Location: Zibo
Top Things to do in Zibo
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Zibo (pronounced [tsɨ́.pwǒ]; Chinese: 淄博) is a prefecture-level city in central Shandong province, China. It borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the west, Laiwu and Tai'an to the southwest, Linyi to the south, Weifang to the east, Dongying to the northeast, and Binzhou to the north.
Restaurants in Zibo
1. Zhoucun Ancient City
Overall Ratings
4 based on 53 reviews
Reviewed By ahseow - Singapore, Singapore
Tourist street and it's packed daily with inland tourist. It's rare to find foreigners. Old pre war buildings and old history of various establishment can be found here. Worth the walk. Time spent. 1 half hours to finish walking. Took a taxi from zibo city to this place took me about 25 min at 35rmb. Forget about the zhoucun biscuit, it don't suit our taste.
2. Yuanshan National Forest Park
Overall Ratings
4 based on 19 reviews
Reviewed By mcfarljw - Loveland, Ohio
This park is located in Zibo, but not in the same district as the train station. You'll need to take a bus or taxi to the Boshan district. I highly recommend going to Boshan as it's plentiful in it's supply of Mountains and scenery (especially in comparison to the other districts). If you like walking then the Yuanshan National Forest Park is for you. It does cost money, but you'll end up spending a lot of time there. You can see some old restored Great Wall bits along with some other interesting things. In the summer it can be quite hot so don't forget to drink lots of water and perhaps wear some sun screen!
3. Zibo Zhoucun Daran Workshop
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 14 reviews
4. Zibo Lushan National Forest Park
Overall Ratings
4 based on 13 reviews
Reviewed By Kevin B - Blackburn, United Kingdom
I have come to dread national parks and Mountains in China. The overcharging, the carefully maintained paths and stairs, the overwhelming crowds, the little pop-up traders every 100-or-so metres. For someone who grew up readily able to explore the Wilderness, they all feel a little to sanitary.
So, when my wife announced this as a destination, my spirits fell, but slowly, surely, things improved.
The drive there was simple and pleasant enought and the car park outside the ticket office was pretty quiet. What followed was a fifteen minute drive up the kind switchbacked, mountain road than would make and excellent feature of a Top Gear segment to the car park at the base of the climb.
This is wehere I expected things to slip, but despite there being a good few cars, the signs were that it wouldn't be overcrowded, indeed the overflow car park was barely distinguishable and had been allowed to overgrow.
The visitor centre was a simple affair, with a small snack/gift shop, toilet and first-aid station. We didn't dally longer than it took our five year-old to relieve himself and we set off.
Certainly, the park isn't as immaculately maintained as others as the wooden boardwalk that made up the early paths felts a little loose, but remained sturdy. A fork in the path took us right on the primary route to the summits. There's plenty of plant life, a wide range of trees and wild flowers and a diverse range of insects (the trees sound practically alive). It's a pleasant climb, a little overgrown in places (which I like) and it brings you to the rock maze.
This is where the ascent gets a little more challenging as a naturally deposited array of rocks, forming paths and climbs, presents your route up. Of course, convenient steps have been put in place, but the narrowness and winding nature of the route make it an interesting andmildly challenging progression. Certainly, my middle-aged spread didn't hinder progress and my son take on an Indiana Jones-eque approach to surmounting the obstacles (A metal walking stick is useful for younger walkers, for confidence if nothing else).
through the maze we reached the first summit, with commanding views of the surrounding scenery, which is largely unspoilt and very pretty. You can also see across to the high summit, complete with it's temple. This, sadly, is one reason why I'm not five-starring the park as the high summit is now also adorned with a substation and pair of huge antennae that at least mean you're never short of a mobile signal.
The path across to the other summit is easy and finished with a fearsome set of steps, bringing you out just over 1,100m above sea level, to yet more gorgeous views and more flying insects than I would have believed feasible (mainly butterflies and dragonflies).
The descent path is easy, bringing you past another temple with a small snack shop outside. Whilst the drinks were above the odds here, the snacks themselves were reasonable.
The rest of the route sown is clean, easy and pleasant. The whole walk was reckoned by the ticket office to be about an hour, but with stops for the views, taking into account the pace of a) my son and b) the city-slicker remainder of our party, the whole walk took us around two hours, although this could have been longer if we'd had the mind.
All in all, nicely out of the way, not too sanitised, not too rough and probably the best national park experience I've had in China. Certainly worth a look if you fancy a mountain walk for the walk itself and don't fancy the crowds at Taishan.
5. Qi Dynasty Memorial Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 7 reviews
Reviewed By Douglas M - Guangzhou, China
About a 20 minute drive from the Ancient Chariots museum. Tickets were 40 Yuan, don't fall for the 'double for foreigners' scam! A newly built castle like museum filled with artifacts from the Qi dynasty. Interesting if you're into this period. Most of the busts of famous Qi's have an English translation. A nice little shop where I bought a genuine, well that's what I was told, 2500 year old Qi knife coin for 30 Yuan which I now use as a key fob.
6. Liaozhai Park
Overall Ratings
4 based on 8 reviews
7. People's Park
Overall Ratings
4 based on 5 reviews
Reviewed By ChanRoberts - Harbin, China
People's Park is a huge park in Zibo's Zhangdian District. It's quite popular with the locals. If you like walking or just sitting on a park bench, you can do both here. There's also a swimming pool and a lake with boats you can rent. As occurs in many Zibo parks, you'll often find people engaged in the Chinese practice of dancing for exercise. People walk pretty fast in the parks (since they're walking for exercise); so, either keep up with them or stay out of the way. Oh, and it is advisable to walk in the same direction everyone else is walking: always go with the flow of traffic.
Enter from the tree-lined, park-like Renmin Lu or from the very busy Luquan Lu. One corner of the park, on Luquan Lu, is across from Maoye Shopping Center (where you'll find Starbucks, Pizza Hut, Bread Talk, KFC, as well as a variety of other restaurants).
People's Park is truly an oasis in an urban desert.
8. China Ancient Chariots Museum
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 11 reviews
Reviewed By JohnWong56 - Singapore, Singapore
It is located under a highway and our coach drop us right next to the entrance. The museum have some interesting presentation of how chariots are being used in the past. The relics look both depressing and interesting as you can see the remains of the horses. I am not sure if they are replicas or the real thing because the security level of the museum is very low.
9. Tanxi Mountain Scenic Area
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By A TripAdvisor China Member
远看景区，山包围着水而已，进去之后才发觉风景真的很优美，山势险峻，并且没有怎么过多的开发，很难找到一个上山的道路，需要独辟蹊径，方能得到优美险峻的风景，另外，湖面平静映照着蓝天，是写生好去处
10. Zibo Qi Old City
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By Kiran1000 - Chandigarh
Walking in the street and buying something unique of old chines items like paintings inside of glass articles, One chinese Roasted thin circular bread type item with seasme seeds (do not remember Name) Many ancient Budhha temples inside and near the street
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