Qinghai丨Enjoy the Night View of Xining at the Pearl of Puning--Highland Pearl TV Sightseeing Tower

🗼Attraction Introduction: The Highland Pearl TV Sightseeing Tower, also known as the Pearl of Puning, is a national AAA-level tourist attraction. The Pearl of Puning has a total height of 188 meters and is built on a mountain at an altitude of 2395 meters within the Xishan Botanical Garden. The tower sphere has a diameter of 26 meters, with five floors inside and a construction area of 2290 square meters. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors of the sphere are open to visitors, with the 2nd floor serving as a sightseeing and souvenir sales area, the 3rd floor as a sightseeing tea lounge, and the 4th floor as a rotating sightseeing tea lounge. 🗺️Location: No. 7, Xishan Yixiang, Xining, Qinghai Province 🚘Transportation: 🚌Take bus routes 2, 30, 40, 42, or 59 to the Botanical Garden Station, then walk 3500 meters to reach the destination. 🚗You can also drive there. Enter the mountain winding road to the sightseeing tower, where there is a parking lot🅿️. Parking is free for the first 15 minutes, 5 yuan/hour within 4 hours, and 10 yuan/hour after 4 hours. 🎫Tickets: 🎫Ticket price is 20 yuan per person, available at the scenic spot ticket office. ⏰Opening Hours: 11:00-23:00 🎁TIPS: ✅No wonder it looks like the Oriental Pearl, it was actually built with aid from Shanghai. 🚕If you take a taxi, it is recommended to have the car drive directly to the tower, otherwise, you will have to walk 20 minutes up the mountain road. ✅Coming to the Highland Pearl TV Sightseeing Tower to see the night view is a good choice. The whole city starts lighting up around 19:30. ✅The first floor is the city exhibition hall, the fifth floor is for sightseeing, and the seventh floor offers dining and other services. ✅A meal for two costs 396 yuan, and a meal for three costs 511 yuan. 📷It is recommended to bring a telephoto lens to capture good night views; the effect of mobile phone photography is not ideal. Note: The glass is somewhat dirty, which will affect the shooting effect. ✅You can compare the Pearl of Puning in Xining with the Jinxiutianfu Tower in Chengdu, the Zhongyuan Futa in Zhengzhou, the Central Radio and TV Tower in Beijing, the Tianta Xunyun in Tianjin, the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, the New TV Tower in Guangzhou, and the Macau Sightseeing Tower. ✅From the tower, you can overlook the winding garden tree interchange and the Ferris wheel in People's Park. ✅We also caught a full moon🌕. If you have a drone, you can capture the beautiful scenery of the TV tower + full moon + city night view. ✅The temperature difference between day and night in Xining is quite large, and the wind is very strong. Wear more clothes and keep warm when taking photos on the platform at the bottom of the tower.