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Weihai Travel Guide

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Weihai 威海 (pop:2,500,000) is located at the tip of the Shandong Peninsular Shandong Province, North East China.

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Get in

Bus is the best option. There are many companies serving Weihai with many destinations possible at good frequencies.

You can also arrive by ferry from various places in China and from Incheon, Korea, although this may be once a day or less.

There is one train per day to Jinan and otherwise not very much or very convenient. Yantai is the nearest bigger city and has better train connections.

You can fly to Weihai but the airport is far away - maybe 50 miles.

Get around

Bus or taxi - either is efficient and cheap.

The bus routes are conveniently and clearly marked on the English/Chinese map sold around town so it's easy. It costs 1 yuan for the bus.

See

Do

Beaches...

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

There are plenty of places to choose from so shop around. The rates are posted at the front desk, usually in English, and that's the "rack" rate. You should expect a lower rate and they usually quote one. You can bargain for even lower rates, but since I don't speak Chinese, it's hard to do and the rates seemed fair anyway - about $30 for a nice room with a/c, tv, phone, and up-to-date/clean at a normal looking hotel with a nice lobby, probably a restaurant, and usually a little spa of some kind.

There are some very cheap places to stay.

You need to decide first where you want to stay as Weihai has a number of areas that could suit you depending on what you are in Weihai for.

Downtown is nice if you want to be near the ferry terminals, the main parks and shopping, and have easy access to most transport.

You could stay near the bus/train station, but that's a little remote and not much around.

The last option is the beaches. You have 3 main ones to choose from with hotels ranging from almost normal to way-too-swank. Some of these are like self-contained resorts and can be isolated to themselves. The International Bathing Beach area is popular, but really any of the beaches is just fine.

Get out

Yantai Dalian Qingdao Incheon (Korea) Jinan

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