Temporarily Closed – [Kaohsiung] Observation room of Sky Tower 85 ! (高雄85大樓)

This is the last post about my trip to Kaohsiung this time. Last sightseeing in Kaohsiung is 85 Sky Tower (高雄85大樓) ! I went to Sanduo Shopping District Station by metro. There’s entrance of the tower, but we can’t go to 75th floor that have the observation room from this entrance. The direct elevator for the observation room is in 85 Sky Tower Hotel (君鴻國際酒店).

When I entered the hotel and asked the staff. He brought me to in front of the elevator. This elevator bring us to the observation room directly.

The admission fee is 180 TWD now. Tickets could be got at the tower, but we can get tickets around 150 TWD at ticket shops on the way to the tower from the station. You can save 20 – 30 TWD. Of course, I got the ticket at ticket shop. Starry sky in the elevator. Brilliant !

The elevator conveyed me rapidly. 347m tall.

No one there….Because it’s on weekdays.

I visited there on workday at noon. The city enveloped in mist.

Of course, this 347 m tall tower is the highest architecture in Kaohsiung city, and it used to be the highest architecture in Taiwan by the time Taipei 101 being complete. (So, now it Sky Tower 85 is second tallest). “85” in its name is deprived from 85th that is the top floor of this tower. So, probably Taipei 101 is 101-storied building 🙂

By the way, this tower is shaped as “高” of Kaohsiung (高雄). Because of air pollution, we can’t see clear view in the daytime. Maybe night view is good 😉 So, I decided to visit there at nighttime again and went toward the airport.

I wanted to buy something to eat in the plane at convenience store, but somehow I couldn’t find any on my way to the airport from the tower nevertheless found many convenience stores like Family mart and Seven Eleven at this trip

Though I got to the airport 2 hours before the flight time, there were few active check-in counter and it took much time. There was no check-in machine and I had to wait in patient. It took about 50 minutes