Qingdao World Horticulture Expo Park

#timetotravel 🗓️ October, 2022 📍 Jiushui Road Residential District Bijia Shangliu Community, Licang Qingdao 💵: Free 🚊🚘: Take Line 11 and enjoy a 20-minute walk to the scenic area, or for added convenience, hop in a Didi from the subway. 🍱 Dining Tip: While there are a few small shops in the area, they might not cater to every palate. If you have specific food preferences, it's a good idea to purchase your preferred food and enjoy it on-site. 🚶‍♀️ 🍃 Escape to Bai Guoshan City Leisure Scenic Area. While it's not internationally famous, its vast expanse offers endless exploration – and the best part is, it's free to enter. Discover country-themed buildings perfect for photos, camp by the serene lake, enjoy a fountain show, go boating, or experience the amusement park's modest offerings. Living nearby, I relish this refreshing oasis. It's an open invitation to unwind, explore, and embrace the outdoors – all without spending a dime. 🍂🏞️ #chinalife #qingdao #october

Getting There: You can both use the metro combined with the bus, or the easy solution is to take a Didi (Taxi) The park is filled with many different parts and attractions. During winter you will find that many of the attractions are closed, however, it is still a great place. The park is huge, so remember to dress warm and put on a good pair of walking shoes. The most amazing attraction during winter, is the Botanical Museum which is filled with flowers, waterfalls, and a small water world that kids will love. During winter, they also have a snow hill where you can get a nice sled-rush and some good laughs. Remember to bring your own food as they currently (probably only during winter) don’t have any open restaurants.

Qingdao World Expo Garden is a national 4A-level scenic spot, covering an area of 187 hectares, with more than 1,700 types of green plants. Spring is the perfect season for flower viewing and spring outings, and the flowers in the park are blooming beautifully. The park has over 20,000 square meters of shibazakura flower sea in full bloom, forming a distinctive flower sea landscape with a mosaic of various colors of shibazakura, looking like a "colorful carpet" spread over the earth from a distance. In addition, there are other beautiful flowering trees such as forsythia, magnolia, crabapple, green peach, redbud, and cherry blossoms. 🏞 Tickets: Free Suggested tour route: Enter from Gate 3, take the mini train to the Botanical Museum, and visit the four exhibition halls: Jellyfish World, Bamboo Rhythm, Tropical Style, and Spring Mountain Valley. Jellyfish World features giant jellyfish tanks, and after passing through the underwater tunnel, there is a jellyfish maze. Bamboo Rhythm has giant bamboo and red pandas, Tropical Style is dominated by desert plants, and Spring Mountain Valley has small wooden walkways, streams, and waterfalls. 🚌 Transportation: Take bus 641 and get off at the World Expo Garden station, then walk to reach the destination. 🚘 Self-driving: The park has a large parking lot, which is also very convenient for self-driving, with a parking fee of 4 yuan/hour. In addition, Qingdao World Expo Garden also has attractions such as the Water Lily World and Children's Dream Garden. If time permits, they are also worth checking out.

📍Address: Shandong Province, Qingdao City, Licang District, World Expo Avenue Route The Qingdao World Horticultural Exposition Garden is located on the eastern section of World Expo Avenue in Licang District. Visitors can choose to take a bus or subway to get there: - Subway: Take the subway line 11 to the World Expo Garden station, then transfer to bus 643 to the World Expo Garden station. The combination of mountains and water, the slope of the exhibition garden's land is relatively flat, and the mountain forest area can serve as a background, forming a large environment. From a horticultural professional perspective, having the mountain behind and facing the sun can create very good climatic conditions, conducive to the growth of various plants and flowers. Heavenly water, earth ponds, Ferris wheel, plant museum, Metasequoia Road, the world's myriad of beauties can all be presented here. Some say that one should always give oneself a reason to visit the Qingdao World Expo Garden, to converse with nature in a corner of the city, to walk from the bathing sunset into the vibrant life, to see the full bloom of flowers from the full view of the morning glow Located in the northeast side of the Qingdao World Expo Garden's plant museum, Jellyfish World is the only jellyfish exhibition hall in China that has been built on a mountain so far, integrating jellyfish and other marine life displays, education, and scientific research.

📍 The Qingdao International Horticultural Exposition Park is located in the eastern section of the World Expo Avenue in Licang District. 〽️ Transportation routes: 🔻 🚃 Bus: Take bus routes 389, 390, 640, 641, or L2 to the World Expo Park Bus Parking Lot; or take routes 128 and 643, both of which pass by the Expo Park. 🚉 Subway: Take subway line 11 to the World Expo Park Station, then transfer to bus route 643 to reach the scenic area. 〽️ Qingdao International Horticultural Exposition Park is open all year round from 09:00 to 17:00 (ticket sales stop at 16:30, and entry is stopped at 16:30). 〽️ Tour suggestions: 🔻 1. After entering the park through Gate 3, walk about 100 meters to take the mini train to the Botanical Museum. 2. The Botanical Museum has four exhibition halls, namely Jellyfish World, Bamboo Rhythm, Tropical Style, and Spring Mountain Secluded Valley. 3. Jellyfish World features various jellyfish, including a giant single jellyfish display tank, recommended for taking photos and memories. 4. Passing through the underwater tunnel, you will reach the Jellyfish Maze, where the jellyfish change colors. 5. After leaving Jellyfish World, you will enter Bamboo Rhythm, which has various bamboo species, including the giant dragon bamboo that can grow over 30 meters tall. 6. Exiting Bamboo Rhythm, you will find Tropical Style, which features various desert plants, including huge cacti and Canary Island date palms. 7. Spring Mountain Secluded Valley has streams, plants, waterfalls, and scenery similar to a tropical rainforest. 〽️ There are other exhibition halls and scenic spots to visit, where you can see pavilions from different countries and experience different cultures and styles. The small bridge environment is very beautiful and suitable for photography.

| Check in at 18 Qingdao Flower Viewing Spots!. Last year, I summarized the most comprehensive flower viewing guide for Qingdao, including the best times and places to see the blooms. Let's meet by chance in Qingdao this spring! Photo 1. Huangdao Central Square is ready for photos now! Photo 2. Parking lot at No. 14 Jiu Long Mountain Road, Huangdao, by the end of May Photo 3. The hydrangeas at the entrance of the Phoenix Theater in mid-June Photo 4. The magnolias in front of Zhanshan Temple in mid-March Photo 5. Lotus Youxian sunflowers by the end of June Photo 6. White magnolias on Jinkou Road in mid-March Photo 7. Yesterday's Country Original Wood Workshop in mid-March Photo 8. Rapeseed flowers in Tangdao Bay Park at the beginning of April Photo 9. Cherry Valley in Laoshan in mid-March Photo 10. Shibazakura flowers in the World Expo Park in mid-April Photo 11. White roses in Baisha River Sports Park Photo 12. Monet's Garden in Baihuayuan at the end of April Photo 13. Hydrangea sea in Fushan in early May Photo 14. Wooden hydrangeas in Zhongshan Park in early May Photo 15. Huangdao Mountain Stream Valley by the end of May Photo 16. Red roses in Baisha River Sports Park in early May Photo 17. Boxwood flowers on Tong'an Road in early May Photo 18. Liansandao in Huangdao by the end of May - March 1⃣ Cherry blossoms in Beizhai, Laoshan 2⃣ Cherry blossoms in Laoshan 3⃣ Plum blossoms in Zhongshan Park 4⃣ Plum blossoms in the World Expo Park 5⃣ Winter jasmine in Century Park 6⃣ Plum blossoms in Shimei'an 7⃣ Winter jasmine in Sculpture Park - April 1⃣ Magnolias on Haining Road 2⃣ Cherry blossoms in Zhongshan Park 3⃣ Rapeseed flowers in Tangdao Bay 4⃣ Crabapple flowers on Juyongguan Road 5⃣ Crabapple flowers in Licun Park 6⃣ Azaleas in Dazhu Mountain 7⃣ Rapeseed flowers in the Ecological Park (Huangdao West Coast) 8⃣ Wisteria in Baihuayuan - May 1⃣ Rose flowers in Kutaoyuan 2⃣ Hydrangeas in the World Expo Park 3⃣ Golden chrysanthemums in Liansandao 4⃣ Roses in Baisha River Sports Park 5⃣ Shibazakura flowers in the World Expo Park - June 1⃣ Hydrangeas in the university 2⃣ Daisies in Baini Field 3⃣ Sunflowers in the flower sea - ⚠️Photo check-in tips: 1⃣ Avoid dark clothing! Opt for bright colors, and match your outfit with the flowers in advance for great photos! 2⃣ Make use of props as much as possible, including bags, flowers, magazines, etc.! 3⃣ Plan your route in advance to save time and have more fun!

After so many years, the Expo Park has also become a place for leisure and entertainment for the people of Qingdao. Revisiting the architecture in the China Garden🗿🏟️🏯, it's all full of memories. Among the many parks, my favorite is still the Botanical Museum🌴🌵! Passing through the jellyfish pavilion is the long-awaited Botanical Museum, and for a moment, I thought I had traveled to Singapore's Changi Airport✈️🌴! Tall palm trees🌳, maidenhair ferns🪴, and kidney ferns hanging on the walls create a tropical rainforest~ In addition to the tropical plants rarely seen in the north, there are also towering giant cacti🌵, which are jaw-dropping masterpieces! ㊙️----Travel Tips---- ▪️Transportation| 🚇Take a taxi from Exit A of the Expo Park Station on Subway Line 11 at the starting price, or take a bus; 🚘There is a super large free🆓 parking lot at the entrance of the Expo Park, accommodating private cars; 🚵🏻‍♂️Bicycles are allowed as long as they are within the specified wheelbase size, wheelchair users need to sign a liability waiver ▪️Tickets| 🎫The entire park is free of admission; 💰Individual pavilions have their own fees, it is recommended to visit the Botanical Museum for 25 yuan/person including the Botanical Museum + Jellyfish Pavilion ❗️Travel TIPS| 🌵There are rest benches inside the Botanical Museum, the scenery is beautiful, the air is fresh, and you can have a simple picnic 🌵The plants in the Botanical Museum are all green, it is recommended to wear clothes with high color saturation, which will be more photogenic📸 🌵Weekdays and weekends are both good choices, and it won't be too crowded ▪️Opening Hours| ⏰09:00-17:00 (Ticket checking stops at 16:30) ▪️Visiting Time| 🕒About 2-3 hours

A great place for a weekend family outing and spring camping is the Expo Garden, which has no admission fee. Qingdao Expo Garden is a 4A level scenic spot, consisting of two axes and six gardens, with a vegetation coverage rate of 71% and about 1700 plant species. It's a nice place for a weekend family outing. Address: Intersection of Shiyuan Avenue and Changchun Road, Licang District, Qingdao City, Shandong Province. Admission: Free (main gate), but there are other projects inside that require separate fees. In the morning, you can set up tents on the lawns inside the park, fly kites, admire flowers, and go boating. You can also take your children to enjoy the carnival and have a leisurely picnic. There are several large lawns in the park that are suitable for camping. The park features jungle roller coasters, fairy tale carousels, dynamic cinemas, rainbow pendulums, happy carousels, bumper cars, samba hot air balloons, fruit worm slides, MINI pirate ships, happy trees, circuses, coffee cups, kangaroo jumps, and other amusement projects. Occasionally, there are cultural events such as lantern festivals, beer festivals, and camping. tips: It's recommended to bring some food and water. If you're driving, it's very convenient as there is a large parking lot at the entrance, which is paid. The first hour is free, and each additional hour costs 4 yuan.