'''Weihai''' ___C (pop:2,500,000) is located at the tip of the Shandong Peninsular Shandong Province, North East China.

Get in

Bus

Bus is by far the cheapest option but could involve many hours of travel depending on your starting-point. As a guide it takes roughly six and a half hours hours by bus from Jinan,capital of Shandong to the bus station in Weihai. There are many companies serving Weihai with many destinations possible at good frequencies.

Boat

You can also arrive by ferry from various places in China and from Incheon, Korea, although this may be once a day or less.

Train

There are three trains per day that reach and leave Weihai. Jinan, Beijing and Hankou are the three destination/origin cities.

Air

You can fly to Weihai but the airport is far away - around 50 miles. One option if you have a lot of luggage is to fly to Yantai, and then get a taxi to Weihai. However, the journey can take up to an hour, involves transferring from one taxi to another and the taxi fare could be as much as 300RMB in August. The first taxi will take you to the beginning of the toll road and the second to your destination. The flight services from Beijing, Shanghai and other large Chinese cities are much better than to and from the Weihai airport, which only has an irregular timetable of flights - common with smaller provincial airports.

Get around

Bus or taxi - both are efficient and cheap.

The bus routes are conveniently and clearly marked on the English/Chinese map sold around town so it's easy. It costs 1 yuan for the bus.

See

In Weihai, there are many beautiful places that you need to have a visit. Such as, Liugong island (located inside weihai city), Penglaige (located in Rongcheng district), and Shengjingshan Mountain (located in Wengdeng city, here you can experience the culture of the traditional chinese religion Dao). Also you need to experience the life in Weihai as a fisherman.

"Weihaiwei" was leased by the United Kingdom from 1898 until October 1, 1930. It was a summer station for the British naval China Station.

Do

'''Beaches''', Weihai is by the coast and has many nice beaches.Weihai has lots of beautiful parks .Such as Weihai Park,Huancuilou park and so on.

Buy

Eat

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Sleep

There are plenty of places to choose from so shop around. The rates are posted at the front desk, usually in English, and that's the "rack" rate. You should expect a lower rate and they usually quote one. You can bargain for even lower rates, but since I don't speak Chinese, it's hard to do and the rates seemed fair anyway - about $30 for a nice room with a/c, tv, phone, and up-to-date/clean at a normal looking hotel with a nice lobby, probably a restaurant, and usually a little spa of some kind. There are some very cheap places to stay.

You need to decide first where you want to stay as Weihai has a number of areas that could suit you depending on what you are in Weihai for.

Downtown is nice if you want to be near the ferry terminals, the main parks and shopping, and have easy access to most transport.

You could stay near the bus/train station, but that's a little remote and not much around.

The last option is the beaches. You have 3 main ones to choose from with hotels ranging from almost normal to way-too-swank. Some of these are like self-contained resorts and can be isolated to themselves. The International Bathing Beach area is popular, but really any of the beaches is just fine.

Get out

  • Yantai
  • Dalian
  • Qingdao
  • Incheon (Korea)
  • Jinan