蛇頭山遊憩區

Good

Nice view

It's being renovated at the moment, new shelters and roads. You can still walk around, but feels under renovation.

I would like to share a story happened in 1622. An officer of VOC (Dutch East India Company), he heard the Spanish would take over Formosa soon, so he gave Cornelis Reijersen an order : trying to establish a trading point in Pescadores or Formosa if he couldn't take Macau by Force. After lost the battle of Macau, Reijersen turned to stay in Penghu / Pescadores and began to build a fort in the present Fengguei / Fengkuei (風櫃), Magong City. Now the place is a famous scenic spot- Shake Head Hill (蛇頭山). 2 years later (1624), Ming Empire changed a chief administrator of Fujian Province (named 南居益). He thought Penghu belonged to Ming Empire, so he choose to expel the Dutch troops from Penghu by force. Experienced 8 months surrounding war in Fort Fengguei, Reijersen reached agreement with Ming Empire, he was allowed to exploit​ Formosa (Still no man's land in 17th) but had to destroy their Fort Fengguei in Penghu. Therefore, all the building materials in there were moved to Formosa for building Fort Zeelandia (安平古堡).

Nice quick stop ... i liked the wooden art sculpture, whilst my husband enjoyed the fort/military aspect.

You can walk around

I think it's really boiling hot during summer But the ocean view is quite amazing. If you are a traveler, you may consider having a look in this natural park.

It’s nice to swing by, it has some histories there, quiet and clean, good spot for photos. Take 15 minutes to walk around.