2011 Qingdao tour guide

There are many places with blue skies, such as Qingdao, where there are mountains and the sea, and it is rare to find mountains and the sea soaring in a wonderland. So, if the best city for a sea voyage is selected, Qingdao will take the first place. Add to that the red tiles of old German buildings and the hospitable Qingdao folk, and the place is near perfect

Tips before traveling to Qingdao: Best Season:

January to April in Qingdao is windy, with low temperatures and slow recovery. Arthritis patients are advised to avoid this season.

2. Qingdao is foggy in May, June and July, the air is humid and polluted, which is not conducive to travel for people with bronchitis;

3. Qingdao's temperature varies a lot in November. Coronary heart disease patients are best not to choose to travel during this time.

Precautions:

Sunscreen: Although Qingdao's summer is relatively cool, tourists should be reminded to prepare sunscreen, sunglasses, sun hats or umbrellas ahead of time to avoid getting sunburned playing on the beach. Avoid swimming in the sea around noon.

Drugs: When you arrive in Qingdao, you have to eat seafood. When you eat, first of all, choose some clean and hygienic restaurants. Seafood should also be fresh, preferably live. In addition, in order to avoid some tourists are not accustomed to the water and soil, you can prepare some medicines for gastroenteritis and allergies, just in case.

Must-see attractions recommended

Trestle Bridge

This is undoubtedly the symbol of Qingdao and the most exposed building in the city. The pier bridge was built in 18th year of Guangxu (1892 A.D.), which is the earliest pier in Qingdao. it was rebuilt in 1931 and refurbished in 1985, and now it is 8 meters wide and 440 meters long. There is a semicircular breakwater at the south end of the bridge. Inside the breakwater is a two-story octagonal pavilion named "Huilan Pavilion" in nationalistic style. The seawater bathing area here is the sixth seawater bathing area in Qingdao.

Address: No.14 Taiping Road, Shinan District

Bus: 2 5 6 8 25 26 218 225 301 304 307 311 312 316 321 501 801 802 Trestle Bridge Station.

Laoshan Mountain:

Laoshan Mountain is the main mountain range in Shandong Peninsula, and the highest peak of Laoshan Mountain is 1133 meters above sea level. Among the famous mountains in the country, Laoshan is the only one that stands by the sea. The coastline around Laoshan is 87 kilometers long, and there are 18 large and small islands along the coast, which constitute the wonders of Laoshan. When you stroll on the green stone road in Laoshan, on one side is the blue sea and blue sky, and on the other side is the waves lapping the shore; on the other side, the green pines and strange rocks. Therefore, in ancient times, some people called Laoshan "the mansion of the immortals, the mansion of the immortals". Legend has it that Emperor Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty came here to seek immortality. These activities painted a mysterious color to Laoshan.

Laoshan is a famous Taoist mountain in China. In its heyday, there were "nine palaces, eight temples and seventy-two temples", and thousands of Taoist priests all over the mountain. Famous Taoist figures Qiu Changchun, Zhang Sanfeng and so on. They used to practice here. Most of the original Taoist temples were destroyed. The preserved Taiqing Palace is the largest and has the longest history.

Qingdao Zhongshan Road - No. 100 Years of Commercial Street is an 'ace' commercial street in Qingdao since the opening of the port. This road is about 1400 meters long from north to south, slightly S-shaped. It has a unique historical and cultural background, as well as a strong German and Japanese cultural background, with unique characteristics. It had its beginnings as a military dock built at the beginning of the 20th century. As people frequently traveled between the village and the wharf to transport goods, a road was formed over time, which became known as the "motor road". Existing old buildings include: Adams Tower (now Qingdao No.1 Department Store), National Goods Company, Shandong Grand Theater (now China Television Academy), Fortuna (now Red Star Cinema), Huale Theater (now Arts and Crafts Service), German Pharmacy (now Evergreen Fruit Shop), Hongren Tang, Xinmin Hotel, Wanguo Barber Shop, etc. The financial industry has also begun to enter Zhongshan Road, such as the government-run Qingdao Branch of the Bank of China (now Bank of China Shandong Branch), Bank of Communications (now Bank of China Shandong Branch), and Bank of Communications (now Bank of China Shandong Branch). Bank of China Qingdao Branch (now Bank of China Shandong Branch), Bank of Communications (now the Construction Bank), private Donglai Bank and so on.

Address: Zhongshan Road Commercial Street, Shinan District

Bus: No. 2, No. 301, No. 305, No. 320, No. 366, Airport Special Line, No. 002 Tram, No. 005 Tram, No. 231, No. 305 Interval, No. 218 Air-conditioned Bus, No. 221 Air-conditioned Bus, No. 22

Being surrounded by the sea in the south, the area is encircled by the Taiping Jiao and the Huiquan Jiao, and surrounded by Zhan Mountain, The so-called "eight passes". The so-called "Eight Passes" is because there are eight roads (now increased to ten) named after the eight passes, i.e. Shaoguan Road, Jiayuguan Road, Hangu Pass Road, Zhengyang Pass Road, Linyuiguan Road, Ningwuguan Road, Zijingguan Road and Juyongguan Road. The ten roads are crisscrossed and the trees on each road are different. The architecture of the Eight Great Passes focuses on the architectural styles of more than 20 countries, including Russia, Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Japan and Denmark, and is known as the "World Architecture Expo".

Bus: 26, 31, 202, 206, 223, 228, 231, 304, 316, 317, 321, 312, 370, 501, 604, 605, 801 "Wushengguan Road".

Cathedral

Shandong Province, key cultural relics protection units, was built in 1932, completed in 1934, covers an area of 2,470 square meters, the main building is 80 meters long, formerly known as "St. Emil's Church", is China's only consecrated church. It is the largest Gothic building in Qingdao, with very active religious activities. Sunday worship services are held every Sunday.

Address: Gaogang Catholic Church, north end of Zhejiang Road, Shinan District

Bus: Take No. 301, No. 305, No. 320; No. 1, No. 367 is a short distance away, and get off at the station of Lake Water Road.

Must-do recommendations

1. See the sea: in Badaguan and Taipingjiao, with lush vegetation and fresh air, you can meditate on the sea.

2. Hiking: Laoshan day trip.

3. If it's the height of summer, step on the beach and bathe in the sea in the evening; go to Beer City in the evening to drink beer to your heart's content and party with thousands of people.

Classic Tourist Route Qingdao City Day Trip

D1:Trestle Bridge Naval Museum Little Qingdao Qingdao Underwater World First Sea Bathing Beach Badaiguan (you can go all the way east along the trestle) Second Sea Bathing Beach Polar Ocean World Wusi Square Music Square Xiaoyun Road Minjiang Road Food Street Dinner Trestle Bridge Railway Station or Taitung nearby hotel.

Laoshan Scenic Day Trip

D2:Tanya Bridge Railway Station or Taidong Laoshan Scenic Area Zhongshan Road Commercial Street or Taidong Shopping Dengzhou Road Beer Street Dinner Tanya Bridge Railway Station or Taidong near the hotel.

Those who have been there say so.

*It's not just the sea here. The city has a lot of keywords, a lot of romance, a lot of melancholy, a lot of silence. And fresh beer, cherry blossoms, German architecture, northern men. The overwhelming blue, red tiles, green trees and slightly salty sea breeze make the people here and those who come here calm and relaxed.

*The streets here have an up and a down, and there's always a red roof exposed in the center of the road. In fact, as the road turns there, more of the landscape is hidden at the other end of such an unseen slope. Often, as I walk, I look around, and I am really overwhelmed. Those corner gables peeking out from behind walls, trees, and tall buildings make me look for them one by one

Where is Qingdao's most famous snack street?

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Transportation: Air

Qingdao Liuting International Airport is 32 kilometers away from the city center, with a wide range of routes. It can travel to and from more than 30 cities in China, and has opened a number of international and regional passenger routes such as Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Seoul, Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau. The ticket office of civil aviation is at No.29 Zhongshan Road (Hunan Intersection, now Trestle Bridge).

Railways

Qingdao Railway Station is located at No.2 Tai'an Road, near the Trestle Bridge.

There are 24 pairs of trains daily from Qingdao to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Jinan, Taishan, Heze, Yantai, Weihai, Wuchang, Nanchang, Xuzhou, Zhengzhou, Xi'an, Lanzhou, Xining, Chengdu, Taiyuan, Dandong and Tonghua. In addition to Zibo, Yantai, Weihai direction, the rest stop Jinan.

Reminder: If you come to Qingdao by train, do not take a taxi in the train station parking lot after getting off the train. Station cabs are generally negotiated (no meter), short distance refusal. If the map is cheap, you can take a taxi on the street outside the train station square.

Highway

Qingdao's road transportation is very developed. Up to now, Qingdao has built 7 highways, including Qingdao Ji, Jiaozhou Bay, Liu Xi, Shuangliu, Weilai, Qilai and Yinqing.

Qingdao Railway Station Square has Iveco buses to Weihai, Yantai and Penglai. It takes only three hours to Yantai and four hours to Weihai and Penglai. The road condition is excellent, take the highway. Go to Jinan and take the No. 5 tram to the long-distance bus station. There is a Qingji high speed train here, and it only takes 4.5 hours to Jinan.

Waterway Transportation

Qingdao has two international passenger routes that run year-round, departing for Incheon, South Korea at 16:00 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Every Tuesday and Friday at 16:00 p.m. to Shimonoseki, Japan.

Qingdao Port Passenger Terminal is located at No.6 Xinjiang Road.

Public ****cars

Because of the rolling terrain, Qingdao has very few bicycles and motorcycles, making buses the main mode of transportation in the city. Public transportation in Qingdao is easy and accessible in all directions, and no one sells tickets. The brand new buses are clean inside and out. 26, 201 and 202 buses run along the seashore, passing through many attractions such as Trestle Bridge and Badaguan. The starting point is the ferry or train station.

The most convenient and comfortable way to travel to Qingdao is to take an air-conditioned tourist line. The vehicles of the three tourist lines are all high-grade luxury air-conditioned tourist buses (28 Xiamen Golden Dragon). Equipped with professional tour guide service.

You can take the 304 bus to Laoshan (Taiqing Scenic Area), and you can walk all the way to the beach from the ferry and train station (Trestle Bridge) to Laoshan. Of course, you can also take a day trip to Laoshan. All hotels have agents, and most tours only go to Taiqing Scenic Area. If you want to go to Beijushui and Yangkou Scenic Spot, you can take a tour bus at Huaneng Plaza every morning from 7:00-10:30.

Taxi

Maybe foreign tourists think that Qingdao cabs like to beat around the bush. In fact, Qingdao's traffic is very unique. Many roads are one-way. It is common to see four lanes on one side of a road and only bus lanes on the other side. This is done to increase speed and ease traffic pressure, so sometimes it is necessary to take a detour where you can go directly. If foreign tourists know a little about it, it won't cause too many disputes.

Ferry

The ferry route between Qingdao's Old Town and Huangdao strengthens the connection between the two sides of Jiaozhou Bay. If you take the highway around Jiaozhou Bay, the distance between the two places is 84 kilometers, while the ferry only takes 20 minutes to half an hour, stopping on foggy days.

Company Qingdao Ferry Terminal Tel: 82619279

Company Huangdao Terminal Tel: 86856949

Company Xuejia Island Ferry Terminal Tel: 86705247

Cruise Ships

Laiyang Road Sea Tourism Terminal is located on the north side of the Naval Museum, which is a place for round trips to and from Little Qingdao and Luxun Park, Taiping Cape and other sightseeing routes. And it is a very interesting tour program for mainland tourists.

The Zhongyuan Maritime Square Tourist Wharf is located on Xilingxia Road, where there are not only panoramic sightseeing routes to Qingdao's Mai Island, but also to two small islands in the Yellow Sea (Juche Island and Dagong Island).

Cuisine:

Qingdao is rich in valuable sea cucumbers, scallops, abalone, conch, prawns and anchovies. This determines that Qingdao cooking is characterized by seafood-based ingredients. The traditional Qingdao feasts are characterized by "416" and "428". The order of serving requires that the food be cold before hot, salty before sweet. Every table must have fish, no sea cucumber is a big table. Eating seafood depends on the season. Spring and summer are the best seasons and will definitely make you never want to eat meat again. Of course, be careful. Many tourists just arrived in Qingdao, because they can not stand the temptation of seafood, eat too much. The result (as you can imagine).

Qingdao has a feast of seafood with northern specialties, as well as snacks with various Shandong characteristics. Noodles are all over the place and dumplings are piping hot. Northern dishes are full of flavor and require good digestion. Qingdao has a collection of famous chefs, a concentration of mountain and sea food, and Qingdao beer and Laoshan mineral springs are renowned at home and abroad. The flavor is really great!

You can taste the local snacks of Qingdao in the Snack Street, which has the rare pleasure of a big hotel. "Chopping Yard", located on Jiangning Road between Zhongshan Road and Hebei Road, is a famous snack street in Qingdao. There are also Dalmaidao Seafood Street, Xiaoyun Road Zhongyuan Food Street, Huiquan Snack Street, Shuangxing Food Street, Taishan Road Barbecue Street, Chang'an Food Street and so on. It is a paradise for foodies.

Shopping:

Specialties: shellfish carving, seafood, Jimo old wine, Jiaozhou Bay clams, Laoshan mineral water, Laoshan stone, Laoshan Yunfeng Tea, Qingdao beer, fabrics. In addition to coastal products, there are also packaged foodstuffs with Shandong characteristics. You should be careful when buying goods, but multipolar leads to abuse. It is hard to bargain shopping in Shandong. First, it is not very expensive. Secondly, Shandong people don't want to waste their breath. Try not to carry after a good meal of seafood in the region, because it is difficult to keep fresh.

Festivals:

Qingdao International Beer Festival: It opens on the second Saturday of August and lasts 16 days.

Venue: Qingdao International Beer City

Events: opening ceremony, beer drinking, cultural evening, cultural parade, cultural and sports activities, drinking contest, tourism and leisure, economic and trade exhibitions, closing ceremony.

Transportation: Take bus No. 102, 104, 110, 125, 230, 301, 311, 312, 317, 321, 362, 375, 802, 501, 606 in the city and get off at Zhongshan Park.

Qingdao Cherry Blossom Exhibition: from the end of April to the beginning of May

It has a history of more than 80 years and is held in Zhongshan Park.

Qingdao Ocean Festival of China: mid to late July.

With the goal of building Qingdao into a modernized international ocean city, the China Qingdao Ocean Festival was founded in 1999, with the main venue in Zhongshan Park.

Qingdao Daquan Trestle Bridge: a yellow glazed tile roofed Huilan Pavilion, connected to the land by a long rainbow bridge, known as the "Gefei Huilan" or "Changhongyuan Drinking", is like a long rainbow laying on the sea field. It is located in the same year as Qingdao, which was founded in 1891 as a small wharf to witness the German invasion. Because of its long history and beautiful scenery, it is at the top of Qingdao's attractions.

Small Qingdao: It is also called Qin Island because it resembles Qin. There is a poem: appreciate the green hills are not many, an island in the sea is as small as a snail, the clouds roll and float in a different state, like bathing in the evening waves before the wind. Its charming charm is fully realized. The white lighthouse above was built in 1897 when Germany invaded Qingdao.

China's only naval museum. *** There are three exhibition areas: maritime equipment exhibition area, land equipment exhibition area, gift clothing exhibition area, patriotism education base, military education base.

Bad Pass: a famous historical villa area. In the past, eight streets were named after famous passes, such as Jiayuguan Pass, Shaoguan Pass and Ningwuguan Pass. Each street has a unique flower. 200 villas represent the architectural styles of 24 countries and are known as the "World Architecture Expo".

First Sea Bathing Beach: The First Sea Bathing Beach was once regarded by the Germans and Japanese as the best in the Far East. Its reputation was also spread overseas by the Germans and Japanese, so Qingdao has many foreign tourists. The clear water, calm waves, gentle beach and fine sand are especially suitable for swimming.

Qingdao Underwater World: a tourist card of Qingdao, the earliest aquarium in China was built in 1932. Underwater World takes you into the mysterious water world.

Zhongshan Park: If you want to come, please come in April. The rose-colored cherry blossoms will tell you that you've been transported into a fairy tale world. The annual summer light show will also make you want to go back and forth.

Signal Mountain Park:In Aoyagi, you'll see three mushroom-shaped red balls on another hill, which were signal towers during the German occupation. It is now a park where you can climb the tallest ball and have a great view of Qingdao's old town.

Qingdao Beer Museum: We come to see the ancient brewing techniques and the whole process of the birth, growth and development of our national brand. The docents will give you fresh beer to taste. If you don't have enough fun, this is the beer street on Dengzhou Road. Lit up every day, this place is bustling with tourists.

Zhan Mountain: Fresh air and the sound of Buddha's voice make you experience "Zhan Mountain with clear sails". If you're not sure whether you're in the city or in the mountains, come visit the ancient Zhan Mountain Temple.

TV Tower: China's tallest pure steel tower. When you reach the top of the tower, the new city of Qingdao will be all in front of you. There is also the Olympic Exhibition Hall, where you can get a full understanding of the Olympic Games. Qingdao's Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition is also here.

Wu Si Square: the square of Qingdao city government and one of the symbols of Qingdao. The red sculpture in the center, shaped like a hurricane, is called "May Breeze", a symbol of Qingdao's sovereignty that triggered the May Fourth Movement in 1919. It will bring you the shock of patriotic passion. The bay in front of the square is called Fushan Bay

Polar Ocean World: The dolphin show, or show, with huge beluga whales and cute penguins will take you to the polar paradise of your dreams.

Shidao Beach: If you've never seen the sea, then the sea in your imagination must look like Shidao. The wind is strong, the waves are sharp and open. Here, surf and play in the water and embrace the sea!

Beer City: you must feel the carnival of beer festival in summer. Singers step on the table to find you and you drink wildly. Who wouldn't melt in the sea of joy?

Laoshan: The southern line has Bashui River and Longtan Waterfall. The eastern line has the Taiqing Palace, here, and the Laoshan Taoist through the wall of the wall. The ruins of Hain Temple, where there was once a battle between Buddha and Taoism, still tell the story of the exuberance of incense and the triumph of Taoism here. What can you expect from meditating in front of an ancient pagoda?

You must have heard of Beijiu Shui on the Northern Route, and you can't leave without a sip of Ganhuan's mountain spring. Come on, take a sip of Laoshan tea, taste the stone cauliflower jelly, the gods are so many.

The most classic Qingdao tourist routes are here!