9-Day China Shandong Elite Tour

Day 1Arrival in Tsingtao

Sites Visited: Tsingtao Brewery Museum, Zhanqiao Pier, Badaguan Scenic Resort

•On day 1, upon your arrival at airport, your private local guide will greet you and escort you to the hotel in downtown area. After a rest, you can be driven to the Tsingtao Brewery Museum， where you can watch the exhibition of the complete process of making the beer and taste the freshly brewed beer.

•Tips: Tsingtao International Beer Festival will be hold on the second weekend in August.

Day 2Tsingtao-Weihai

Sites Visited: Laoshan Mountain Scenic Area,Taiqing Palace, Eight-water river

•On day 2, after breakfast you will be driven to the Laoshan Mountain Scenic Area. Here you can feel deep culture atmosphere of Daoism and visit Taiqing palace- the Palace of Heaven. Then watch a Daoism Kongfu show after lunch. It concludes both natural and humanic scenery of Chinese traditional religion.

Day 3Weihai-Yantai

Sites Visited: Liugong Island, Weihai International Bathing Beach

•On day 3, after breakfast you will be driven to Liugong Island Scenic Spot. After lunch you will be driven to a notable place - Weihai International Bathing Beach, which can accommodate 100000 tourists at the same time, offering plenty of recreational facilities and amenities, including speedboats, motorboats, showers, gazebos, benches, swings, bustling with restaurants, bars, fast food, and interesting shops.

Day 4Yantai-Penglai

Sites Visited: Yantai Hill, The Changyu Wine Culture Museum, Penglai Pavilion

•On day 4, after breakfast, you will be driven to Yantai Hill. After lunch, you will be driven to Penglai Pavilion. Itis a renowned historical site standing on the cliff by the sea. It offers a breathtaking view of the boundless ocean. This ancient structure, with its elegant architecture, is a symbol of traditional Chinese culture. It is also famous for the illusory mirages, which add a mysterious touch. Penglai Pavilion attracts numerous tourists with its charm.

Day 5Penglai-Weifang

Sites Visited: Weifang World Kite Museum, Yangjiabu Folk Culture Village, Shihu Garden

•On day 5, after breakfast, you will be driven to Weifang to visit the Weifang World Kite Museum. After lunch, you will be driven to Yangjiabu Folk Culture Village. Itis the birthplace of Weifang kites with a long history. At the end of the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368-1644), the ancestors have already got excellent kite making skills and they integrated kites with New Year pictures (a form of Chinese colored woodblock print, for decoration during the Chinese New Year). Gradually, Yangjiabu kite has grown its own style with realistic colors and well composed groups.

Day 6Weifang-Zibo-Qufu

Sites Visited: Qi Heritage Museum, China Ancient Chariots Museum

•On day 6, after breakfast, you will be driven to Zibo city to visit the Qi Heritage Museum. After lunch, you will visit China Ancient Chariots Museum tosee an ancient kingdom once build on Shandong area. Then you will be take to Qufu for a hotel chenk-in.

Day 7Qufu-Tai’an

Sites Visited: Confucius temple, Confucius mansion, family tomb group of Confucius, Dai Temple

•On day 7, after breakfast, you will be driven to the Confucius temple. Confucius is a great educator and philosopher, wildly known as ‘eastern Socrates’. Qufu is his hometown so today’s journey is mainly to have a deep contact with this ancient wise man. Besides the Confucius temple, you will also visit the Confucius mansion, family tomb group of Confucius and the Dai temple.

Day 8Tai’an-Jinan

Sites Visited: Taishan Mountain

•On day 8, you will visit Taishan Mountain. It was the first Mountain in this world which was named double heritage by UNESCO. And it is full of the stone inscriptions which has extended for thousand years. The culture of the mountain is deeply associated with traditional Chinese culture. You can see Bixia temple, heavenly street and Jade emperor temple and so on.

Day 9Jinan

Sites Visited: Black Tiger Spring, Baotu spring, Daming lake, Shandong museum

•On day 9, you will visit Jinan, named as ‘Spring City’. From the Black Tiger Spring - the spring water emerges from a natural limestone cave in a cliff and cascades from three giant stone tiger heads into a wide and open pool, to the Baotu Spring - the icon of Jinan where you can marvel at beautiful springs as well as a number of ancient shrines, pavilions, memorial halls, bridges and steles full of cultural and historical values.