7-day family tour in Yantai, Weihai and Rongcheng during summer vacation
It really takes courage to go to Yantai, Weihai and Rongcheng with your family in August! It’s too hot and there are too many people! The advantages are: this route is relatively leisurely, and the main attractions in the three places are all reached. Parents will not be tired and children will not be idle, and food and accommodation are secure. It is for reference for those in need. The disadvantage is that the air tickets are full-price tickets during the day, and the hotels are very close to the scenic spots, which is expensive!
📅 Tour route:
Depart from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport to Penglai Airport, Rongcheng Dashuibo Airport back to Shanghai Hongqiao
DAY 1: The departure flight is between 8:30 and 10:30, so we arrived in Penglai at noon. We put our luggage away and went to Penglai Pavilion in the afternoon. The hotel we booked is right next to Penglai Pavilion. In order to save money, we didn’t hire a car on the first day. We took a taxi directly from the airport to the hotel and then walked to Penglai Pavilion.
DAY 2: In the morning, the chartered driver picked us up from the hotel and headed towards Yantai, where we drove and played all the way, checking in at Moon Bay, Maotou Mountain, Fisherman's Wharf, and the Lonely Whale at Yantai Golden Beach. After lunch, we rested in the hotel until 3:30 when we went to Yangma Island. There were fewer people there, so the car could drive in and watch the sunset.
DAY 3: In the morning, the chartered driver picked us up from the hotel and headed towards Rongcheng. We drove and played all the way, checked in at Torch 8th Street, had a good meal, and went to Liugong Island Scenic Area in the afternoon. We left at four o'clock and drove to Rongcheng Hotel.
DAY 4: In the morning, the chartered driver picked us up from the hotel and we first went to Hailu Island, took a speedboat to feed seagulls, and then went to Xixiakou Zoo Xixiakou Shendiaoshan Wildlife Park. We had bread and instant noodles for lunch in the zoo. We came out at three in the afternoon, went back to the hotel, changed into swimsuits, and went to Xianghai Beach to play for an hour or two. It was great!
DAY 5: In the morning, the chartered driver picked us up from the hotel. Because the low tide was around noon today, we went to the beach in the morning. After lunch, we went to several parks in Weihai to check in, including Happiness Gate, Big Photo Frame, Haiyuan Park, and then returned to the hotel.
DAY 6: We plan to spend the whole day at the beach today. We won’t hire a car. We will just swim in the sea and play in the water and sand. Naxianghai is a mature commercial area, so you don’t need to worry about food.
DAY 7: Sleep until you wake up naturally, organize your things. In fact, you can pick figs in a village on the way to the airport, and then have a meal in the village before going to the airport. The flight is at 3:30 pm. The airport is very small and everything can be done in half an hour. I took a taxi to the airport.
🚗Self-driving tips: It is recommended to charter a car for 4 days, but because it is summer in August, many drivers are part-time. They are locals and are familiar with the roads, but they are not very clear about how to play and where to play. You still have to make your own strategy.
⛱️Must-see attractions: Penglai Pavilion, Yangma Island, Wild Beach, Wild Donkey Island, Naxianghai Diamond Beach, Xixiakou Zoo, Haiyuan Park.
🏨Accommodation guide: Huazhu Qixia Huazhu Qixia Resort Hotel (Penglai City Bathing Beach Branch) (next to Penglai Pavilion, very convenient for food, accommodation and entertainment); Yantai Longhu Holiday Inn Yantai Longhu Holiday Inn (10 minutes' drive from Yangma Island, very convenient for dining nearby); Naxianghai Howard Johnson Weihai Xianghai Howard Johnson Resort Hotel (a mature luxury hotel, although very expensive, but not a bad deal)
💗Other tips:
Places you can totally avoid visiting: Yantai Moon Bay, Weihai Big Photo Frame, Happiness Gate, Torch 8th Street, and Blueways. These are all check-in spots that were made popular by internet celebrities. They are meaningless. There is a very ugly sculpture of the Moon Old Man in Moon Bay. The big photo frame is a photo frame sculpture. There are similar ones in many places. There is no need to squeeze with the crowd to check in. The Gate of Happiness is even more stupid, a building that was said to be built for feng shui reasons and it doesn’t look good at all. Torch 8th Street is rare in that there is the sea at the end of the road. There are many streets like this. There is no need to climb a mountain there in August to see it. This road used to be the starting point for the uphill driving test. The Bluewes is a foreign ship that ran aground here while avoiding a typhoon. It is said that the cost of going out is more than that of this ship, so the owner abandoned the ship. It is a very broken ship with a huge number of people. There are many ships that are prettier than this one. Don't go!
It would be much more fun to save this time and go to another beach to enjoy it slowly!