"Charming Qingdao" Classic Tour Routes

Source: Qingdao Tourism Development Committee

I. SCO Classic Tour

Visit Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center — the SCO Qingdao summit venue, explore the typical scenic spots and experience the nature’s work of combining the city and ocean. The tour includes Small Fish Hill with red tile roofs, green trees, the blue sea and azure sky; The Museum of the former German Governor’s House; Qingdao’s landmark Zhanqiao; and the Badaguan (Eight Great Passes), one of the five most beautiful areas in China. Also on the itinerary is the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center, which was the site of the sailing race of 2008 Olympic Games and Paralympic Olympic Games, also it was the SCO Qingdao summit venue. Here you can feel the China’s diplomacy power, the cultural essence of Shandong Province. You can also take a boat tour at night to Fushan Bay to enjoy the beautiful and spectacular “SCO Light Show” and feel the charm of the “City of Sailing”.

II. Beer Festival Tour

As the hometown of the famous Chinese beer brand “Tsingtao Beer”, Qingdao is a place where you can not only taste the different flavors of the fresh brews at any time, but also experience the hundred-year’s history and development of Tsingtao Beer — the Chinese leading brewery — in Qingdao Beer Museum. Meanwhile, you can drink beer, celebrate, and merge yourself into the city of Qingdao at the Qingdao International Beer City, where you can also have a better understanding of Qingdao’s beer culture and the enthusiasm of Qingdao people.

III. West Coast New District Tour

As one of the State-level New Areas in Qingdao, the Xihaian New Area (west coast new area) has become a new destination for leisure recreation. Go through Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Undersea Tunnel and you’ll get the Qingdao West Coast New District. You can wander through the Jinsha Beach (Golden Sand Beach) to enjoy beautiful coast view of “Asia’s finest beach”; climb to the top of Dazhu Mountain and overlook the beautiful scenery of Zhushan National Forest Park and Cangma Mountain; visit Langyatai Scenic Area, Qichangcheng Park, the Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Experience Center in Shandong Province, to learn about history; visit Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis, Wanda Mall, Xingguang Island (starlight island), and the Mangrove Tree Resort World, to experience the unique charm of movie city.

IV. Laoshan and World Horticultural Expo Tour

Laoshan (Mount Lao) is located near the East China Sea on the southeastern coastline. This tall and majestic mountain is famous for its marvelous mountainous scenery and coastal landscape. One of the most famous points in Mt. Lao is the legendary Taiqing Gong (Taiqing Palace), which is the oldest Taoist palace in Laoshan. This palace is also reputed as the second most magnificent Taoist building in China and has many Taoist legends and stories left there, which makes this beautiful and wonderful destination more mysterious. The International World Horticultural Expo was held in Qingdao in 2014. At the base of the expo site and the dozens of pavilions built by all different countries, the new Qingdao Expo Park was built. It is now a national 4-A level scenic spot. In recent years, featured themed activities such as the beer carnival were held in the Qingdao World Expo Park, which make this place a more open and lively tourist destination in Qingdao.