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Orientation, arrival and city transport
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The old concession area and the beachfront are easy to get to know and to get around. Zhongshan Lu, running north-south, is the modern, glitzy shopping district and the heart of the concession district; on the east-west axis, Taiping and Laiyang Lu follow the coastline.
The large city airport , 30km north of the city, is served by a regular CAAC bus which drops passengers on Zhongshan Lu. Arriving in Qingdao by train is the easiest option. The station, which is on a single line that splits, one fork leading to Ji'nan, the other to Yantai, is a grand German edifice at the heart of the old town, within walking distance of the beach and the seafront hotels. The long-distance bus station is just behind and to the west of the train station, and the expressway has now cut the journey time from Ji'nan to seven hours. The passenger ferry terminal , with services from Dalian and Shanghai, is in the grotty north of town, with a few cheap hotels nearby. To get to the seafront from here, take bus #21 south, get off halfway down Shenxian Lu, opposite Xiaogang Port, walk east to the end of Zhongshan Lu and catch a #6. Or go to the last stop of the #21 route, walk south down to Guizhou Lu and catch bus #25 east. Get off just after Huilange Pavilion, before it turns up Daxue Lu. As this is pretty involved, it's a lot easier just to get a cab if you are arriving with luggage.
Bus #6
is a useful one to know about. It goes from the top of Zhongshan Lu down towards the train station, then heads east along the seafront, gets close to Number 1 beach and terminates near the entrance to Zhongshan Park. Private
minibuses
also run on most bus routes. They're more common, Faster, but a little more expensive.
Taxis
to most destinations within the city are ?10, and the drivers are good about using their meters. Other useful information
for tourists (each section contains more specific sub-sections): |
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