Release lanterns over Pingxi
then sleep 30 minutes away
8 Sky Lantern Festival Base Hotels!

Score 9.3 from 640+ reviews — the night after you release your lantern over Pingxi, you come back to Something Easy Inn's rooftop terrace and watch the same sky — now just stars and the Keelung Sea below. The 24-hour free snack bar is waiting: tea, snacks, something warm. Nine rooms only, sitting quietly on Jishan Street at the third floor, above the tourist bustle. Walk 7 minutes to reach Old Street.

1,921 reviews on Agoda — The Ocean Theory is the most-reviewed B&B in Jiufen, and the reason is simple: starting from NT$1,300 with breakfast included, upper-floor rooms facing the ocean directly, and a location close to Shengping Theater that makes walking to Old Street straightforward. On festival night when Pingxi is crowded and logistics are stressful, having a reliable, highly-validated base is worth everything.

Every single one of Sunshine B&B's 17 rooms faces the ocean — and the rate starts at NT$1,300. Score 9.0 from 1,389 reviews. Two minutes' walk from Qiche Road down to Old Street. For a festival trip where you need a guaranteed, well-reviewed base that won't break the budget, this is the best value-sea-view combination in Jiufen. Book months ahead — rooms at this price with guaranteed sea views go first.

Score 9.2 from 273 reviews — HappyLand B&B's edge over the competition is its hosts. Reviewers consistently use words like 'warm', 'like family', 'went out of their way'. Free breakfast includes fresh fruit and waffles. There's a small in-house café. Views take in both mountains and sea bay. Coming back from a lantern festival night to hosts who genuinely welcome you home — that's what pushes this above purely practical choices.

Jishan Street is the soul of Jiufen, and The Ore Easy Stay sits at number 204 — a five-minute walk from Old Street. The design draws on Jiufen's gold-mining heritage, mixing mineral textures with clean minimalist lines. Score 9.1 from 766 reviews. At NT$1,200, this is the cheapest genuinely quality stay on the Old Street strip — and for a festival trip, being this close to the action matters.

Shuqi Road is Jiufen's most romantic stone-staired lane — Sunny Room is right on it. Six individually themed rooms, every one with a private balcony. Some suites have an outdoor soaking tub facing the ocean. Homemade breakfast every morning. After a festival night watching lanterns drift over Pingxi's mountains, returning here to soak in a tub with the sea stretching dark and wide below you is the kind of memory that outlasts any photograph.

NT$850 per night. Sea-view balcony. Private kitchen in the room. And a free guided tour of Jiufen at night — when the day-tour buses have gone and the lantern-lit alleys are quiet. Twilight House proves budget and quality aren't mutually exclusive: score 8.7 from 1,211 reviews, Japanese minimalist design, clean and functional. For backpackers who want the Jiufen festival experience without spending on accommodation, this is the answer.

For travellers who want to stay in Taipei and make a same-day return trip to Pingxi for the lantern festival, citizenM North Gate is the ideal base. An 8-minute walk to Taipei Main Station, then TRA train to Ruifang, then Pingxi Line — you're there in 1.5 hours. XL King bed, iPad room controls, 24-hour canteenM bar for when you come back late after the lanterns. Score 8.7 from 3,378 reviews — the most-validated property in this article.