[HSR + Hotel Package] Ride the HSR to Tainan — Book with a Rail Ticket and Receive Free Tickets to the Mucha Centenary Exhibition

This summer, Tainan welcomes an old friend from a hundred years ago.

Works by the Czech artist Alphonse Mucha are travelling south to Tainan for the first time: more than 150 original pieces are on view at the Tainan National Museum of Fine Arts until the end of September. It is about a fifteen-minute walk from our front door — and a walk that takes you past Chihkan Tower, the Sacrificial Rites Martial Temple and Snail Alley.

So that guests travelling from afar need not worry about transport or tickets, 3 Door has partnered with Taiwan High Speed Rail on an “HSR + Hotel Package”: book on our official website and add a high-speed rail ticket, and we will have your exhibition tickets waiting for you.

About “New Art Realm: The Mucha Centenary Exhibition”

Mucha is the name most closely bound up with Art Nouveau. Those posters of serene women wrapped in curling flowers and vines — you have probably seen them countless times on cafe walls and notebook covers, without knowing they came from a Czech painter who took on theatre-poster commissions in late nineteenth-century Paris.

The works on show come from the Mucha family collection and span painting, posters, jewellery design, photography, illustration, printmaking and product design. This year marks the centenary of the completion of his life’s great work, The Slav Epic, which gives the exhibition title “New Art Realm” a double meaning — the realm of Art Nouveau, and the larger world he sought to reach in his later years.

From 3 Door to the Exhibition: A Fifteen-Minute Walk Through the Old City

The museum sits in the same West Central District as we do, about a kilometre away in a straight line. Rather than calling a cab, we suggest you walk — this stretch is the very best of Tainan.

1. 3 Door Hotel(No. 77, Chenggong Rd) — head west to the Yongfu Road junction
2. Chihkan Tower— Tainan’s point of origin for four centuries; red tiles by day, lanterns by night
3. The Sacrificial Rites Martial Temple and Grand Matsu Temple— walk along the red walls of Yongfu Road Section 2, incense drifting out through the doorways
4. Snail Alley— the old quarter written about by the novelist Yeh Shih-tao, its lanes just wide enough for a single bicycle
5. Tang Te-chang Memorial Park— a radial roundabout where seven roads meet
6. Tainan National Museum of Fine Arts— No. 1, Sec. 2, Zhongyi Rd; Mucha is waiting on the second floor

Tainan summers are bright and hot, so we suggest setting out before the museum opens in the morning, or waiting until after four in the afternoon. On Saturdays the galleries stay open until nine — the most comfortable slot of all: step outside after the exhibition and Tainan’s evening is just beginning. If your legs give out on the way back, taxis and shared scooters are easy to find in the West Central District.

Why We Suggest Taking the HSR Rather Than Driving

Tainan’s old town grew up to be walked. Most lanes in the West Central District are only one car wide, and in high season a parking space near Chihkan Tower or the museums is almost impossible to find. Guests who drive often spend half a day’s energy hunting for one.

The rail route is simpler than you might imagine:

Once you have dropped your bags, you will not need to touch a vehicle again for the next three days. Chihkan Tower, Shennong Street, Guohua Street, Zhengxing Street, Hayashi Department Store and both art museums are all within walking distance. This is something we have been telling our guests for eleven years:Tainan deserves to be walked.

Booking and Terms

• This offer isavailable only for bookings made on the 3 Door Hotel official websiteand requires a high-speed rail ticket to be added at the time of booking; reservations made through other platforms are not eligible.
• High-speed rail travel dates must fall between 1 August and 30 September 2026.
• Exhibition tickets are issuedone per bed-occupying guestas a rule; children not occupying a bed are not included.
• Complimentary tickets are limited and available while supplies last; please confirm actual availability with our reservations team when you book.
• Tickets are handed overat check-inby our front-desk team. They cannot be exchanged for cash, reissued, or swapped for other items.
• All exhibition rules (opening hours, admission procedures, unscheduled closures) follow the organisers’ announcements.

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