Recommendations for the best attractions for spring outing in Dalian

Spring is a good time to enjoy flowers. Flowers are blooming and falling, and the climate is suitable. Friends who want to travel and play must not miss it. There are many recommended places for flower viewing in Dalian in spring. let's see!

1. Labor Park

The largest park in downtown Dalian. The area is 1.02 million square meters. In addition to various recreational facilities, the park is also dotted with sika deer, red-crowned cranes, peacocks and pigeons.

It can be said that Labor Park in April and May exists only for flowers. It's like a flower relay race. There is a never-ending flower viewing event in Laodong Park in spring.

According to different types of flowers, there are special gardens here: Rose Garden, Begonia Garden, Peony Garden, Wei Zi Garden and Magnolia Park.

Among them, the rose garden covers an area of ??3,000 square meters, and more than 200 varieties of roses are planted, with a total of more than 3,000 plants. There are more than 600 weeping crabapples, long-stemmed crabapples, papaya crabapples, and Xifu crabapples planted in the garden.

In January, there are often large-scale activities such as the Dalian Huaihui Festival, tulip exhibition, chrysanthemum exhibition, fireworks display, and lantern festival in the park. In spring and summer, the grass is luxuriant, the locust flowers are fragrant, the cherry blossoms are gorgeous, the lotus flowers are graceful, and the tulips bloom mysteriously; chrysanthemums bloom in autumn, defying the wind and frost; during the Spring Festival, the sky is filled with flowers, and beautiful lanterns illuminate the night sky.

Ornamental flowers: jasmine, peach blossom, cherry blossom, magnolia, tulip, peony.

Best flower viewing period: early April to early May

Tickets: Free, 20 yuan per person during the garden party.

Bus routes: Take No. 2, No. 11, No. 16, No. 24, No. 27, No. 401, No. 406, No. 701, No. 707, No. 709.

2. Wangtang Cherry Garden

Longwangtang Cherry Garden, also known as Longwangtang Reservoir Park in Lushun, is located north of the official residence of Longwangtang Street in Lushunkou District. The 5,000-square-meter park is filled with cherry blossoms.

There are Chinese cherry blossoms, Japanese cherry blossoms, Yaeyama cherry blossoms, snow cherry blossoms, and mountain cherry blossoms. There are many varieties such as single-color double flowers and double-color double flowers. There are also rare tree species such as cedar, dragon cypress, and star magnolia. Among them The star magnolia tree is over 80 years old. When it blooms, it smells fragrant, its petals are delicate, and its leaves are as soft as satin.

Tickets: 20 yuan

Ornamental flowers: cherry blossoms, magnolias

Bus route: Take the bus line from North Square to Lushun to Longwangtang Station.

3. Lushun 203 Scenic Area

Lushun 203 Scenic Area has more than 100 kinds of cherry blossom trees and more than 3,000 trees from all over the world. It is the largest area, the largest number of cherry blossom trees, and the most diverse varieties in China. full cherry blossom garden.

Elsan Scenic Area is part of the National Forest Park, covering an area of ??nearly 500,000 square meters. The scenic area has a large area of ??evergreen black pine forest and a 33,000 square meter cherry blossom garden. The vegetation is lush, and various cherry blossom gardens are planted at the foot of the mountain, including Chinese cherry blossoms, Japanese cherry blossoms, Yaeyama cherry blossoms, snow cherry blossoms, and mountain cherry blossoms. It is a good place for tourists to read history and eco-tourism.

The Dalian Lushun Cherry Blossom Festival will be held at the end of April and the beginning of May every year at the Longwangtang Cherry Blossom Garden and Lushun 203 Highland Cherry Blossom Garden. Last year, we visited the 203 New Sakura Garden.

Tickets: 20 yuan per person during the Sakura Festival.

Best flower viewing period: late April to early May

Ornamental flowers: cherry blossoms

Bus route: There is a shuttle bus from the North Square of Dalian Railway Station to Lushunkou , every 10-15 minutes. Ticket price is 5-7 yuan.

4. Daheishan

The Daheishan Scenic Area in Jinzhou New District has always been the first choice for citizens for outings. Here, flowers and green trees complement each other beautifully. Peach blossoms are all over the mountain in April, apricot blossoms bloom again in May, and azaleas and winter jasmine make people forget to leave.

In addition, there are a large number of wild vegetables and fruits here, making tourists satisfied not only with their eyes, but also with their mouths. It is worth mentioning that Daheishan is a famous historical and cultural mountain with "one mountain and two seas", where you can overlook the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea at the same time.

Ornamental flowers: apricot blossoms, azaleas

Best flower viewing period: late April to May

Ticket: 20 yuan

Bus route: Take the light rail from the North Square of Dalian Railway Station, get off at the Development Zone Station, then transfer to bus No. 4, get off at the Xinglin Community, and you can reach Purple Rhododendron

Also known as "Azalea", the mountains and plains are full of azaleas, like a red carpet, covering the mountains of Silverstone Beach National Forest Park with fur. Coupled with a few ducks swimming in the mountain stream and the villa, it constitutes the most beautiful and simple spring scene.

Ornamental flowers: azaleas and apricots

Best flower viewing period: April to May

Bus route: Departing from Dalian City -G201- G15-G11-Zhuanghe East Exit-Zhangzhuang Line-Jiaolin Line-Dalian Yinshitan National Forest Park.

5. Xiema Mountain

The Dalian Botanical Garden was founded in 1920 and is located at the foot of the beautiful Nanshan Mountain in Dalian. This park is built on a hill. The garden is filled with plants of various colors all year round. In spring, primroses, lilacs, and cherry blossoms fill the garden with fragrance. In summer, the flowering gardens, led by Sophora japonica, and the lotus in the pond are also a rare beauty in the north;

In autumn, the garden is filled with the colors of bright yellow ginkgo and bright red maple leaves; in winter, various pines and cypresses in the garden are still green and proud.

Ornamental flowers: jasmine, lilac, cherry, locust, and lotus.

Best flower viewing period: from the end of April to August

Bus route: Take bus 501, 712, and 703 and get off at the Botanical Garden Station, and bus 703 and 30 at Get off at Nanshan Hotel.

6. Dalian Botanical Garden

The thousand-acre lavender field on Xiangying Street in Jinzhou New District has become a new landmark for spring appreciation in Dalian.

The lavender fields will be open on May Day. Before the large-scale lavender blooms in June, the windmill festival will be held in the flower fields, and windmill landscapes will be decorated on a large scale. In May, early-flowering flowers such as tulips and hyacinths will decorate the area, creating a European-style romantic outing.

Ornamental flowers: fields of tulips, hyacinths and lavender.

The best flower viewing period: May to August.

Ticket: 80 yuan

Bus route: You can take a bus from Dalian to Jinzhou, take a bus from Jinzhou to Liangjiadian or the corresponding bus, get off and take a taxi to Tumenzi Village purple cloud line lavender manor.

7. Ziyunhuaxi Lavender Manor

Dalian Yingge Stone Botanical Garden is located in Yingge Stone Village, Longwangtang Street, Science and Technology Industrial Park, Dalian High-tech Park. It was established in 2003, relying on the unique geographical and natural conditions, and is guided by internationally renowned landscape architect Junichi Paddy and David Patterson, deputy director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh, UK. After 11 years of joint efforts by the Yingge Stone Botanical Garden team, Dalian Yingge Stone Botanical Garden was officially opened in April 2014.

The whole park covers an area of ??95.57 hectares. 3,021 species of plants from 365 genera and 126 families have been introduced and collected, ranking first among all botanical gardens in Northeast China. It is a comprehensive botanical garden integrating plant scientific research, science popularization, and leisure tourism.

Ornamental flowers: cherry blossoms, peach blossoms, apricots, plums, forsythia, jasmine, brocade, lilac, lotus.

The best flower viewing period: May to August.

Ticket: 60 yuan

Bus route: Generally, you can take the bus to Xinghai Square in the west section (No. 18, 22, 23, 37, 202, 406, 531 bus stop) or The middle section is Laohutan (station 2, 4, 30, 403, and 404). There are also buses to Fujiazhuang between Xinghai Square and Laohutan (Bus No. 5, No. 501, No. 541, No. 702 bus stops).