After our summer trip to Baishawan, our daughter kept asking to go back to the sea, but somehow we ended up at YUN ESTATE HOTEL in Tamsui instead. The apartment-style room was spacious and the family facilities were solid, though a wrong dinner order and a midnight system reboot made the stay more memorable than expected.

A family afternoon at Baisha Bay in New Taipei, with sand play, calm shallows for young children, and a practical note on why the second parking lot is less convenient than it looks.