A sunny seaside city, 600 kilometers away from Zhengzhou, takes only 1.5 hours by plane, arrives at Qingdao Liuting Airport, and then transfers to the bus. Regardless of the waiting time, it takes nearly 4 hours to arrive in Rizhao, Qingdao.

Rizhao is a prefecture-level city in Shandong Province, located on the coast of the Yellow Sea and in the southeast wing of Shandong Peninsula. It faces Japan and South Korea across the Yellow Sea in the east, Linyi in the west, Qingdao and Weifang in the north and Lianyungang in Jiangsu Province in the south. The land area of the city is 53 10 square kilometers and the sea area is 6000 square kilometers.

Rizhao is a coastal city and an important part of Shandong Peninsula urban agglomeration and Shandong Peninsula blue economic zone. In recent years, Rizhao has successfully hosted the National Youth Sailing Championship, Shandong Sailing and Windsurfing Championship, National Mass Mountaineering Fitness Conference, China-Japan-Korea International Sailing Competition and other major sports events. Rizhao is known as "Water Sports Capital" and "Oriental Sun City" and won the UN Habitat Award.

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Qingdao Rizhao recommended route:

Route: Taigong Island Scenic Area > Wanpingkou Seaside Scenic Area > Lighthouse Scenic Area.

Arrive in Rizhao in the morning, take the 1 bus to Xingye Century City Station and transfer to the 10 bus, which goes directly to Taigong Island Scenic Area. Taigong Island is a reef island, which can't be seen at high tide, but there will be many connected reefs after low tide. It is a good place to catch the sea and relax, blow the sea breeze, take a walk and feel the embrace of the sea.

Taigong Island is now a tidal island, which will be submerged at high tide and surfaced at low tide. At low tide, the whole island emerged from the sea. At this time, you can go to the island and pick up shells.

Walking south along Bihai Road, you will soon reach the famous Wanpingkou seaside scenic spot. Go to Wanpingkou to surf, bask in the sun, play with sand and feel the freshness brought by the sea and beach. If you are hungry, you can go to a nearby restaurant to enjoy a seafood dinner.

Wanpingkou seaside scenic spot is the largest scenic spot in Rizhao City, with a coastline of 5 kilometers. Visitors can take a sea bath, sunbathing, beach bathing, beach volleyball and other sports here, which is the scenic spot that best reflects the characteristics of Rizhao "blue sky, blue sea and golden beach".

In the evening, take bus No.33 to the lighthouse scenic spot to enjoy the night view of the lighthouse, and the beautiful journey of the day ends happily.

The lighthouse tourist scenic spot is located in the beautiful Rizhao seaside, east of Huanghai No.1 Road in Rizhao City and south of Rizhao Port. With a coastline of 2 kilometers, it has a rare natural reef on the northern coast of China. In hot summer, tourists can play with water, play by rocks, or pick up shells and crabs in the sea. In autumn and winter, tourists can sit on the shore and watch the sea and listen to the waves.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Rizhao (a prefecture-level city in Shandong Province)