How to book a tour
Ancient towns in Shandong Province
Tour code: SWCD073
Duration: 6 days
Route: Beijing, Jinan, Weifang, Yantai, Shanghai
Attractions: Mount Taishan, Weihsien Internment Camp site, Kite Museum, Chefoo School
Itinerary:
Day 1
Beijing / Jinan
Transfer via: by overnight train for soft sleeper D51 (07:15 - 10:18)
Program: Take a taxi to Beijing Railway Station. Take train to Jinan. Your train ticket will be delivered to your hotel one day prior. Upon arrival in the railway station, pickup by our English speaking tour guide and drive to hotel. Leisure on your own at the rest of the day.
Accommodations: Yizheng Hotel (4 star)
Day 2 (B,L)
Jinan / Taian / Jinan
Transfer via: by van by van
Program: After breakfast, drive to Tai'An to visit Mt. Taishan. Mount Taishan, South Heaven Gate, Heaven Street, Bixia Temple, Yuhuang Summit.
Take cable car up tp South Heaven Gate, then starting our visiting. After tour, take cable car down the mountain and drive back to Jinan.
Mount Taishan is a mountain of historical and cultural significance. The tallest peak is Jade Emperor Peak, which is commonly reported as 1545 metres (5069 ft) tall, but is described by the Chinese government as 1532.7 metres (5028.5 ft).
Mount Taishan is one of the "Five Sacred Mountains". It is associated with sunrise, birth, and renewal, and is often regarded the foremost of the five. The temples on its slopes have been a destination for pilgrims for 3,000 years.
Accommodations: Yizheng Hotel (4 star)
Day 3 (B,L)
Jinan / Weifang
Transfer via: by van
Program: After breakfast, drive to Weifang city, Weihsien Internment Camp site, Kite Museum.
Weifang is a prefecture-level city in central Shandong province, known as international Kite city. Kite-flying is a traditional custom among the people in Weifang in spring time. The outstanding kite handicraft skills and the special atmosphere in Weifang is quite suitable for flying kites, making Weifang Kites more and more popular in China and abroad.
The Weihsien Internment Camp was a Japanese operated Civilian Assembly Center in Weihsien (present-day Weifang), Shandong, China. This compound was an Internment camp created during World War II because of the actions and problems being pursued during that time. The Japanese grouped allied civilians living in Northern China into this camp. These allied civilians included British, American, and Australian people. These people situated in this camp were there for nearly two and a half years until the Americans liberated on August 12, 1945.
Accommodations: International Financial Hotel (4 star)
Day 4 (B,L)
Weifang / Yantai
Transfer via: by van
Program: After breakfast, drive to Yantai. Chefoo School site, Zhangyu Wine Culture Museum.
The Chefoo School was a Christian boarding school established by the China Inland Mission - under James Hudson Taylor- at Chefoo (Yantai), in Shandong province in northern China, in 1880. Its purpose was to provide an education for the children of foreign missionaries and the foreign business and diplomatic communities in China.
Accommodations: Bihai Hotel (4 star)
Day 5 (B,L)
Yantai
Program: After breakfast, drive to Penglai, visit the Penglai Pavillion, Water City, the antique boat exhibition. Drive back to Yantai after the tour.
Accommodations: Bihai Hotel (4 star)
Day 6 (B,L)
Yantai / Shanghai
Transfer via: by air
Program: Transfer to airport for your flight to Shanghai.