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Old House Inn 謝宅
Add: Tainan city center
Tel: +886 0922-852-280
Price: 7000-8000 TWD/night
Visited: Jun 2016
Luxury hotels are nice, but especially for an old city like Tainan, staying in a historical house seems like a much more attractive option. For our two-day trip, we checked in at Old House Inn 謝宅 (literally Hsieh’s House), a charming space renovated from owner Kyle’s old family house. He currently has 6 properties dispersed across the city, the one we stayed at is “Inn #4”, a small house of two stories, tugged away inside a hidden alley located in the center of Tainan. For privacy concerns, the address isn’t publicized, and there’s no sign at the door – the staff will personally lead you here when you arrive in Tainan.
這次台南兩天一夜的小旅行，選擇住在由老房子改造而成的民宿 － 謝宅。同行的朋友是這裏的常客，托她的福，有老板小五親自來接我們吃飯喝果汁，也因此有機會和他聊了聊。小五是台南人，從 2008 年開始將自家老房子修建成民宿，到現在已有六間。我們住的 “謝宅四” 是一棟兩層樓的小屋，隱藏在台南市中心一個不起眼的小巷子裏。
Since 2008, Kyle has been refurbishing his family properties while preserving their nostalgic charm.The door, for example, is pieced together using old woods recycled from temples, a material which we will see over and over again inside the house. Side note: the house we stayed in originally belonged to Kyle’s grandma, and became the dowry of his mother when she got married.
這裏原是小五外婆的房子，後來成了小五媽媽出嫁時的嫁妝。爲了給客人隱私，沒有門牌，也不公開地址。大門由收集來的廟門木料拼裝而成，很有意思。門上還挂著一串串葡萄，太可愛了。
Upon entering, we were greeted by a small patio with a pond. It’s a such a lovely set up with the chairs and trees and fish and turtle, and if Tainan weren’t so hot and humid in June, I could really sit here all afternoon.
一入門首先見到的是有池塘的小庭院。露台上放著兩把椅子，可以看見池塘裏的小魚和烏龜先生，還有一旁這顆五十多歲的非洲紅。要不是台南六月天氣太熱，真的可以在這裏坐一下午。
