In the town itself, many of the old houses are built on hills with curved and narrow stepped streets.
淡江中學的校舍很古老，也很雄偉壯麗，鴿子在校舍頂上盤桓，不時又傳來陣陣鐘聲，莘莘學子在這裡受教求學，心境自然沈靜謙和，受益良深。淡水有好多民房建築在半山上，那兒的街道，也就是曲曲折折的階梯，現在也有改建成柏油路的，但路面比較窄。