Sunrise and sunset at Beidaihe Beach in Qinhuangdao
Super easy guide to watching the sunrise at Beidaihe in Qinhuangdao! ||| Working in Beijing, I impulsively decided to go to Beidaihe to watch the sunrise, and here's a travel guide you can copy~
🏠 Before going, I saw that Tiger Stone Park was a good spot for sunrise, so I chose a hotel nearby. After arriving, I found that the area was full of hotels, and since it's the off-season, prices are generally between 100-200.
🌅 The hotels in the vicinity are just a few minutes' walk from Tiger Stone Park, but around six o'clock the park gates are still closed, and everyone climbs over the gate to get in (uh...). Make sure to check the sunrise time in advance, and after watching it, you can go back to sleep, which is super comfortable.
🏞️ Actually, besides the beach, there aren't many fun places in Beidaihe, and many shops are closed during the off-season. However, the city's architecture is very European, so you can stroll around in the afternoon, take pictures, enjoy the breeze by the sea, and watch the sunset right here in the evening! Yes, you can see both sunrise and sunset here!
🍜 There are many seafood restaurants locally, but as someone from inland, I don't like seafood so I didn't try it. The night market closest to Tiger Stone is called Qinhuang Alley, which has a lot of food, and you can take a taxi there, buy food, and bring it back to the hotel to eat.
🚃 For the train station, choose Beidaihe Station (not Qinhuangdao Station), which is closer to Tiger Stone Park. It takes over three hours from Beijing to Beidaihe on a green train, with tickets around 45. My ticket was on standby, and it felt pretty easy to get.
🚗 Local taxis are quite expensive, and taxi fares accounted for one-third of our total expenses. I suggest you take a look at public transportation.
🛝 In the afternoon, we also went to Pigeon Nest Park, which has an entrance fee of 35. I thought we could watch the sunset there, but after arriving, I realized we couldn't see it at all; the whole sea faces east! The sun sets behind us... But it's still pretty good for taking pictures!
🤔 Other: There are a lot of people trying to get you to go on a boat tour, we ignored them. I don't know if there are any traps in this, so everyone should be cautious and discerning.
Pigeon Nest Park, also known as Yingjiao Park, is located in the northeast corner of Beidaihe Beach. According to the official website on April 20, 2023, it covers an area of more than 300 mu and is one of the four major scenic spots in the National AAAA-level scenic spot, Beidaihe Scenic Area, Qinhuangdao City.
Beidaihe belongs to a district in Qinhuangdao City. Since there are Beidaihe and Nandaihe. The scenery of Beidaihe in summer is very beautiful, with blue sea and blue sky, fine sand and breeze, as if it is a poetic artistic conception. Beidaihe's feature is to watch the sunrise and eat seafood. Visitors are like weaving, especially Liuzhuang's seaside, and it is a sea of people.
Beidaihe is not necessarily the most beautiful coastal attraction, but it is definitely the safest, especially the external police patrol and traffic control, which is also a benchmark in the country. And Beidaihe has a very comfortable climate and reasonable scenic area planning, which is a very worth visiting.
Beidaihe ancient name is Lishui. Yin Shang, Xizhou, Beidaihe District is an isolated bamboo country. West Han, the county where the case was started, is still Liaoxi County. On November 26, 1948, the Republic of China was liberated in Beidaihe District, and the public office of the seaside district was built. It belongs to Qinyu City, Hebei Province. In February 1954, the public office of the seaside area was changed to Beidaihe District. In September 2019, Beidaihe District was selected as the first national tourism demonstration area.
Beidaihe ancient name is Lishui. Yin Shang, Xizhou, Beidaihe District is an isolated bamboo country. West Han, the county where the case was started, is still Liaoxi County. On November 26, 1948, the Republic of China was liberated in Beidaihe District, and the public office of the seaside district was built. It belongs to Qinyu City, Hebei Province. In September 2019, Beidaihe District was selected as the first national whole-country tourism demonstration area. I miss Beidaihe in March very much. It is clean and overcrowded. Friends who travel by car need to pay attention. Qinhuangdao, Beidaihe and Nandaihe areas are all implementing vehicle tail number restrictions.
Beidaihe was still in the past nine years, when it was yellow sea water. This year, when the sun went to the sea, the sea was blue, the sea should have. These years of good governance, blowing the sea breeze, strolling, now in addition to seafood, other Chinese and foreign food can also be found, is a good place for vacation.