I. Famous scenic spots in downtown Qingdao

I. Qingdao seashore scenic spot (4A)

Seashore Pedestrian Walkway

It is an open scenic spot with the total length of 36.9 kilometers starting from Tuandao Ring Road in the west and stretching to Shilaoren Holiday Resort. The walkway links the main scenic spots such as Zhanqiao Pier Garden, Navy Museum, Little Qingdao Island Garden, Lu Xun Park, No.1 Bathing Beach, Badaguan Scenic spot, May 4th Square and Shilaoren Bathing Beach, forming a unique gallery of seabeach landscape.

May 4th Square

It is an open scenic spot and is divided into two parts, namely the South Part and the North Part. The main sculpture named "May Breeze" erected in the square is a new symbolic attraction in Qingdao.
By bus: No. 25, 26, 31, 104 and 202.

Zhanqiao Pier Garden

It is an open scenic spot and a symbol of Qingdao with a century history. It is also one of the best scenic spots in Qingdao.
By bus: No. 2,5,8,25,26,231,301,304,305,307,316,321,501 and 801.

Badaguan Scenic Area

Badaguan Scenic Area is an open scenic spot mainly consisting of building groups of distinctive architectural styles together with quiet and broad avenues. It is colored a brilliant red by a mass of blooms in Spring and Summer and features its red maple leaves in Autumn and Winter. It is one of the most well-known resort in China.
By bus: No. 15,26,31,202,212,223,228,304,311,316,321,501 and 801.

Lu Xun Park

Lu Xun Park is reputed for its distinct red rocks and elegant environment and is one of famous scenic spots of Qigndao Seashore Scenic Area.
 Address: No.1 Qinyu Road
Tel: 82860760,82868471
Toll: Free
By bus :Take bus No. 6,26,231,304,311,312,316,321,501 and 801 and get off at Lu Xun Park Station.

Xiaoyushan Park (Little Fish Hill Park)

Xiaoyushan Park is one of the best scenic spot along the seaside of Qingdao, Though the hill is not high, it has marvelous vision, overlooking the Huiquan Bay and other scenic spots like Zhanqiao Pier, Little Qingdao Isle, Lu Xun Park and Badaguan (Eight Passes) Scenic Area. From the top of the hill you can see beautiful landscape featuring red tile, green tree and azure sky and blue ocean. "Fish Hill Autumn Moon" is one of the Top Ten Scenic Spots of Qingdao.
Address: 24 Fushanzhi Road
Tel:82883635
Ticket Price: Peak Season:15RMB?Low Season:10RMB:
Go by buses No.6 ,26 ,202 ,223 ,228 ,304 ,311 ,312 ,316 ,321 ,501 ,801

Little Qingdao Isle Park

Little Qingdao Isle is one of the most attractive scenic spot of Qingdao, Its light reflect on the sea makes quite a spectacle at night, so much so that it has become known as "floating light of isle", which is one of Top Ten Scenic Spots of Qingdao.
Address: No. 2 Qinyu Road
Tel: 82863944
Ticket Price: Peak Season: 15 RMB? Low Season: 10RMB
Go by buses No.6 ,26 ,231 ,304 ,311 ,312 ,316 ,321 ,501 ,801 at Lu Xun Park stop

Flowers Garden

Flowers Park is also called Sculpture Garden of Cultural Celebrities; it is the first large-scale memorial garden in Qingdao. Many vivid cultural celebrities sculptures scatter in the garden, it is a perfect integration of culture and natural scenery.
Address: No. 55 Yananyi Road
Tel:82862461
Go by buses No.15 ,219 ,302,220 ,604

II Others

Music Square

The Music Square is one of the largest music and leisure squares in China, it is composed of tree matrix area, eccentricity square, sculptures area, oval square area, music sea sightseeing platform and underground shopping shop. In the center is a 20-meter high statue named "Sail of Music", under which a piano-shape instrument is set up for tourists to play.
Go by buses No.25 ,26 ,31 ,104 ,202

Huiquan Square

Known as Qingdao's "urban lobby", The whole square is filled with a grand, modern, romantic, delicate and charming atmosphere.
Go by buses No.25 ,26 ,31 ,104 ,801

No. 1 Bathing Beach

Located at Huiquan Bay, the beach is 580 meters long with flat surface and no submerged rock and spire. During peak time, it hosts 250,000~300,000 people everyday, the highest daily record is 350,000 visitors. The recently rehabilitated beach features its integration of nature and the city and its coastal city appearance.
Go by buses No.25,31, 104 and No.801

Naval Museum AAA

Naval Museum is the only military museum that record the whole Chinese navy development history in China. It has three exhibition areas: An indoor exhibition area, a weaponry and military equipment exhibition area and a sea exhibition area. It is one of national education base for patriotism.
Address: No.8 Laiyang Road
Tele: 82866784 82874786
Ticket Price: Peak Season 30RMB   Low Season: 20RMB
Go by bus: No.6, No.26, No.202, No.304, No.316

Guest House (German Style Official Residence )  AAA

Established in 1905-1908, originally, it was the official residence of the German governor when Germany occupied Qingdao. Then, it was the executive official residence of Qingdao municipality. It is an German style architecture and is one of famous symbolic architecture of Qingdao.  
Ticket Price: Peak Season 15 RMB   Low Season: 10RMB
Tele: 82866209 82886242
Address: No.26 Longshan Road, Qingdao City
Go by bus: No.1, No.25, No.217,No.221,No.220,No.228,No.225,No.307,No.367

Sight-seeing TV Tower  AAA

Located on the Taiping Hill, Qingdao sight-seeing TV Tower is one of the best scenic spot and it is a complex integrating sightseeing, catering, entertainment, shopping and leisure.
Ticket Price: Individual: 30RBM
Group: 15 RMB (more than 30 person)
Address:  Taiping Hill 1 Road
     Go by bus : No.1, No.3, No.15, No.25, No.36, No.212,No.217,No.225, No.302,        No.307,No.308,No.368

Haier Science and Technology Museum     AAA

There are nearly 30 programs to visit and participate in including exhibiting rooms for the world evolution of household appliances, rooms for the history of Haier's evolution of household appliances, the future families of the 21th century, future societies, a 3D dynamic cinema, network classrooms and a high technology exhibition hall. 
Ticket: 10RMB
Tele: 88899855 88899865
Address: No.10 High-technology Garden Miaoling Road, Qingdao City
Go by bus: No.104, No.230, No.304, No.313, No.321,No.362

Qingdao Folk Customs Museum (Tianhou Palace ) AA

Qingdao Tianhou Palace was first built in the Ming Dynasty(1467AD) with more than 500 years history. It is the oldest brick-wood structure buildings. In 1996, it was rehabilitated by Qingdao municipality and developed into Qingdao Folk Customs Museum.
Address: No.19 Taiping Road, Qingdao City
Tele: 82880728,82964114
Go by bus: No.6, NO.25, No.26, No.304, No.311, No.312, and No.316
Ticket Price:  Peak Season: 8 RMB     Low Season: 5 RMB
Favourable prices for senior citizens, students, soldiers: 2 RMB

Qingdao Arboretum (AA)

Qingdao Arboretum is located in the south of Taiping Hill scenic spot. It contains such scenic spot as the forest amusement park, plant collection park, Sino-Japan friendship garden and waterside garden. It integrates scientific research, scientific popularity, flower & plant fostering and tourism together.
Ticket Price: individual: forest amusement park 10RMB  plant collection park 5 RMB
Group: Travel agency agreement price 50% discount, more than 50 persons 30% discount, more than 20 persons 20% discount.
     free charge from May1,2008
Tele: 83861640
Address: No.3 Yunyang Road
Go by bus: No.206, No.310, No.370, No.604

Former Residence Museum of Kang Youwei AA

Former residence of Kang Youwei was originally built in 1899. In 1924, Kang Youwei purchased this house and lived here until his death in March 1927. It is now a key site under provincial protection. It was rehabilitated by Qingdao municipality at the beginning of 2000 and open to the public during the National Day of the same year.
Ticket Price: Peak Season: 8 RMB   Low Season: 5 RMB
Tel:82879957  82969239
Address: No.5 Fushanzhi Road, Qingdao City
Go by bus: No.6, No.26, No.202, No.304, No.316

Qingdao Underwater World

A tourism scenic spot invested by Qingdao Aquarium and Shandong Luxin Investment Group Co., Ltd, Qingdao Underwater World integrates underwater sightseeing and ocean science education together. It fills a blank of underwater world facility in Shandong and it created many records in the whole nation. It is a marvelous scenic spot along Qingdao golden coastline
Address: No.1 Laiyang Road, Qingdao, China
Ticket Price: 90RMB  All-inclusive Ticket: 100RMB
Tel: 82878218
Go by bus: No.6, No.26, No.316,No.304,No.202,No.228,No.801

Aquarium

Qingdao aquarium was originally built in 1932. More than 4,000 square meters to display more than 200 various kinds of marine species, more than 900 kinds of marine plant and animal specimens, more than 20,000 pieces of specimens collection.
Address: No.2 Laiyang Road, Qingdao City, China
Ticket Price: Peak Season 40 RMB  Low Season 20RMB  Leviathan: 10RMB
Tel: 82868088
Go by bus : No.6, No,26, No.316, No.304, No.202,No.228,No801 

Xinhao Hill Park AAA

Xinhao Hill Park is one of the best scenic spot. It has the main scenic spot such as the revolving hall, the open-air teahouse, the hexagon pavilion. The three red mushroom-shaped building on the hill top resemble three torches sending signals in the ancient times.
Ticket Price: Peak Season: 15 RMB    Low Season: 13 RMB
Tel: 82794141
Address: No.17-4 Qidong Road, No.18 LongshanRoad, Qingdao City
Go by bus: No.1, No.214, No.220, No.221, No.225, No.228

Zhongshan Park

Qingdao Zhongshan Park is a comprehensive park with the longest history, the largest size, the most complete facilities in Qingdao. It is open to the public during National Day to organize carnivals activities.
Ticket Price: Individual: Low Season 3 RMB   Peak Season: 10RMB
Group: variation with season
free charge from May1,2008
Tel: 82870564    Fax: 82969165
Address: No.28 Wendeng Road, Shinan District, Qingdao City
Go by bus: No.6,No.15, No.26 No.31,No.202, No.214 No.219,No.304, No.307 No.316,No.604

Huashi Building

Located in the east of No.2 Bathing Beach, Huashi Building is a European castal style architecture blending with various western style architecture flavors. It is one of the most famous architectures in Qingdao.
Ticket Price: 5RMB
Tel: 83872168-6163
Address: No.18 Huanghai Road
Go by bus: No.26,No.31,No.304,No.316

Catholic Church

Built in the early years of 1930s, also named as St.Michael's,the Catholic Church is one of the most largest Gothic architecture and a famous architecture in Qingdao.
Address:No.15 Road
Tel: 82865960
Ticket Price : 5RMB

Lutheran Church

Situated in No.15 Jiangsu Road, the church is composed of a bell tower and an auditorium. It is one of famous architecture landscapes in Qingdao.
Tel:82865970
Ticket Price: 7RMB
Go by bus: No.1 No.25 No.220

Zhanshan Temple

Located in the east of Taiping Hill, Zhanshan Temple is one of the last Buddhist temple built in modern time of China.
Address: No.2 Zhiquan Road
Price Ticket: 10RMB
Tel: 83862038
Go by bus: No.26,No.31,No.202,No.304,No.316

Tsingtao Brewery Museum

The museum is the first beer museum in China integrating Tsingtao Beer's development history, profound cultural treasures, advanced technological process, beer drinking, entertainment and shopping together.
Address: No.56  Dengzhou Road
Ticket Price: 50RMB
Tel: 83833437
Go by bus: No.1, No.11, No.15, No25, No.225.

 

Industrial Tourism in Qingdao port (National Industrial Tourist Model Zone)

Qingdao port is an industry tourism brand integrating knowledge, entertainment, sightseeing, education and port features. Tourists can visit the port new appearance.
    Tickets: Individual: 20RMB    Group: 12RMB
Tel: 82983018    Fax: 82983019
Address: No.26 Xinjiang Road
Go by bus: No.4 No.8 No.214 No.217 No.20 No.21 No.247 No.303 

Qingdao Shell Carving Museum (Qingdao Industrial Tourist Model Zone)

Qingdao Shell Carving Crafts Factory is a professional shell carving handcrafts factory specialized in small-sized paintings, souvenirs, jewelry and three-dimensional ornaments, which are ideal gifts for friends.
Address: No.206 Yan?ansan Road
Tel: 83865290
Go by bus : No.25 No.604 

Double Star Industrial Tourism  (Qingdao Industrial Tourist Model Zone)

Qingdao Double Star Group is one of the earliest enterprises to develop industrial tourism, and they provide diversified service as per tourists profession and background. The company also runs Double Star hotel, dining for tourists and chain shops, which makes the industrial tourism abundance.
Address: No.51-4 Qutangxia Road
Tel: 82676007
Public Transport: Go by bus No,217, No.305 and get off at Mingyuexia Stop 

 

Shimei Nunnery Scenic Resort (Qingdao Agricultural Eco-tourism Model Zone)

Situated in the traffic center of Licang district, Shimei Nunnery Scenic Resort was named by a fairy story in which 10 plum blossom fairies descend to the site. It is really a retreat away from the turmoil of the world.
Ticket Price: Plum Garden 10RMB, Bird Park: 20 RMB
Address: Shimei Nunnery Village, Licang District
Tel: 84835495
Public Transport: No.213, No.305, No.364

Note:
A: National Tourism Scenic Area (Spot) Rating