After finishing your culture tour in Beijing, a tour to China harbor cities will bring you different feelings.

In your spare time, take flight to Dalian, train are also available, one is T225 1816/0538 + at the cost of CNY257 for hard sleeper and CNY390 for soft sleeper, the other one is K381 2157/ 0805 + at the cost of CNY222 for hard sleeper and the soft sleeper train charge is CNY338.00.

Liugong Island Memorial Places of the Jiawu War , Weihai, Shandong Province

Upon arrival in Dalian, go out of the station to Zhongshan Road to take double-decker bus No. 16, take a seat in the first row of the upper decker to appreciate the city views along the road, the terminal station of this bus is Xinghai Square, which is built to memorize the return of Hong Kong in 1997, covering an area of 1,10 0,000 square meters, and it is the biggest city square in China. And then you may take taxi to visit the Coastal Road, which is divided to three parts, the taxi fee is about CNY50.00 if you visit all of the three parts. Or, you may take bus No. 502 to Zhongshan Square directly, where gathers old buildings with Russian style, and you also can walk to Russian Street to have a look. And then take bus No. 30 to famous Dalian LaoHuTan Ocean Park. If you are still energetic, you may experience the night view of this beautiful and fashion city.

In the second day's morning, travel to Lvshun. The tourist buses are available at Dalian railway station and you can take buses there, the transfer needs about 40-50 minutes at the cost about CNY7-10. In Lvshun, if you do not want to be bothered with finding different buses, we suggest you charter a taxi for a whole day's tour. The taxi fee is about CNY60-CNY100 per day (the price may subject to change). Visit the  Lvshun naval port, Dianyan emplacement, and overlook the BaiYu Mountain. Take bus back to Dalian city to stay overnight.

The third day's morning is free for you to explore other sites in Dalian. And take boat to Yantai in the afternoon. The cruise tickets can be booked in advance (the contact telephone number is 0411-39622988). If you contact the cruise company and book the tickets with them in advance, the cruise company will provide free transfer service at designated place. High-speed cruise only takes 3 hours from Dalian to Yantai, but this is not suggested, for it is too fast to appreciate the sightseeing along the way and you may feel dizzy, also, the high-speed cruises are easily affected by weather. The common tourist cruises are fine and the tickets charge differ from the seats of different classes, you may decide which class to be used according to the comfort and price.

Stay overnight in Yantai. We suggest you find a hotel near the railway station since there are many hotels with different classes for you to choose and the buses to Penglai and Weihai, or the cruises to other destinations are all available here.

In the fourth day's morning, we suggest you take the first available bus to famous Penglai Island and Chang Island (we suggest you take bus from bus station, not take the bus along the street, and the buses from bus station are non-stop and with better condition and service, and you may stress that you need a deluxe bus). The transfer may need 1.5 hours at the cost about CNY18.00. Once you are in Penglai, the one-for-all ticket is not needed since not all of the sites are worth visiting, and if you want to finish your travel to Penglai Island and Chang Island within one day, we suggest you only visit the ones you are interested.

Street scene in Qingdao

Then take boat to Chang Island, which will take you 40 minutes and the cost is about CNY23.00. There is no public bus available in Chang Island and the only available transfer means is taxi. We suggest you bargain with the taxi driver and CNY120.00 may be enough for your travel in Chang Island (attention: the taxi driver may continue his business with other travelers when you are visiting, they always suggest clients to call them 10 minutes before finishing one site's visit, we suggest you call them ever earlier, and you can pay the taxi driver after finishing all of your travel in Chang Island). There are some interesting sites in Chang Island, such as: Big Black Mountain, Small Black Mountain, the Sea-Gull Island and the Sea Dog Preserve Area, the sea dogs are everywhere from April to middle August. You can visit here if you are interested.

Kind notice: one day is really rush to visit both Penglai Island and Chang Island, especially you are a stranger here. If your time is flexible, you may stay one night in Chang Island at a local family, wandering around the beach and taste the local fresh sea food must be very romantic. Or, if you do not want to too rush, you may not visit Chang Island. Another important thing to remind you is that the latest boat back to Yantai departs at about 18:00pm; please do remember to go to the port on time, otherwise, you may have to stay one night in the island. We suggest you consult the exact time and port upon your arrival.

The fifth day's travel also starts from taking bus from the bus station for the bus to Weihai. In the morning, we suggest you check out from the hotel in Yantai and then take bus to Weihai and stay one night in Weihai. The transfer may need 1.5 hours, for more information, you may contact the bus station at 0535 - 6242716. You may visit the sites within the city, such as Weihai Park, Coastal Road and Korean City.

In the sixth day's morning, take bus to Qingdao from Weihai bus station, the transfer needs about 3.5 - 4 hours and the cost is about CNY50-70.00, this depends on what kind of buses you take.

Qingdao is a very famous tourist city in China, and the public buses extend to all directions. Take bus No. 26 from the railway station or Zhan Bridge to visit the No. 1 Bathing Beach, the terminal station of No. 26 is government Building of Qingdao, then you may connect another bus No. 317 to visit the city view, on the way, you can get off and visit the Qingdao Sculpture Garden, and continue your bus visit to the terminal station of Shilaoren Bathing Beach. Here you can change bus No. 304 to famous Lao Shan (make sure the bus is to the Lao Shan before you getting on the bus, since some buses can only take you to the foot of the mountain and you will have to change bus). If you still have time, you can visit the Small Qingdao Island and other sites. Or, you may leave some sites for the next day's excursion. In the evening, we suggest you take bus or taxi to Qingdao Beer Street to have dinner and experience the night life of Qingdao.

On the seventh day, you may explore more about Qingdao in the morning. And the express trains are available to Beijing in the afternoon, or, you also can continue your visit to other cities if you like.