Quingdao
Sightseeing
Zhanqiao Pier
Zhanqiao Pier: Zhanqiao Pier, built in 1891, is the symbol of Qingdao. After several restorations, from being a simple military harbor, it is now open to tourists. The pier is 440 meters long. There is an octagonal pagoda of distinctive Chinese style, “Huilan Pagoda” at the end of the pier. From the top, tourists can fully view the magnificent sea. Along the shore is the beautiful Pier Park, which is a pleasant and quiet place for tourists to rest or enjoy the scenery of Little Qingdao Isle and its white tower.
Shilaoren National Tourist Resort
Situated in the south Laoshan District, Qingdao and covering a floor area of 10.8 km2, it was named after the pleasing sights of Shilaoren (“Stone Old Man”). Like a humpbacked old man standing in the sea, Shilaoren (“Stone Old Man”) is a bamboo-shoot-shaped reef, which is 15m high over the water level and has a perimeter of about 30 m, with a (dia. 1m) transparent hole in the middle. The Tourist Resort is mainly characteristic of mountain and sea sights, beer culture, fishing village folk customs and oceanic amusement, and is equipped with bathing beach, Qingdao International Beer City, golf course, Polar Region Ocean World, etc.
Eight Great Passes
Badaguan (Eight Great Passes): Lying between Huiquan Cape and Taiping Cape, Badaguan faces the rippling Taiping Bay. In Badaguan area, more than 200 villas of exotic style are scattered among the flora and fauna. There are so many villas that the scenic spot is called a World Architecture Museum. Crossing the scenic area are ten roads built in 1931 and lined with many varieties of trees such as peaches, crabapples, pine trees and ginkgoes. Eight of the roads are named after the eight great passes of the Great Wall, and thus the area was named “Badaguan”.
Golden Beach
Golden Beach Shandong is located at the southern tip of the Yellow Sea Peninsula, Qingdao Peninsula, Huangdao Qingdao district (Qingdao Development Zone) Phoenix island. South of the Yellow Sea, a stretch into things, a total length of 3500 meters, 300 meters wide. With a flat beach, sand as fine as powder color, such as gold, blue sea, sky, it is called "Jinshatan". Jinshatan, Qingdao is the most fine sand, the largest area, the most beautiful scenery of the beach, known as "the first beach in asia". By the end of 2008 was named AAAA class scenic.