Pro

sea, sand, seafood
Con

people staring, saying hello as loud and goofy as possible, hearing 'laowai', child flower peddlers who followed you for blocks
In a nutshell

Stay with your tour group
reinansanc Says: This long street is great to visit. Lots of really good places to eat and drink. All you need to do is get in a taxi and ask for Beer Street. They all know where it is. Located by the Beer Factory. Fun times had by all!
2 Reviews and 55 Opinions The hotel has about 10 floors for Crown Plaza Club suite rooms. These are quite impressive big...
Tian Fu Lao Ma: The hotpot is heaven-sent
hooiluangoh Says: The feeling is always warm in this busy restaurant. The hotpot. Ask for a Yuan-yang, and you'll have hot soup on one side and herbal soup on another.The waitress rants when she/he serves the hotpot. Basically it's about how the soup is made. Most people love the soup until...
Catch 22: Night time in the "Huang Dao" Qingdao
DSwede Says: If you are not in the old city of Qingdao on the north side of the bay, but rather in the "Industrial and Economic Zone" on the south, the best place to meet other foreigners and expats is Catch 22.Formerly it was called "Daisy's Place", named after one of the part owners....
Qingdao Public Transport Prices
matjung Says: I found one company which offers tour guides for about 800 RMB per day.If this is within your budget, please contact me and I will send you the link to their website.That was outside my budget so I visited Qingdao myself.Travelling by taxi from attraction to attraction...
Naval Museum Shop: Model ships
Willettsworld Says: If you're into model ships, both naval or commercial, then this is the place for you. All kinds of ships can be bought from Chinese vessels to more well known western vessels. I saw a group of Chinese guys by one each so it's definitely a popular place.
Newlyweds Taking Wedding Photos
gdilieto Says: Chinese weddings are made of three stages: signature of the paperwork with the civil authority, the photographs, and the banquet with much importance being given to the wedding photos, which are usually taken in a scenic place (or places) of choice of the couple. Over the...
xochoxo Says: Pick Pocketing---i have lived in QingDao for 3 years. Just be careful of your belongings on the streets.Pick Pocket's don't work alone, usually have partners.. etc.I watched a pickpocket steal a woman's cellphone, andwhen i went over to tell her, the pickpocket's partners,...
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Q: Hi, me and my girlfriend (Italian, 29 and 24 y/o) we will be in qingdao from 17 to 22 august 2010. We are looking for local...

A: Nice place for a beer fest. That city is the home of the Tsingtao Beer, which used to be a German brewery way back in the days gone by. It still retains the distictive...
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The former german crowncolony of Tsingdao

Quingdao is an interesting place in China, because it used to be a german crowncolony called Tsingdao, founded in 1874. The germans had signed a treaty for 99 years with China like Great Britain did...
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Qingdao - Old German Colony in China

Qingdao is a picturesque coastal city that lies on the southern tip of China's Shandong Peninsula, located in JiaoZhou Bay facing the Yellow Sea. Before troops were garrisoned here by the imperial...
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Qingdao - seaside colonial town

Tsingtao beer is not just a brand. It comes from Qingdao (Tsingtao was a spelling before Hanyupinyin was introduced). Somehow the name sticks. It's like Peking instead of Beijing. And to those who......
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Qingdao is a beautiful seaside city, with a long and twist coastline. Various seafood has it unique flavor.
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I worked many months in Qingdao. Its about half way between Beijing and Shanghai, along the coast. Most of my working time was not in the real Qingdao, because that's a little more than 1hr away, I...
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