[2025 Jinan Stay] Travel Guide for Jiurushan Cat's Nest B & B (Updated Apr)

Some people think that Jinan is a tourist desert, but in fact, Jinan has the beautiful Jiuru Mountain in autumn and winter, which belongs to the southern mountainous area of Jinan and is a national 4A scenic spot. The dozens of waterfalls hanging on the mountain are the biggest highlights of Jiuru Mountain. You can listen to the waterfalls, watch the stars, and enjoy the flowers. It is suitable to play with Jinan, Taishan, and Qufu. -For southerners, what attracts me most is the autumn and winter of Jiuru Mountain. In autumn, all the trees are red, and all the forests are dyed. In winter, the mountain is wrapped in silver, and the mountain stream is frozen. In addition, Jiuru Mountain also has 30 immersive life experience halls, equivalent to 30 kinds of art and literature activities. For example, baking is to make cookies for yourself; lipstick is to make lipstick for yourself; olfactory experience is to make perfume for yourself. -️How to choose a hotel in Jiuru Mountain? There are five hotels in the scenic area: Norman Castle Hotel, Hongyanrong Barrel Hotel, Buer Wood House Loft Room, Dream Pillow Book Fragrance Hotel, and Cat Nest. -▫️Norman Castle Hotel The most expensive, the most rooms, the most complete public area facilities. There are three swimming pools, one for adults, one for children, and another for hole soaking. It is recommended to choose a double bed room, the large bathtub in the room is particularly eye-catching. ▫️Hongyanrong Barrel It is built along the lake. The appearance is a wine barrel, which can be understood as a small Vlia by the lake. The room is not big, the location is unique, and there is a yard by the lake. If you come in mid-June and early July, the yard is full of Gesang flowers. ▫️Dream Pillow Book Fragrance Hotel What I like most is that the whole hotel is a library. In fact, it is indeed a branch of Jinan Library, and all the books are provided by the library. Most of the hotels are reading, and the room is just a small part of the individual. The floor-to-ceiling windows and large bathtubs in the room are very good. ▫️Buer Wood House Two-story Loft, one-story living room and two-story bed. ▫️Cat House is suitable for shovel officials to live in. Because there are more than a dozen cats in the hotel, the quality is very good. You can't keep cats at home, but you can come here to roll cats. All the spare parts in the room are L'Occitane. If there is a mini bar in the room, they are all provided for free.

**🌲[Jiuru Mountain Complete Guide] A Nordic Secret in Jinan's Backyard! 2 Days and 1 Night of Waterfall Cabins + Romantic Handicrafts** ✨**Must-See Highlights** 1️⃣ **Ten Kilometer Waterfall Cluster**: 36 waterfalls linked together, Hukou Waterfall/Tianxin Waterfall are stunning from an aerial view (highest water volume from June to September) 2️⃣ **Norman Castle Lifestyle Center**: A secret castle on the mountainside, experience sachet/candle/leather making (package includes 3 handicrafts) 3️⃣ **Dream Pillow Bookshop**: Suspended glass house + thousands of books, order a coffee and watch the sea of clouds roll by 🏡 **Top-Tier Accommodation** ✔️ Hongyanrong Wooden Barrel B&B: Lakeside wooden barrel cabins, enjoy a private hot spring bath under the stars (2000+ RMB/night, book 1 month in advance) ✔️ Cat's Nest B&B: Cat petting + mountain view loft, the king of cost-effectiveness (500+ RMB/night) 🎨 **Romantic Experiences** ▪️ Mountain Music Festival: Weekend lawn live music, wine + barbecue (summer only) ▪️ Icefall Season: Natural ice sculptures + snow campfire from December to February 🚗 **Practical Information** ▫️ Tickets 198 RMB (including scenic area + 5 experiences), half price for students ▫️ Self-driving navigation "Jiuru Mountain Resort Scenic Area", 1.5 hours from downtown ▫️ Must bring: Non-slip shoes (mossy stone roads), camera (stunning night view) 💬 **"Listening to the waterfall in a wooden cabin, waiting for the wind in the bookstore, this is the right way to escape the city!"** Do you want to experience handicrafts or a private hot spring bath?👇

🌸【Flowering season forecast + must-see flowers】 ⏰Best time: mid-to-late March to early April ✨Mountain peach and forsythia suspensa CP: The pink and white mountain peach is in full bloom on the cliff, and the golden forsythia suspensa covers the valley, giving it a full comic feel! ✨Secret Sakura Valley (early April): avoid the crowds! A small path behind the wooden house B&B, cherry blossom rain and the sound of stream water, the kids took 100 photos! 🚶‍♀️【Parent-child route: young children friendly】 🌟Lazy Essentials Edition (2 hours of easy play): Entrance to the scenic area → Yingchun Pond (find tadpoles/small fish) → Plank Road Flower Corridor (Forsythia Tunnel 📸) → Tianxin Waterfall (throw pebbles and listen to the echo) → Children's Paradise (free non-powered facilities, parents can have a cup of coffee at leisure ☕) 🎒Advanced Adventure Edition (5 years old and above): Deep Pool and Waterfall Loop: Huluyu Picnic (bring your own rice balls 🍙) + Eight Pools and Eight Waterfalls "Natural Treasure Hunt" (get a mission card 🆓! Find pine cones/strange stones) → Noman Castle Secret Garden (check in at the giant flower sculpture) 🎨【Hidden gameplay: experience of making your baby scream】 ✅ Nature craft class (strongly recommended‼️) 📍Location: Looking for flowers and asking for willows ▫️Leaf rubbing bag: DIY exclusive limited edition with leaves! ✅ Overnight stay in the Forest Fairy Tale House 🏡Recommended B&B: Maowo B&B ▫️Tatami + starry sky window, watch projection animation with your baby before bed🎦 📸【A great place to make movies! A must-see camera for family photos】 1️⃣ Tingpu Pavilion corner: With the mountain peach in the foreground, take a photo of the baby running from behind (in the morning with good light✨) 2️⃣ The terrace of Hongyanrong Mutong B&B: the sea of ​​forsythia flowers + the reflection of the lake, the atmosphere is amazing! 3️⃣ Glass window of the book-scented corridor: baby reading a book + cherry blossoms outside the window in the same frame, a Japanese filter straight out! 🍱【Foodie Tips: Kids will lick the plate of wild game】 🍴Must-order at the Wooden House Restaurant: ▫️Sophora japonica egg pancake (sweet! kids eat it in seconds) ▫️Shepherd's purse wontons (the soup base is made from bone broth🍲) 🧺Picnic recommendation: You can rent a picnic basket (with a plaid mat + straw basket) at the entrance of the scenic area. It’s super healing to bring your own fruits and rice balls! ⚠️【Blood and tears experience: must watch if you are raising children】 ▪️Wear non-slip shoes! The rocks near the waterfall are slippery, so prepare a pair of river trekking shoes for your child (playing in the water is super fun) ▪️Big temperature difference! Thin sweatshirt for lunch, plus fleece jacket for morning and evening 🧥 🎒Personal belongings list Mosquito repellent stickers, thermos cup, wet wipes, children's camera (let the kids take pictures of nature), bubble machine (a magical tool for taking pictures of the sea of ​​flowers) 💌Jiuru Mountain is very much like the spring in Hayao Miyazaki's novels. Bring your kids here to be mountain dwellers for a day! The flowering season waits for no one, the strategy is ready, let’s go for it!

Spring in April in the human world🌸, everything is bright and clear🌿, April in the human world, everywhere is fragrant💐. Temporarily saying goodbye to work💼, welcoming the Qingming Festival holiday😎, if you don't want to be in a crowd during the Qingming holiday, listen to me, hurry to Jiuru Mountain Art Town for a European romantic experience💕. Whether you're taking kids👨‍👩‍👧 on a trip or on a date with your partner👫, this place can satisfy all your fantasies! You can't hide the spring colors of the mountain, the most beautiful April days in the human world. The forsythia🌼 on the mountain has bloomed extensively, the apricot blossoms🌸 are like snow, the peach blossoms🌸 are bright, and the magnolia flowers🪻 at the entrance of the scenic area seem to welcome every guest from afar. The air is filled with the fragrance of flowers💐, all the tenderness and romance are hidden in the flowers. The streams babble, the waterfalls are numerous, walking on the wooden🪵 plank road, when the breeze🌬️ blows, petals slowly fall from time to time, every step seems to be walking on a 'flower🌸 road', get your camera📸 ready, every shot is a masterpiece. 👏Immersive cultural and creative handcrafts Lipstick💄 DIY: Natural beeswax combined with lipstick powder, demold a lipstick💄 that belongs to you, experience lipstick DIY, beauty💋 is defined by yourself. Coffee☕️ making full process experience: Even without experience, you can make a delicious cup of coffee☕️, select coffee beans, calm down together, grind the beans into powder, extract, and appreciate, enjoy this peaceful and beautiful moment. 🏕️Romantic luxury camping Red Beauty Barrel Hotel, Normandy Castle Lifestyle Hotel, Cat Nest B&B, Haomeng Log Cabin, and other 8 different style hotels, whether you want to stay by the lake, halfway up the mountain, or have a picnic camping🏕️, here can meet all your needs. Each hotel has a caring💞 one-on-one butler service, you can always feel the warmth of home🫶🏻. Transportation: 🚘Self-driving: Jiuru Mountain is about 40 kilometers from Jinan, with national roads leading to the scenic area, from Jinan via the Ring Expressway (Ji Tai Expressway) Jinxiu River (exit) area, about 1 hour's drive➡️Jiuru Mountain 🚊High-speed train: Jinan East (taxi ide-hailing car ride)➡️About 1 hour's drive➡️Jiuru Mountain 🚍Bus: Yanshan Overpass East Station➡️Route 312➡️Jiuru Mountain

|Come to Jiuru Mountain to celebrate the New Year. Winter is more romantic. Check in at Jiuru Mountain: Winter is more romantic Icefall, fireplace, ice and fire The icefall at Jiuru Mountain is like Iceland🗻 Don't miss this beautiful view in winter. This place is so romantic too 0️⃣💰 Take a movie📸 Beautiful photos shock the circle of friends, no longer the same old photo check-in - ⛰️: Jiuru Mountain Resort Scenic Area 📍: Huluyu Village, Xiying Street, Licheng District, Jinan City It takes about an hour to drive from downtown Jinan 🅿️: Parking lot 20💰 unlimited time - The scenic area is beautiful all year round. Jiuru Mountain now has 9 places for checking in at the Internet celebrity wooden houses. There are snacks and drinks at the check-in places. 1️⃣ Log House Restaurant 2️⃣ Cat's Nest Bed and Breakfast 3️⃣Hao Meng Children's Technology Workshop 4️⃣Fuji Wood Residence 5️⃣ Mountain Bar 6️⃣ Mengzhen Shuxiang B&B 7️⃣Tingpu Fruit Tea Bar 8️⃣Normanburg Specialty Restaurant 9️⃣ Tiemuzhen Nature Art Workshop 🗺 It's so relaxing to have a leisure vacation in the wooden house. Every check-in point is very attractive. It doesn't feel noisy and boring. The staff are also very warm and considerate. It's comfortable to be close to nature🌲 . There are three icefalls there, the top one is the most stunning and beautiful Be sure to pay attention to safety when shooting and wear non-slip shoes👟 You can go to Tingpu Fruit Tea Bar and get a cup of steaming hot milk tea🥤 No matter how you shoot, it will be very filmy📸 It is recommended to wear Hanfu, which will create a more pleasant atmosphere. - You can go skiing at the ski resort during the day⛷️ and have a cup of coffee in the bookstore☕ The accommodation here is all homestays. We stayed at the Mutong Hotel. The environment and sanitation are really good. . 🏨: Jiuru Mountain Hongyanrong Wooden Barrel Hotel 🅿️: Free We stayed in a single room, which was decorated with wood. The housekeeper was very considerate and sent us fruits and snacks. There was also a balcony outside where we could enjoy the fresh air. Yes, the car can be driven directly to the door of the room. Check-in is very convenient. - We ate hot pot in a wooden house, which was no worse than Haidilao. Single person, single pot The ingredients are very fresh. It is so enjoyable to eat hot pot in the mountains. The breakfast is also rich and nutritionally balanced. The hotel also provides red wine in the evening🍷 . ⚠️Be sure to bring your ID card (student ID) You can drive your car directly into the hotel and park for free❤️ I will come again when the weather gets warmer. It is so beautiful🏞

This year's ice and snow tour is really hot, Sanya never thought that it would be defeated by Harbin at minus 30 degrees this winter. If you can't stand the temperature in the northeast and want to experience an ice and snow tour❄️, why not come to Jiuru Mountain, wooden houses, ice pools, plank roads, icefalls, rime.. It's like a scene in a fairy tale~ It's not that Harbin can't afford to go, but Jiuru Mountain is more cost-effective! - ⏰Opening hours: 8:00-17:00, stop admission at 15:00 (guests staying in the homestay can enter, the homestay has a battery car pick-up) 📍Location and transportation: The scenic area is far from the city, it is recommended to drive by yourself or join a group 🚘Parking guide: There are two parking lots in the scenic area, the 1st and 2nd parking lots, the price is the same 20 yuan, the 2nd parking lot is convenient, close to the ticket inspection - 🏞Play recommendation: 1⃣Scenic tour: Of course, you have to check in the icefall wonder in winter in Jiuru Mountain. If it snows, elements such as wooden houses, ice pools, plank roads, icefalls, rime, etc., are like a fairy tale world 2⃣Art and Culture Town: There are 30 cultural and creative experience halls, no repetition! Recommend Chocolate Cultural and Creative Experience Hall, Baking Cultural and Creative Experience Hall, Dried Flower Sachet Cultural and Creative Experience Hall, Handmade Soap Cultural and Creative Experience Hall 3⃣Art and Culture Town Castle Tour 4⃣Snow Play Garden: In winter, Jiuru Mountain will create a snow play garden through large-scale artificial snowmaking, with multiple projects such as snow rings, snow tanks, snow motorcycles, and dream bubble houses - 🏠Accommodation recommendation: 1⃣Norman Fort: High-end resort hotel, located deep in the mountains, above 500 meters above sea level, fresh air, rich in negative ions, open the door to see the mountains, open the window to see the scenery, wake up to hear the birds singing, fall asleep under the stars, the rooms are elegant and comfortable. 2⃣Cat's Nest Homestay: Nordic-style forest log cabin, warmly decorated, raising several cute kittens, outside the house is the winter beauty of the flying waterfall ice, inside the house is the warm romance of the stove, it is too suitable for parent-child~ - 🍽Food recommendation: Log cabin restaurant: good environment, large space, very well decorated, the price, you know the scenic area, the most popular grilled fish in Jiuru Mountain, other Tianshan tender lamb, dry fried chicken, depending on personal preference.