City: Shandong
Top Things to do in Shandong
Top Hotels in Shandong
- 1. InterContinental Qingdao
- 2. Shangri-La Qingdao
- 3. Shangri-La Jinan
- 4. Holiday Inn Qingdao Expo, an IHG hotel
- 5. Crowne Plaza Yantai Sea View, an IHG hotel
- 6. Holiday Inn Express Jinan High-Tech Zone, an IHG hotel
- 7. Shangri-La Qufu
- 8. Ramada Jinan
- 9. Crowne Plaza Qingdao, an IHG hotel
- 10. Four Points by Sheraton Qingdao Chengyang
10 Things to do Good for Kids in Shandong That You Shouldn't Miss
Shandong (Chinese: 山东; formerly romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the East China region.
Restaurants in Shandong
1. Laoshan Scenic Area
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,055 reviews
One of China's most celebrated scenic areas, Laoshan presents a panorama of mountains, cliffs, waterfalls and temples.
Reviewed By Sillypiggys - Sydney, Australia
Snow capped peaks in winter! Perfect time to visit with barely any visitors. Spectacular views from the top! Great for hikers. We caught the 104 bus which starts at Taidong and travels down to the Xianggang West and Xianggang East Road (the West road becomes the East Road) along the coast until you reach Laoshan about 35km away. The cost is RMB3 from Taidong (terminus) to the Tourism Office of Laoshan. You just hop on and the ticket lady will tell you the correct fare to pay her. You need to book your tickets to the Laoshan scenic areas at the Tourism office before entering the park. Cost is RMB120 pp (low season) and RMB90 for students. Peak is RMB150 and RMB105 respectively. We then took one of the private driver’s offer of RMB300 for the day and she took us along the coast to see the Frog Rock, Laozhi statue, a look out to the Tea plantation and then Huayan Temple where we did a hike for a 1.5 hour round trip up the mountain. The temple was only 20mins walk up. We started at 10am and returned to Taidong around 6pm. The bus trip was 1hr in the morning (no traffic) but 2 hrs on the way back (peak weekday traffic). The private drivers speaks virtually no English and will try to take you to tea houses to sample teas and coerce you to buy or encourage you to eat at one of the restaurants. They won’t force you so gently decline if you are not interested. Note: there are no food options other than these restaurants so bring snacks or eat a good breakfast before you head out!!
2. Shandong Museum
3. Weihai International Bathing Beach
4. Thousand-buddha Cliff Statues
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 59 reviews
Reviewed By Solar77 - Santa Cruz, United States
Thousand Buddha Cliff statues were carved during the Sui Dynasty (581-618 AD) and the ancient buildings are beautiful.
5. Badaguan Scenic Resort
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 739 reviews
Reviewed By lingolewi101 - Melbourne, Australia
Definitely a must if you are coming to Qingdao. Along with most of what's on trip advisor's app, apart from the beer city. That's only in the summer of August. Badaguan is like a small zone of the city, easy to get to with 1 yuan buses. Also beautiful view of the beach and blue houses, I feel Qingdao hasn't even hit it's peak yet, plenty of construction everywhere we went. The castle was cool! A few wedding photos were taken during our visit there, and only 8.5 yuan entry fee! But definitely get there early, the line was about an hour long! Unsure of opening times
6. Yantai Hill
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 139 reviews
Reviewed By 722barryl - New Orleans, United States
This scenic area gave its name to the city. Free and well maintained, there's plenty to do here. The area is the location of four former foreign consulates representing the UK, the US, Denmark, and Japan. There's also a Qipao Museum, two temples, and a lighthouse. Each of the attractions are small and manageable and all are close to each other. If you have kids with short attention span, this is a perfect place to while away an afternoon.
7. Weifang People's Park
8. Beijiushui River Laoshan
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 204 reviews
Reviewed By whitej_11 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Long time before I went to visit Laoshan for very famous Taoists there,but later I was attracted by the nice view of the mountain, and more the broken but well placed stone blocks, looks unstable and dangerous, but always staying there steadily. In autumn we could see colorful view of the stones with plants of red leaves. Water always there for nice view together with stones. If lucky still can see some colorful birds. So when go to qingdao you must try to visit Laoshan
9. Heihu Spring
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 121 reviews
Reviewed By GobalTravelwFamily - Denver, United States
Unlike Baotu Springs, this one is free and you can walk along the cannal and see various springs. You can see locals collecting water and folks enjoying a nice walk. My son loved it because it gave him the opportunity to run, skip, hop and jump around. He also enjoyed balancing on some rocks and getting his hat wet to cool down. I loved visiting Jinan and seeing the green spaces! This was no exception. We had a little more than an hour before we needed to leave our hotel to catch the train, so we walked over here from our hotel. If we spend more time along the canal, we would have taken a little boat ride down the canal.
10. Qingdao XiaoYushan Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 98 reviews
Reviewed By ROCruiser - Claremont, United States
It seemed like we were the only ones there on the day we visited. This is an excellent spot to see Qingdao from higher up. We did climb up to the top of the pagoda and it was a wonderful view of the older section of the city. With fewer visitors one can really enjoy the serenity and sight.
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