Picturesque Qingdao Free Park (Part 1) Winter tourism is booming

After the severe cold, Qingdao’s parks are still as warm as spring. Walking in a quiet area of ????the park, the afternoon sun is bright, the mountains are beautiful, the water is rippling, the birds are singing, the flowers are fragrant, and the reeds are swaying. That kind of comfort can only be experienced in Qingdao in winter. There are many parks in Qingdao. Take a look below to provide you with a comprehensive guide for your trip to Winter Park. 1. Zhongshan Park

Zhongshan Park is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the sea. This garden is lush with foliage. Every 20 days before and after May Day, thousands of cherry blossoms are in full bloom in the park. During the Sakura Festival, a tulip exhibition will be held at the same time, and hundreds of thousands of tulips will bloom together with the cherry blossoms. Peach blossoms, peonies, azaleas, etc. in the same period. in full bloom. At this time, almost all the people in Qingdao were out in force, and the Cherry Blossom Road was crowded with people. In addition, the annual summer lantern festival and late autumn chrysanthemum exhibition are also major events in Zhongshan Park. Tickets: Free. Opening hours: 9:00-21:00. Time reference: 1-2 hours. Address: No. 28, Wendeng Road, Shinan District, Qingdao City. Transportation: Take buses 6, 26, 15, 31, 206, 202, 214, 219, 302, 231, 223, 304, and 322. Or take bus No. 15, 219, 220, 302, 368, 370, or 604 and get off at Xiaoxihu Station and enter the park through the side door. Accommodation near Zhongshan Park: Travel around the world short-term rental network 2. Qingdao Lu Xun Park

Lu Xun Park is a coastal park on Laiyang Road. Walking through the winding path in the middle of the garden is no fun at all. This stone road is winding and undulating. On one side is the lush pine forest, on the other side is the rocky reef beach. Watch the tides near the sea, sit on the rocks and watch the waves rolling in front of you.

Tickets: Free. Opening hours: 9:00-16:00. Time reference: minimum 20 minutes. Address: South side of Laiyang Road, Shinan District, Qingdao City. Transportation: Take bus 6, 26, 202, 214, 223, 228, 231, 304, 311, 312, 316, 321, and Sightseeing No. 1. Accommodation near Qingdao Lu Xun Park: Travel around the world short-term rental network 3. Guanhaishan Park

Guanhaishan Park is located in Guanhaishan in the west of the city, with an altitude of 66 meters. This mountain covers an area of ??85 acres and is the smallest of the ten mountain parks in Qingdao. There are many flowers and trees in the garden, and there is a deep flower corridor with dozens of meters long murals on both sides, with the theme of the underwater world. There is a small viewing platform among the flowers and trees, where you can see the landscape of this scenic spot.

Tickets: Free Address: Guanhai 2nd Road, Shinan District, Qingdao City. Transportation: Dental Hospital: One-way Road No. 228? Route 31 one-way self-driving tour to Qingdao Guanhaishan Park accommodation: Youtianxia Short-term Rental Network 4. Chengyang Century Park

Chengyang Century Park is an Olympic theme park, which contains monuments and various Olympic global events. Competition sculpture. However, it is also a good place to enjoy flowers. Every spring in March, the jasmine flowers bloom quietly in the park. In addition, there are many kinds of flowers in the garden, such as peach blossoms, peonies, camellias, etc. It is decorated with flowers most of the year. At night, various lights decorate the park colorfully, creating a unique scene. The north gate has the most spectacular lamppost in China.

Tickets: Free Opening hours: All day Reference: 1 hour Address: No. 318, Xingyang Road, Chengyang District, Qingdao Transportation: Take buses 306, 374, 502, 906, 917, 929, 933 and other buses car. Get off at Century Park Station and you can find accommodation around Chengyang Century Park: visit World Short-term Rental Network.

5. Laoshe Park

Laoshe Park is located on Anhui Road, Shinan District. It is the most famous street park in the island city, covering an area of ??9,615 square meters. The park is divided into North District and South District by Hubei Road. The southern area was built in 1999, with water lotus caves, corridors, scaffolding and other facilities, as well as a bust of Lao She. The North District was built in 2000. There are many terraced overflow platforms for spring water in the district.

Tickets: Free Opening hours: all day Address: No. 19, Anhui Road, Shinan District, Qingdao

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6. Taiping Kok Park

The overall design style of Taiping Kok Park is based on the theme of "original plant woodland" and "one axis, one water and three levels" as the overall framework. Taiping Kok Landscape Woodland is located on the south side of Hong Kong West Road, between Taiping Kok 1st Road and Taipingkok 3rd Road. It is 245 meters long from north to south and 308.8 meters long from east to west, with a total area of ??61,800 square meters.

Tickets: Free Address: Hong Kong West Road, Shinan District, Qingdao. Transportation: Take Route 26, Route 31, Route 202, Route 206, Route 223, Route 228, Route 231, Route 304, Route 311, Route 312, Route 316, Route 317, Route 321, Route 370, Route 501, Route 604 .

7. Haiqu Garden

There are many sculptures in Quyuan, which is one of the 11 parks in Qingdao Sculpture Street. There are more than 10 large and small sculptures here. The themes of the sculptures are historical stories or fairy tales familiar to children.

Tickets: Free Address: Qingdao Haiqu Garden, Macao Road, Shinan District, Qingdao City; Accommodation: Youtianxia Short-term Rental Network 8, Qingdao Seaside Sculpture Park

Qingdao Seaside Sculpture Park is located in Qingdao Huanghaibin in the Eastern New District consists of an indoor sculpture art gallery and an outdoor sculpture park, with a total planned area of ??8 hectares and a total investment of more than 40 million yuan. The indoor area is more than 3,800 square meters, mainly collecting modern Chinese and foreign sculptures; the park displays outstanding domestic and foreign outdoor sculptures, and its main function is to display representative works and famous works of modern Chinese sculptors in the 20th century.

Tickets: Free for the park, 10 yuan for the Sculpture Art Museum. Address: No. 66, Donghai East Road, Laoshan District, Qingdao City. Transportation: The Sculpture Park Bus Station (Haiqing Road South Station) has bus lines such as City Sightseeing Line 1. There are 9 bus stops near Qingdao Sculpture Park (Haiqing Road South Station), namely Hailong Road (8m), Haikou Road Hailong Road (297m), Haian Road South Station (308m), Haikou Road and Haiqing Road (341m), Haiqing Road South Station (407m).

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9. Guanxiangshan Park

After Germany invaded Qingdao, it was named "Royal Qingdao Observatory" ", so the park is named "Guanxiang Mountain". In fact, the park is not big, but the scenery is really beautiful. The observatory is made of granite from bottom to top. It is the first astronomical observation room designed and built by China. From here you can overlook the trestle, Xiao Qingdao and ancient buildings with red tiles and green trees.

Tickets: Free

Address: No. 21, Guanxiang 2nd Road, Shinan District, Qingdao City, Shandong Province

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