to be done, with frequent stops to eat.