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Qingdao, China
Set along the Yellow Sea on the Shandong Peninsula, Qingdao is a rare mesh of mountains and sea. Beach culture and Bavarian architecture conjure odd expectations of women in bikinis and men in lederhosen snacking on hot apple strudel with chopsticks. |
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| Despite Qingdao’s long list of sites and attractions, crafting a tour itinerary is simple as long as you divide it into two categories: downtown and mountains. Downtown is clustered with museums, landmark buildings and water lapping beaches—perfect f... [ more ] |
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To merely describe Qingdao as possessing plenty of attractions would be a severe understatement. Its geographical blessing of beaches and mountains combine with an Old World colonial setting to create the type of environment that travel agencies like... [ more ] |
| From pottery shards and primitive carved stones unearthed in and around the Shandong province scientists have been able to determine that Qingdao’s timetable stretches back almost 6,000 years. The first manifestations of an organized village began du... [ more ] |
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