The largest city in Inner Mongolia, Baotou used to be an arid region inhabited by Mongolian herders and their sheep. The town that has since grown up has four main parts, Donghe, Qingshan, JiuYuan and Kandulun (KunQu). Donghe is the old part of town and lies to the east. Qingshan and most notably KunQu make up the new part of Baotou and is the main shopping and entertainment area. The city is bisected by GangTieDaJie, a large road that goes from the east to the west of the new city. The west end is KunQu and the east is QingShan. In KunQu there are all the western restaurants near BaoBai Da Lou (a large walking street and shopping area. Qingshan has a walking street but its not as big and its depressing.
'''Baotou Airport (IATA: BAV)''' has flights to Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Wuhan, Xi'an, and Yulin.
Mongolian hot pot with mutton, especially in the winter. Any mutton dish is worth trying as they raise sheep up in the mountains.