Climate: Qingdao is located in the north temperate monsoon region, which belongs to the temperate monsoon climate. Due to the direct regulation of the marine environment and the influence of southeast monsoon, ocean current and water mass from the ocean surface, the urban area has obvious maritime climate characteristics. The air is humid, the temperature is moderate, and the four seasons are distinct. The temperature rises slowly in spring, which is later than inland 1 month. Summer is hot and humid and rainy, but there is no heating; In autumn, the weather is refreshing and there is little precipitation; In winter, the wind is strong, the temperature is low and the duration is long.

Best travel time: autumn.

Qingdao folk festivals:

Qingdao cherry blossom festival runs from the end of April to the beginning of May.

It has a history of more than 80 years and was held in Zhongshan Park.

China Qingdao Ocean Festival in the middle and late July.

Qingdao China Ocean Festival, with the goal of building a modern international ocean city, was founded on 1999 and its main venue is Zhongshan Park.

Qingdao International Beer Festival from late August to early September

Asia's biggest Oktoberfest, although not as good as Munich's Oktoberfest, does make Tsingtao Brewery famous at home and abroad for its good drinkers, and there are many programs during the festival! If you are lucky, you will also meet foreign performing groups. Of course, famous artists from Chinese mainland, Hongkong and Taiwan Province will perform on stage. You must not miss it!

The Internet Festival, commonly known as the Festival to Worship the Sea, is held on March 18 of the Gregorian calendar every year. The sea festival in Zhougezhuang, Tian Heng Town, jimo city is the largest and most well-preserved sea festival in northern China. The tunes of the Internet Festival are mainly red, yellow and green, with a warm atmosphere and a strong fisherman's wind. The procedures of offering and ceremony are very particular, and the whole activity will last for three days.

Qingdao special reminder:

The airport bus in Qingdao is CMB, which can't take a few people at a time. If you don't want to take a taxi, you must get on the bus early to get a seat. If you have to take a taxi with a silver roof in Qingdao, taxis with a yellow roof in Chengyang District, Laoshan District or other county-level cities will not enter Qingdao. Remember to bring sunscreen and sunglasses when you go to Qingdao. When you arrive in Qingdao, you can't help eating seafood. You must take antidiarrheal drugs and medicines to treat allergies in case you feel uncomfortable after eating seafood.

Qingdao cuisine:

Qingdao is rich in precious sea cucumber, scallop, abalone, conch, prawn and Cargill, which determines the characteristics of Qingdao cooking with seafood as the main raw material. The traditional banquets in Qingdao are particular, and the common specifications are "416" and "428". The order of serving requires cold before hot, salty before sweet, and each table must have fish. Without sea cucumber, it is not a big table. Eat seafood to see the season. Spring and summer are the best seasons, which will definitely make you never want to eat meat again. Of course, we should also be careful. Many tourists who come to Qingdao for the first time can't stand the temptation of seafood and eat too much. The result ... (you can imagine).

Qingdao has seafood dinners with northern characteristics and various snacks with Shandong characteristics. Pasta is overwhelming, and the heat in jiaozi is boiling. Northern food tastes heavy and needs to be digested well. Famous chefs gather in Qingdao, and there are many delicious foods. Tsingtao beer and Laoshan mineral spring are well-known at home and abroad. It tastes really good!

In the snack street, you can taste the local flavor snacks in Qingdao, where there are rare pleasures in the hotel. Pichai Yuan, located in Jiangning Road between Zhongshan Road and Hebei Road, is a famous snack street in Qingdao. In addition, there are Damaidao Seafood Street, Xiao Yun Road Zhongyuan Food Street, Huiquan Snack Street, Double Star Catering Street, Taishan Road Barbecue Street, Chang 'an Food Street and so on. , is a paradise for gourmets.

Ten Characteristics of Qingdao Special Cuisine

Yingzhou Spanish mackerel snacks:

The traditional snacks in Qingdao Hotel have a history of more than 50 years.

Steamed red island oyster:

Qingdao Xiaohonglou Restaurant is a special brand, especially with ginger vinegar.

Meige bean jelly:

Seafood in Qingdao Xinya Food City.

Guxiangcun prawn noodles:

Qingdao Gu Xiang Village Noodle Restaurant is exclusively launched.

Yingzhou Clam Package:

Qingdao hotel seafood brand.

Medal grilled squid:

Medal Barbecue Shop specializes in.

Big boat and light fish package:

Wonton king fast food restaurant is exclusively launched, and only Qingdao is unique.

Whole fish in casserole:

The characteristic brand of Wanhechun Hotel.

Bao Dao seafood jade noodles:

Exclusively launched by Bao Dao Restaurant.

Great Wall Seafood Furnace Package:

It is exclusively operated by Great Wall Hotel and has become a popular specialty food.

Shopping in Qingdao:

If you want to shop in Qingdao, you might as well take a walk on Zhongshan Road. The night view of Zhongshan Road is beautiful, and Qingdao Baibai and Parkson are still worth visiting. There are two hypermarkets on Hong Kong Middle Road in East New District, namely "Jiashike" at Fuzhou South Road and "Carrefour" at Nanjing Road. The Sunshine Department Store opposite Carrefour is an advanced shopping center in Qingdao. There are Starbucks coffee and Haagen-Dazs in Sunshine Department Store, and you can also see Baoshijie cars. In addition, a famous shopping mall has been opened in the west gate of Crowne Plaza Hotel next to Jiashike, and brands such as LV, PRADA and GUCCI are readily available.

Qingdao is a city with low prices in China. Its products are not only seashore products, but also packaged food with Shandong characteristics. We should be careful when buying tourist goods, but we will abuse them in many ways.

It's hard to bargain when shopping in Shandong. First, it's expensive. Second, Shandong people don't want to waste their breath. Try not to bring seafood with you after a big local meal, because it is difficult to keep seafood fresh.

Qingdao Taidong Commercial Pedestrian Street is the central street of the characteristic street in Shibei District. With its comfortable shopping environment, rich modern flavor and strong popularity, it has become the most distinctive commercial pedestrian street in Qingdao, named as "Wangfujing" in Qingdao, and officially named as "Taidong Commercial Pedestrian Street in Qingdao" by the Qingdao Municipal Government in June 65438+1October 65438+March 2006. There are many boutiques and snacks in Taitung Pedestrian Street, which is a good place for shopping and leisure.

Specialty: shell carving seafood Jimo wine JIAOZHOU bay clam Laoshan mineral water Laoshan stone Laoshan Yunfeng tea Qingdao beer cloth

Qingdao traffic:

aviation

Qingdao Liuting International Airport is 32km away from the city center, extending in all directions, and can travel to and from more than 30 cities in China. A number of international and regional passenger routes such as Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Seoul, Singapore, Hong Kong and Macao have been opened. The civil aviation ticket office is located at No.29 Zhongshan Road (Hunan intersection, now Zhanqiao).

railway

Qingdao Railway Station is located at No.2 Tai 'an Road, near the trestle.

Qingdao has 24 pairs of trains to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Jinan, Taishan, Heze, Yantai, Weihai, Wuchang, Nanchang, Xuzhou, Zhengzhou, Xi 'an, Lanzhou, Xining, Chengdu, Taiyuan, Dandong and Tonghua every day. Except Zibo, Yantai and Weihai, the rest all call at Jinan.

Reminder: If you come to Qingdao by train, don't take a taxi in the train station parking lot after getting off the train. Taxis in the station are generally negotiated (no meter) and refuse to run short distances. If the map is cheap, you can take a taxi in the street outside the railway station square.

highway

The road traffic in Qingdao is very developed. Up to now, Qingdao has built seven expressways, including Qing Ji, Jiaozhou Bay, Liu Xi, Shuangliu, Weilai, Qilai and Yin Qing.

Qingdao Railway Station Square has Iveco CMB to Weihai, Yantai and Penglai. It only takes more than 3 hours to get to Yantai, and the fare is more than 30 yuan. It only takes 4 hours to Weihai and Penglai, and the fare is more than 40 yuan. The road conditions are excellent. Go to expressway. To go to Jinan, take the No.5 tram to the long-distance bus station first. There is a high-speed bus from Jinan to Qingdao, which takes only 4.5 hours to Jinan, and the fare is 79 yuan.

Qingdao bus station

Address: No.2 Wenzhou Road (under Hangzhou Road overpass)

Qingdao west bus station

Address: No.46 Guantao Road, Guangdong Road

Qingdao East Bus Station

Address: Harbin Road

Most of the long-distance buses from Qingdao bus station to all parts of the province leave in the morning and are sent to county-level cities.

water transportation

There are two international passenger routes in Qingdao, which sail all the year round and leave for Incheon, South Korea every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 16: 00. Send it to Shimonoseki, Japan every Tuesday and Friday 16: 00.

Qingdao Port Passenger Station is located at No.6 Xinjiang Road.

bus

Due to the undulating terrain, bicycles and motorcycles are rarely seen in Qingdao, and buses have become the main means of transportation in the city. Public transportation in Qingdao is very convenient, extending in all directions, and no one sells tickets. The brand-new bus is clean inside and out. Single bus fare 1 yuan, single air-conditioned car fare in 2 yuan. No.26, No.20 1 and No.202 go along the seaside, pass through the trestle bridge, Badaguan and other scenic spots, and start from the ferry or railway station.

The most convenient and comfortable way to travel to Qingdao is to take the air-conditioned tour line. The vehicles of the three tourist special lines are luxury air-conditioned CMB (28 Xiamen Jinlong). Provide professional tour guide services throughout the journey.

To go to Laoshan Mountain (Taiqing Scenic Area), you can take bus No.304, from ferry and railway station (trestle) to Laoshan Mountain, and walk all the way to the seaside. Of course, you can also take a one-day tour of Laoshan. All hotels have agents, and most tour groups only go to Taiqing scenic spot. If you want to go to Beijiushui and Yangkou Scenic Area, you can take the tourist shuttle bus to Huaneng Square at 7:00- 10:30 every morning.

taxi

Taxis are now dominated by Santana and Jetta. The starting fee is 4km in 7 yuan, and then every kilometer 1.2 yuan, and every kilometer 1.5 yuan from 22: 00pm to 5: 00pm the next day. Compared with other cities, the starting fee is slightly more expensive, but the starting mileage is longer.

Reminder: Maybe foreign tourists think that taxis in Qingdao like to beat around the bush. In fact, the traffic in Qingdao is very characteristic. Many roads are one-way. It is often seen that a road has four lanes on one side and only bus lanes on the other. This is done to improve the speed and ease the traffic pressure, so sometimes you have to detour where you feel you can go directly. If foreign tourists knew a little, they wouldn't cause too many disputes.

ferry

The ferry route between Qingdao Old Town and Huangdao has strengthened the links between the two sides of Jiaozhou Bay. If you take the expressway around Jiaozhou Bay, the distance between the two places is 84 kilometers, and the ferry will stop in foggy days as long as it takes 20 minutes to half an hour.

Ordinary boat: the first bus leaves at 06: 30, and the last bus leaves at 2 1: 00 every half hour. Fare, 6 yuan.

High-speed boat: the first shift is at 07: 10, and the last shift is at 18: 30, every 20 minutes. Ticket price, 8 yuan.

Qingdao-Xuejiadao (An Zi Wharf)

High-speed boat: the first shift is at 07: 00, and the last shift is 18: 10, which runs every half hour.

Ferry Company Qingdao Passenger Station Tel: 826 19279

Ferry Company Huangdao Passenger Station Tel: 86856949

Ferry Company Xuejiadao Passenger Station Tel: 86705247

pleasure boat

Laiyang Road Maritime Tourist Wharf is located in the north of naval museum, where there are tour routes to and from Xiao Qingdao, Lu Xun Park, Taipingjiao and other places, which is a tourist project of great interest to mainland tourists.

Zhongyuan Maritime Plaza Tourist Wharf is located in Xilingxia Road, where there are not only panoramic sightseeing routes to Maidao, but also two small islands in the Yellow Sea (Zhucha Island and Dagong Island).

Qingdao accommodation:

Most high-end hotels in Qingdao are located in Shinan District near the sea. Watching the tides in the morning, listening to the waves at night and taking a sea bath in summer have a unique flavor. Some hotels also have seawater swimming pools, so you can enjoy the gifts of blue sea, blue sky, sunshine and beaches, which can be described as enjoyable. On the seashore and islands, some resorts have been built in recent years, such as Sanlian Tian Heng Island Resort, Laoshan Yangkou Oriental Resort, Haier Resort and Double Star Resort.

Qingdao has more than 40 star-rated hotels. There are some unique hotels here. Of course, there are many popular hotels and guest houses in downtown Qingdao, mainly around the railway station, so the accommodation is much cheaper.

Haitian Hotel (five-star)

Features: Each room is a sea view room.

Address: Block A, 48 Hong Kong West Road

Shangri-La Hotel (five-star)

Features: The Grand Ballroom is the largest meeting place in Shandong Province.

Address: No.9, Hong Kong Middle Road

Regent Hotel (five-star)

Features: The first five-star hotel in Shandong Province, with beautiful scenery and luxurious decoration, only a few steps away from the seaside.

Address: Taiwan Road 1

Huiquan Dynasty Hotel (five-star)

Features: Located next to the first bathing beach, within walking distance of the trestle, it has the only high-rise revolving restaurant in Qingdao.

Address: No.9 Nanhai Road

Oriental Hotel (four-star)

Features: Surrounded by mountains and seas, the environment is elegant, the catering is unique, and it has the reputation of "Oriental cuisine".

Address: No.4 Daxue Road

Zhanqiao Hotel (Samsung)

Features: German architecture, nostalgic classics, the earliest ballroom and cinema in Qingdao.

Address: No.31Taiping Road (east of the trestle)

Ocean Hotel (Samsung)

Features: It is located opposite Jiashike, the largest shopping center in Qingdao, and the May 4th Square in the municipal center is close at hand.

Address: No.61Hong Kong Middle Road

Wushengguan hotel

Features: Ideal accommodation at Badaguan.

Bihaiwan hotel

Address: No.4 intersection, Taipingjiao, Hong Kong West Road

Qingdao police cadre rest home

Features: Located in Qingdao University Town, surrounded by many Internet cafes, it is the first choice for young students to travel by themselves.

Address: Hsinchu Road, Taipei Road (near Qingdao University)

Qingdao Entertainment:

As a tourist city, Qingdao not only has beautiful seaside scenery, but also various modern entertainment places, which makes people want to come and go. The entertainment places in Qingdao are concentrated in the eastern new city and Shilaoren National Tourism Resort.

The "Hong Kong Street" in Fushan Bay and the12km coastal Chinese civilization sculpture promenade, marine amusement city, dolphin performance hall, international beer city, marine paradise, golf course and other facilities constitute Qingdao's colorful entertainment life. However, in this coastal and port city, the best entertainment is going out to sea. Blow the sea breeze to a nearby island and cook some seafood. Life is very comfortable at this time.

There are many bars in Qingdao. Friends who like clubbing can go to the "Fire Slave Lu Lu badminton" on the first floor of Huiquan Dynasty Hotel, which is a famous local bar.