85 Sky Tower

One of the coolest building in Taiwan. Go on sunset boat cruise for better views from water. And just steps away from 85 Sky Tower is Don Burrito best Mexican we’ve had in Taiwan.

This is an 85 level sky tower with a viewing deck on the 74th Floor. It is also a hotel and has a few shops, a bar and a restaurant. We stayed here and the room had an amazing view of the harbour (or city if you choose that option). Our room was on level 55. The room was spacious with a big marble bathroom all the necessary amenities. We made use of the gym and pool as well. You need a cap to use the pool Staff weren’t overly friendly, at check in they were efficient and ‘routine’. The staff helping to get cabs were the best. We appreciate our late check out of 1pm. The area is a short walk to the light rail which gets you to pier 2 easily. Walking distance to a station as well.

Impressive views over the city. For an observation deck, it would have been nice to have outside space. Windows bit dirty for taking proper photos. We'll worth the visit though when visiting the town as it gives you a good overview of the city.

The building was designed by C.Y Lee which has an unusual 'prong' design with two separate 39-floor sections, which merge into a single central tower rising to a spire. This unique design leaves a substantial space below the central part of the tower which was inspired by the first character of the city's name (高). Most observation windows in the building offers views over the Kaohsiung City, the Love River and the Kaohsiung Harbour.

250nt/person to go up with the fast elevator that goes as fast as 600m per minute and the view at night is really nice though the windows are very dirty and the usual hazy skyline of Kaohsiung makes the visibility somewhat limited. they have a nice cafe serving food, hot and cold beverages including local Kaohsiung beer. on a Sunday evening there was hardly ten people.

One of the best places you could imagine to watch the sunset, the building architecture is simply beautiful and the view amazing, going upstairs from the first floor took very little time because of the high speed elevator,(you should take a video once you get inside the elevator and before start going upstairs) , the best time to go is around 5pm so you can see the city during daytime and minutes later the night view, there are some volunteers whom are willing to explain to you about the city and the history of the places, they had an excellent english speaking person too, he was very kind and dedicated to what he do, the tickets are not as expensive as going to the Taipei 101, is around NTD 250 per person, but you also get a discount of of you bring your student ID card.

160NT per person, and less if you show a student discount. Excellent 360 degree views of Kaoshiung. The observation deck wraps around the entire floor of the Tuntex Sky Tower. Ride the super fast elevator up to the 75th floor, then walk down to the 74th floor where the viewing room is. Elevator speeds reach 10 Meters / second. You can feel your ears pop as the mood lights change with the ride up. Downside - Some of the windows are covered in a clear film with little drawings on them to represent the city below. Tip for the tower - Either replace the film or peel it off completley. It is starting to bubble and wrinkle and causes the view below to appear murky and foggy. Can’t take photos out side those windows because the bubbles and wrinkles get in the way. Telescopes are available to use around all corners of the tower. Fun to put in a couple coins and play i-spy games. No open air access. Totally enclosed. There is a restaurant at the top that serves coffee and Haagen Dazs ice cream. Also a souvenir shop with tons of trinkets. A small arcade section including foosball. And galleries that include large-scale photos of the view below, butterfly exhibition and a Hello Kitty section.

This accommodation is not so bad and also super convenient spot which is located in city center near subway. Actually, this building is called 85 sky tower contains variety of lodgings and we stayed one of them called "happy avenue". All of facilities are pretty fine but the cleanness is needed to improve. BTW the price is so reasonable in these high value place; besides, self-service check in is so easy to do.