City: Liaoning
Top Things to do in Liaoning
Top Hotels in Liaoning
- 1. Shangri-La Dalian
- 2. Shangri-La Shenyang
- 3. Hotel Jen Shenyang
- 4. Wanda Vista Shenyang
- 5. Fraser Suites Dalian
- 6. NorthYorker Hotel Service Apartment
- 7. Crowne Plaza Shenyang Parkview, an IHG hotel
- 8. Sofitel Shenyang Lido
- 9. Le Meridien Shenyang, Heping
- 10. The Castle Hotel, A Luxury Collection Hotel, Dalian
Top 10 Things to do in Liaoning, China
Liaoning (Chinese: 辽宁; pinyin: Liáoníng ) is a province of China, located in the northeast of the country. The modern province was established in 1907 as Fengtian or Fengtien province and the name was changed to Liaoning in 1929. It was also known as Mukden province at the time, for the Manchu pronunciation of Shengjing, the former name of the provincial capital Shenyang. Under the Japanese-puppet Manchukuo regime, the province reverted to its 1907 name but the name Liaoning was restored in 1945 and again in 1954.
Restaurants in Liaoning
1. Yalu River Broken Bridge
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 187 reviews
Reviewed By Ana L - Boliden, Sweden
If you have some time between trains, you should take a stroll to the Friendship bridge (around 15min walking). Quite an interesting site: the Americans bombarded the bridge, and while the Chinese chose to rebuild it, the North Koreans decided to leave it destroyed on their side, to show how harmful the Americans were.
2. Beiling Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 245 reviews
Reviewed By sandragY2889V0 - Greater London, United Kingdom
This park was indeed one of the 3 places my family and I wanted to visit, and boy this was not a disappointment. Wonderful, fantastic, colourful, entertainment galore, with lots to see and plenty to take part in. My were wondering around from activity to activity. There was such a choice to watch and be totally surprised with. Young and old, big and small, everyone everywhere participating in something or another. My 2 grandsons took part in a game where no hands are used to pass around a shuttle cock with your foot. Exciting games to watch and cheer to. There was small children roller blading and so so much more. My family took a boat ride, whilst I sat looking at flowers and a squirrel. I certainly can't fault a single thing
3. Ji Di Guan - Pole Aquarium.
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 290 reviews
Reviewed By cyberMythius - Tianjin Region, China
This place u great. Not very far from city center with some very nice attractions. It can get overcrowded, but we're in China right? But the tickets upfront on taobao and you can just scan the QR and go in, no queues (&you'll save some money). Don't skip the birds part, it's worth it. And walk there - it's few minutes walk, cable car is only trap for money.
4. Mount Qian Shan
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 134 reviews
5. Benxi Water Cave
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 139 reviews
Benxi Water Cave is a huge cave system located at the Taizi River. It is part of the Benxi Water Cave National Park.
Reviewed By gobey - Melbourne, Australia
Took us about an 1.5~2 hours each way to get there. The train takes about an hour and then you're greeted by hoards of militant taxi drivers. Take bus 16 to the local bus station and get a ticket for the water caves.
Caves are pretty interesting but most likely damaged over the years. Lots of moss growing on the stalactites so I would imagine they wont be around for too long.
6. Fengcheng Fenghuang Mountain Scenic Resort
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 92 reviews
Reviewed By Abraham S - Stockholm, Sweden
This mountain is cool crazy dangerous challenging as hell! If you're up for the challenge, you should definitely climb this one! Remember of having proper equipments like gloves and water because it's gonna be a long long trip. There are some parts where you are on the edge of falling like in the Ox Back part, but as long as you move forward and be careful you should be fine. I'm a total beginner but I survived. Love it so much!
Tip: if you're not sure you have a sufficient physical stamina, don't do it. You can climb it until a certain point where it's still possible to go down but when you reach the place of one by one person climbing, there's no turning back.
7. Dalian Bingyu Valley
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 106 reviews
Reviewed By Martin A - Dalian, China
This national park in Dongbei or north-east China, halfway between Dalian and Dandong, has an AAAA rating and it's well-deserved. I took 450 photos and 400 were fantastic. The scenery is breath-taking. The cable car to a mountain peak was thrilling. A beautiful, clean, clear, green river winds through a gorgeous gorge surrounded by mountain peaks.
8. Dalian Forest Zoo
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 368 reviews
Reviewed By GottaGoPlaces - Greer, South Carolina
Wasn't expecting such a large zoo, but the $20 entrance fee allows you to view an incredible assortment of animals. Our highlight was the elephant show - a must see
9. Shenyang Imperial Palace (Gu Gong)
Overall Ratings
4 based on 821 reviews
Reviewed By KodoDrummer - Yekaterinburg, Russia
Shenyang Palace Museum is one of the only two imperial buildings in China, also known as the Shengjing Palace, which was the imperial palace in the early Qing Dynasty, Nearly 400 years ago, before the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, its imperial palace was located in Shenyang. After the move to Beijing, the palace was called the Palace of Companionship, and later it was called the Palace of the Imperial Palace of Shenyang.
Today, it is a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, under the name “The Imperial Palace of the Qing Dynasty in Shenyang.”
The palace grounds are large (measuring about 60,000 square metres) and one can easily spend one to 1.5 to 3 hours sightseeing here. The grounds are not as large (i.e., at about one-twelfth the size) as those of Beijing’s Forbidden City. It has in excess of 300 rooms and about 20 courtyards. Unlike The Forbidden City, greater access is allowed to see the interior of the rooms and thus get a better understanding of the accommodations the people lived in.
To better understand the palace buildings and grounds, having a knowledgeable tour guide is best.
10. Binhai Road
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 198 reviews
Reviewed By Jedai79 - Singapore
We have driven along and taken buses/taxis along a few coastal routes, viz., from San Francisco back LA (US) (2000), from Marbella to Almuñéca (Spain) (2004), the entire stretch of Amalfi Coast(Italy) (2014), from Split to Dubrovnik (Croatia) (2016), nearer home at our neighbouring country, Penang in Malaysia, Gurney Drive (a few times with the last in 2014). Dalian's Coastal Route was one of the best planned and pavement/pedestrian walkway was one of the best paved to allow pedestrians to enjoy the breathtaking views while exercising/walking the entire stretch of road. When one walks towards the Shell museum, one can get a pretty shot of the Castle Hotel Dalian, gorgeous hotel that is worth every cent of your money (please see our review).
Practically EVERYTHING in Dalian was new, clean, modern and well-maintained. In the past 15 years that we have travelled to China, we feel, apart from Xiamen, Dalian is one of the two cleanest cities, if not the cleanest. Most Chinese cities have pockets of modernity but you hardly find a Chinese city that is so consistently new, clean & well-managed. On 17 May when we walked along Fengyu Tan Street 风雨坛街 in Shenyang沈阳, we had to watch every step we took because there were potholes all over. The construction sites were near Doubletree hotel and Wuai Wholesale Centre (please read our review), not Fengyu Tan Street, so that street should have been in a better condition. Ironically, Shenyang is the "capital" of Liaoning Province (沈阳是辽宁省省会）whereas Dalian which also belongs to Liaoning Province is just a small coastal city and yet the latter is MORE beautiful and cleaner than the "capital" city.
It's such a pity that we can't drive in China despite the fact that there is no language barrier (we haven't asked officially but we have been told that Singapore Driving Licence and International Driving Licence are all not accepted in China, yet we read the TA reviewers on Binhai Road "drove" Hmmm.... did they hire a driver to drive them around or they physically drove? ). If we can drive, we can rent a car in Dalian and drive along Binhai Coastal Road (滨海路）. There are some small parking bays at selected vantage points. Yes, the view off Amalfi Coast still beats Dalian Coastal route hands down even though Dalian's view is already picturesque, however, for a pedestrian, it is safer to walk along Dalian's Binhai Coastal Road than Amalfi because the latter has no pavements.
Will we recommend Binhai Coastal Road?
Go for it, without hesitation!
Our cab driver drove along this stretch of road on 19 May (first 3 photos, provided TA publishes all the photos) & we walked along it on 20 May. On 19 May, it was rather quiet but on 20 May which was a Saturday, the coastal route were packed with the locals, some were organised company outings like staff from Omron and some were school outings. They carried huge flags for easy identification so that members of the individual groups will be able to stay as closely together as possible.
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