China travel
- Qingdao Qingdao is a large city on the Eastern coast between Beijing (880km) and Shanghai (550km). Korea is on the other side of the Yellow Sea, just a few hundred kilometers away. In the past Qingdao was a colony of Germany thats why there are European style houses. Nowadays Qingdao is a popular tourist city for its beaches and an important trading port. The urban population is about 2.75 million people.
- airport The Liuting International Airport is 30km from Qingdao.
- train Qingdao Railway Station is the main train station.
- bus Buses to Jinan, Taian, Yantai, Weihai and other cities depart from the Long Distance Bus Station near the railway station.
- port The port of Qingdao is a deepwater port and the seventh-largest port in the world. It has three port areas: the Old Port Area, Huangdao Oil Port Area and Qianwan New Port. The main cargo in the port are: containers, coal, crude oil, grain and iron.
- ferry There are ferry boats between Qingdao and the surrounding islands Huangdao and Xuejiadao. Also a ferry service to Incheon, Korea (19hours, www.weidong.com).
- hotels Top five star hotels: Clearsea Arts Hotel, Sea View Garden Hotel, Shangri-La Hotel, InterContinental Qingdao and the Crown Plaza Hotel. Five star Huiquan Dynasty Hotel is facing First Bathing Beach: a standard room with sea view is around 610 Yuan. Four star Zhan Qiao Prince Hotel is near the beach as the railway station: a King room incl. breakfast is 260 Yuan.
Flights to Taipei, Incheon, Pusan, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and main cities in China mainland. Taxi fare to Qingdao is about 100 Yuan, the airport shuttle bus is 15 Yuan. Official website is www.qdairport.com (in Chinese).
- Qingdao - Beijing: trains daily: journey takes about 5h.40min
- Qingdao - Shanghai: day train (10h) and night train (20h)
And a ferry to Shimonoseki, Japan (28hours, www.orientferry.co.jp).
- attractions - First bathing beach
- Tsingtao Brewery Tsingtao beer is world famous and produced in Qingdao. The brewery was founded in 1903 by German settlers and is China's largest brewery. Every year at June 23 there is the Qingdao International Beer Festival which attracts thousands of Chinese and foreign visitors.
Qingdao railway station
- Huiquan Beach
- International Beer City
- Taoist Mountain Laoshan
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