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3 days in Jinan, China

A November 2005 trip to Jinan by Pyra

Baotu Park of the Springs, Jinan Photo - Jinan, China More Photos
Quote: I spent 3 days in Jinan, in the Shandong Province and 500km south of Beijing, for a congress. I visited Baotu Spring Park in the centre of town and Qianfoshan, the Thousand-Buddha Mountain. Both are worth a visit when in the pleasant city of Jinan on the edge of a plain.
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Baotu Park of the Springs, Jinan Photo - Jinan, China
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Visit the 1000-Buddha Mountain. Take the chair lift up the mountain, then walk along the Buddhist temples up to the top. Take in the breathtaking view, with the city, mountains in the background, and Yellow River behind the city skyline and sip a soft drink in the pagoda on the top. Then walk back down to where you can ride the rodelbahn down the mountain. Also visit the Baotu Park in the center of town. For a small fee at the entrance, you can take in the fish ponds, Chinese architecture, flowers, and a general relaxed atmosphere in the middle of an impressive skyline. Quick Tips: Best Way To Get Around: Taxis are cheap and an adventure due to the local driving style....Read More
Lobby Photo - Congress Center Hotel, Jinan, China
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For 30€ per night, including free broadband, this hotel is a mix of '60s luxury and a Chinese atmosphere. Rooms and facilities are a bit worn and the air-conditioning was malfunctioning (even after repair), but the beds were good and the environment quiet. One or two members of the reception staff speak English, and everybody is extremely polite and friendly.

Member Rating 3 out of 5 on June 4, 2005

Congress Center Hotel
On grounds of Jinan Congress Center
Jinan, China

Hotpot in Jinan Photo - Restaurant below Carrefour, Jinan, China
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This is a lively, well-run place that seems to be by a chef who made his name with his first restaurant of this type in Beijing. They have excellent Szechwan, and other regions’, food. One evening we had hot-pot (see picture), which is only for the not too faint-hearted.

It has a family-style atmosphere, and after dinner, one can go upstairs into the Carrefour to see the price difference with the West for bicycles, potatoes, and just about everything else.

Member Rating 4 out of 5 on June 4, 2005

Restaurant below Carrefour
in Jinan, in the basement of Carrefour
Jinan, China

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Pyra

Pyra
Maastricht, Netherlands

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