南庄遊客中心緊鄰南庄老街,為觀光局所屬首座符合綠建築標章之遊客中心,內部陳設融入客家及原住民元素,提供旅遊資訊、導覽文宣、旅遊諮詢、景點介紹、多媒體導覽及原住民、客家服飾免費體驗等服務。
沿著遊客中心及南庄市場旁的小徑可以通南庄著名的「康濟吊橋」,總長154公尺的吊橋串連了南庄老街與江南老街,站在橋上可以透過不同的角度欣賞南庄山城的美景,而吊橋一旁的「十三間老街」曾是四、五零年代南庄地區最為熱鬧的街道,隨著礦業走入歷史而退去了昔日的繁華,近年在青年返鄉的努力之下搖身成為文創產業的聚落。
Nanzhuang Visitor Center, adjacent to Nanzhuang Old Street, is the first visitor center affiliated to the Tourism Bureau to be labeled as a green building. The design of this visitor center also incorporates Hakka and aboriginal elements. It provides travel information and brochures, answers visitors’ queries, introduces tourist attractions, provides multi-media video guides, and showcases traditional Hakka and indigenous clothes and implements.
The path next to the visitor center and Nanzhuang market leads you to the renowned “Kangji Suspension Bridge” in Nanzhuang. The 154-meter long suspension bridge connects Nanzhuang Old Street and Nanjiang Old Street. Standing on the middle of the bridge, the broad and magnificent mountains unfold in front of you and it refreshes your spirits along with wind among the mountain. Shisanjian Old Street, on the other side of the bridge, was once the busiest area in the 1940s and 1950s. However, with the decline of mining industry, fewer people came to this area. Recently, with the government’s promotion, more young people come back to start their own business incorporating cultural and creative elements.