What are the free tourist attractions in Qingdao?

Qingdao is a coastal city with the most beautiful sea view and the freshest seafood. There are many popular tourist attractions and many free places to play. This is the list of free attractions in Qingdao. Go and have fun on weekends!

1, Xiaoyushan Park Scenic Spot

Small Fish Mountain, located at 24 Fushan Road, 60 meters above sea level, is the nearest famous mountain in Qingdao, with an area of 2.5 hectares and a green area of 19,743 square meters. The mountain is not high, but it can be overlooked. Climbing up the mountain and looking down, you can have a panoramic view of the Trestle Bridge, Little Qingdao, Lu Xun Park, the seawater bathing beach, Badaguan and other Qianhai attractions. It was built and opened in 1985 and was the first classical garden attraction in the city.

Free Reservation

Opening Hours

6:00-20:00 in peak season;

6:00-19:00 in off-season.

Address of Attractions

No.24, Fushan Branch Road, Shinan District, Qingdao

2. Signal Hill Park, Qingdao

Opening Hours

Peak Season (Apr. October 1 - October 31) 6:00-20:30.

Off-season (November 1 - March 31 of the following year) 6:00-20:00

Reservations for the Rotating Observation Tower stop at 16:00, and entry stops at 16:30.

Related Tickets

Since September 1, 2021, Qingdao Signal Hill Park Scenic Area is free of charge for domestic and foreign tourists (excluding the Rotating Observation Tower).

3, Qingdao Botanical Garden

Qingdao Botanical Garden was founded in 1976, covering an area of 81.38 hectares. Located at 36.05 north latitude, 120.08 east longitude, south of Taiping Mountain Scenic Area in Shinan District, 30-148.5 meters above sea level. East Martyrs Memorial Hall and Zhanshan Temple, South Sanatorium, West and North Zhongshan Park, Beech Forest Park. In the garden, there are high and dry mountains and low-lying hills. The undulating terrain and complex landforms provide a diverse environment with the ecological requirements of plants; there is a small forest of well-grown natural trees in the garden, which can be borrowed from the mountain scenery and temple buildings outside the garden. Rich natural landscape; the climate is warm in the east and cool in the summer, and the acidic soil is suitable for the growth of some subtropical and alpine plants; it is located in the Botanical Garden City, which can be integrated with other attractions and is convenient for sightseeing.

Botanical Gardens

Cold-resistant, Camellia sinensis, family Camelliaceae.

Naidong, the name of Shandong camellia, described in the original Liaozhai. Nai Dong is a thousand-year-old tree in Xiaqing Palace, Laoshan, Qingdao, with the humanoid name of Jiang Xue. In mid-winter, frozen snow, green tree red and white, proud of frost and snow. Therefore, it is named Nai Dong. When the snow bloomed to spring dawn, when the grass turned green it smiled. It belongs to the Camellia sinensis genus, a kind of evergreen shrub or small tree, beautiful tree, thick leaves, evergreen, bright red color, green leaves, leaf shape is beautiful. It blooms in the snowy winter, with bright red petals and bright yellow centers, with a flowering period of up to half a year. It is cold-resistant, drought-resistant, adaptable, resilient, resistant to pests and diseases, and absorbs sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere. It is the city flower of Qingdao. And it is printed on the emblem of Qingdao.

Tickets: Free

Address: No.33, Yunyang Road, Shinan District, Qingdao

Buses No.206, No.310, No.370 and No.604 can get off at Zhanshan Temple Station.

4, Wusi Square

Address: No. 7, Liu Si South Road, Shibei District

Reservations: No reservations required.

Bus lines: No. 224, 33, 30, 5, 367, 309 to the distillery station, No. 209 Jiading Mountain station, enter from the south gate.

5, Fushan Xiangyuan

Address: No. 87 West Yinchuan Road, North Shibei District

Shao: The first ring is a colorful fitness ring, with a total length of 4,220 meters, close to one-tenth of a marathon. Including the reserved 1525 meters of bluestone road. The seven scenic spots are Hundred Flowers Garden, Fragrant Flower Cultivation Garden, Intelligent Programmable Fragrant Garden, Walking Experience Garden, Fragrant Flower Climbing Garden, Olfactory Economy Creative Garden, and Olfactory Culture Garden. The most colorful are the twelve characteristic small fragrance garden. These featured small fragrance gardens also plant different flower trees according to different months, ensuring that there are flowers in all seasons and scenery at every step in the Fushan Fragrance Garden.

Reservations: No reservations are required.

Bus route: 223, 314, 312, 379.

6, Dagu River Museum

Dagu River Museum is located in Qingdao Dagu River provincial ecotourism resort Jiaozhou City, east of Shaohai North Road. It is a comprehensive museum that systematically displays the natural ecology, water management, history and civilization, and folk customs of Dagu River Basin. The appearance of the building adopts the Chinese calligraphy "three points of water" structure, with a green sightseeing ramp on the top and a planned construction area of 21,000 square meters. The exhibitions include Natural Resources Exhibition Hall, Ancient Civilization Exhibition Hall, Folk Customs Exhibition Hall, General History of Jiaozhou Exhibition Hall, Science and Technology Museum, Party History Museum, Cultural Exchange Museum and so on. At the same time, it makes full use of modern display technology and techniques to create a platform for displaying Qingdao river and sea culture, which is an important display window for the history and culture of the Dagu River basin and even the Jiaodong region, Qingdao river and sea culture, and the culture of the Maritime Silk Road.

Opening hours

09:00~17:00, 16:30, free from Tuesday to Sunday, closed on Monday (except national holidays).

Address: Jiaozhou City, east of Shaohai North Road

7, Gao Feng Han Memorial Museum

Gao Memorial Museum is located in Jiaozhou City, Macao, the western section of the Sanlihe Village, south of the high hometown. Is to commemorate, study and display the Qing dynasty Yangzhou school of painting outstanding painter and calligrapher high life and artistic achievements of the specialized memorial museum. The furnishings in the museum include the former residence, outbuildings and cemetery. In addition, there are long corridors, east pavilions, square pavilions and rockeries. Exotic flowers, trees, beautiful greenery and lovely mountain colors are enough for visitors to play and rest.

Opening Hours

The Gao Memorial Hall is open for free admission (except for special exhibitions) from Tuesdays to Sundays and closed on Mondays (except for national holidays).

October to April: 08:30-11:30 a.m.; 13:30-17:00 p.m.

May to September: 08:30-11:30 a.m.; 13:30-17:30 p.m.

Entry mode

Registration for visits in real name, tourists are required to register for a visit to the museum with a valid ID. Special groups such as military personnel (including active duty and retired), people with disabilities, and senior citizens over 70 years old are given priority admission.

8, Shaohai Scenic Area

Ci Yun Temple

Jiaozhou ancient temple - Ci Yun Temple is located in this beautiful wetland park.

Ci Yun Temple is located in Gubanqiao, the only open coastal port in northern China during the Song Dynasty, which is now known as Jiaozhou. The original site of Ciyun Temple is located on Simenshou Street in the old town of Jiaozhou. It was built in the first year of Tianshun (890) in the late Tang Dynasty. It is a famous temple in ancient Jiaozhou and one of the most majestic temples in ancient Jiaozhou. In the eighth year of Song Yuanfeng, the fourth son of Joseon's Munjong (Wang Hui), Master Tongdian (Dajue Yuanshi 1055~1101) and his disciples, Shoujie and others, accompanied Song Shanglin Ning's voyage to Song Banqiao (today's Qingdao Jiaozhou), and they had sought Buddha's help in Cixiaozhong Temple. Ciyunzhong is one of the eight scenic spots in ancient Jiaozhou.

Confucius Liuyi Cultural Park

There are four bridges to the north of Ciyun Temple, named: Twenty-four Filial Piety Bridge, Bishui Bridge, Yue Ming Bridge, Qingfeng Bridge, and Xiaoqiao Shui, which add endless charm. After crossing the Yue Ming Bridge, you will arrive at the Confucius Six Arts Cultural Park.

9, Sanlihe Park

According to the overall planning and design, the structural layout of "one center and two wings" is established, and landscape elements such as topography, water, roads, architectural vignettes, and natural vegetation are reasonably organized to present a "one-center, two bridges, three gardens, many mountains, and eighteen scenic spots. The natural landscape pattern of "one center, two bridges, three gardens, many mountains and eighteen sceneries" is presented.

The water surface area of about 47,600 square meters, there is a 100-meter-high fountain is facing the municipal government office building. For the east side of the diagonal arch space variant of the oblique boom curve bridge, the whole bridge steel structure; the west side of a steel and wood structure of the flat bridge. Wetland fun garden in the west (Bishui Silver Beach scenic area), the east stone culture garden, water flow boutique (Shaanxi Shiqing, Huawei Qiushui scenic area).

"Eighteen Scenery" - according to the site's spatial characteristics, plant ornamental features, ecological types, etc. The park is divided into 18 thematic landscape areas, respectively: green shade of imagination, Lingbo full moon, Bishui Silver Beach, Silver Lake even water, Spring and Autumn, Star Ocean Trestle Bridge, Lingdao Fuzui, Chunfuyao

The Naval Park is like an outdoor exhibition hall integrating marine, folklore and military culture. Marine theme area, folklore theme area, military theme area is presented in order from east to west. Each theme is inseparable from the sea, a perfect blend of "marine flavor" and "military flavor", showing the beauty of the mountains and the sea, while retaining the attributes of popular science education.

Address: Huangdao District, the intersection of Haiya Road and Navy Road

Tickets: free

10, Naval Theme Park

Introduction of Attractions

Jimo Ancient City, also known as Zhumao City, Kang Wangcheng, was built during the Spring and Autumn Period, and was abandoned by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty in 16 years. The whole core area of the ancient city integrates ancient culture, specialty snacks and exhibition halls to create the concept of cultural capital. The project of Jimo Ancient City is mainly to rebuild the County Yamen, Exhibition Hall, Literature Temple, Huangcheng Temple, God of Fortune Temple, Zhenwu Temple, Pai Fang Street (21 pagodas), churches and other public **** buildings. To create a "city of two streets, ten scenic thirteen Square" of the overall pattern.

Address: Dongguan Street, Jimo District, Qingdao City

Jimo Ancient City Open Time: 8:30-21:00

Tickets: free to open (scenic area of the city wall, Temple of Literature separate charge)

Jimo Ancient City Ticket Price

Jimo Wengusi tickets 20 yuan/person, 20 yuan/person, 20 yuan/person.

11, Jimo Ancient City

Introduction of attractions:

1. Triangle Pavilion is located in the northern part of the park's third peak, next to the Fan Tong Tie Pagoda. Reinforced concrete structure, covers an area of 5 square meters.

2. The Four Corners Pavilion is located on the southern peak of the park, a reinforced concrete structure with a flat roof, covering an area of 17 square meters.

3. The Hexagonal Pavilion is located at the main peak of the park, a reinforced concrete two-story structure with a ground floor covering an area of 50 square meters. The flat roof above is connected by external steps.

4. The promenade is located on the west side of the south gate platform, the pavilion and corridor are united, reinforced concrete structure, built according to the terrain. The front corridor is 6.5 meters long, east of the corridor to the north along the 3-meter steps leading to the four corners of the pavilion (glazed tile roof, an area of 9.3 square meters); the corridor west of the rectangular four corners of the pavilion (covering an area of 32.5 square meters) connected. The rear corridor is 17 meters long, with a glazed tile-roofed four-cornered pavilion (covering an area of 25 square meters) on the west side of the corridor, which is connected to the four-cornered pavilion of the front corridor by a 4.8-meter stepped path.

Address: South of the intersection of Liu Si Bei Road, Yongping Road, Licang District

Booking: No booking is required.

Bus routes: 7; 10 loop; 2; 24; 29; 01; 12; 13; 15 part; 18; 20; loop 11; 32; 35; 33; 73; 08

12, Lou Shan Park

Introduction of attractions:

The viewing pavilion porch is located on the platform of the top of the hill . The Viewing Pavilion is 6.2 meters in diameter, with six columns with folding roofs, connecting a flat-roofed circular gallery, 11 meters in diameter, open all around, with long benches connected between the gallery and the columns, all of which are reinforced concrete structures. The center part of the circular gallery is decorated with small wigwams. Standing in the pavilion gallery, you can see the beauty of Jiaozhou Bay to the west and the peaks of Laoshan Mountain to the east.

The Half Regulus Gate is located on the eastern slope of the hill. The stone gate with semi-circular roof is hidden in the black pine forest. Above the lintel is engraved from right to left the name of Smoky Mountain Park, and on both sides of the door stacks are engraved the couplets "Smoke Cage, Green Shade, Quiet Pier, Huibi Tree", which are all inscribed by Qingdao's famous calligrapher Xiu De.

Address: Northwest of the intersection of Fenyang Road and Liuyang Road, Licang District

Reservation: No reservation is required.

Bus route: 10, 22, 23, 24, 101, 116, 118, 120, 212, 302, 313 to Banqiao Square.

13, Yandunshan Park

Tangdao Bay Marina Park, located in Qingdao West Coast New District, is a national AAA scenic spot, "West Lake on the sea", "Qingdao West Garden" reputation. It is a large marine park built around two headlands of Tangdao Bay. It is a resort for leisure, vacation and sightseeing.

Divided into the north and south coasts, it has a pier leisure village, coastal leisure plaza, mudflat style area, wetland experience area, Tangdao Bay Beach Park, Tangdao Bay Yacht Club, Tangdao Bay Marine Leisure Center

Free of charge all year round from 6:00 am to 9:00 pm.

Bus routes: No. 1, No. 18, No. K22 buses get off at Huangdao National Goods Station; No. 5, No. 10, No. 24, No. 801, No. 816 buses get off at Beihai Park.

14, Tangdao Bay Park

City Balcony Landscape Area, Lingshan Bay First Sea Water Bathing Beach, Center Lake and Citizen's Cultural Plaza, Cultural Exhibition Park, Dali River Landscape Bridge, etc.. Set culture, leisure, sports, sea view and other functions in one, in July 2012 was completed and opened. It was named City Balcony because of its leisure, pro-people and free characteristics.

Address: 264 Seaview Road, West Coast New District

Booking: 70,000 people can be accommodated. You must wear a mask and show a green code.

Bus routes: No. 10, 68, 70, 208, 302 at Pleasant Bay Allendale Station.

15, Beihai Park

Address: 1356 Jinsha Beach Road, West Coast New District

Booking: No booking is required. You must wear a mask and show a green code.

Bus route: East 1st Road to Music Avenue, Jinsha Beach Beer City; west of No.4 East Road and No.30 East Road, Qingdao International Beer City.

16, City Balcony

Address: North side of Fuzhou Road, Pingdu City

Booking: No booking required.

Route: go by car.

17, Golden Beach Beer City

The Peach Blossom Stream is one of the eight scenic spots in the ancient city of Pingdu. It is natural, little artificial decoration, with a unique mountain flavor. The mountain scenery of Laoshan North Residence, the canyon mood of the Rongshui Valley, and the surrounding mountains, rise and fall, the action is strange, and the mist, floating like light smoke, to fill the cage with peaks, adding the breath of the mountains, showing the mood of the Peach Blossom Stream.

Address: Cuizhao Community, Dongge Street Office, Pingdu City

Booking: no booking required.

Route by bus: take bus No. 23 to Cuizhao Station, then take a taxi to Peach Blossom Stream or drive yourself.

18, Two Buns Mountain

Address: North of Guangzhou Road, Dongge Street Office, Pingdu City

Booking: No booking required.

Route: go by car.

19, Peach Blossom Stream

Address: southwest of Fangjia Village, Old Store Town, Pingdu City

Reservation: no reservation required.

Route: Take bus No. 22 or go there by yourself.

20, mesa

Address: Taopan Community, Dongge Street Office, Pindu City

Reservation: reservation is not required.

Route: go by car.

21, Bingshijian

Address: No. 379, Beijing Road, Pingdu City

Reservation: no reservation required.

Bus route: take bus No. 1, No. 15, No. 401, No. 402, No. 901 and get off at the Citizen Service Center Station.