Hospitable Shandong welcomes you! Beautiful Qingdao invites you to enjoy beer

🌊 Who says you have to go to Sanya to see the sea? "Qingdao 3 Days 2 Nights Budget Travel Guide | Spend 1186 RMB per person to enjoy the seaside, beer, and the red-tiled old town! Perfect for students" In Qingdao, you can drink draft beer for 5 RMB, buy freshly caught seafood for 10 RMB, and with less than 1200 RMB, you can have a summer-exclusive experience of: mountain and sea romance + German-style old town + seafood freedom + unlimited beer drinking! Time: Leave after work on Friday → Return Sunday (3 days 2 nights, no leave needed) 💰 Total budget: 1186 RMB/person (including transportation + accommodation + food & drink + tickets) Route: Zhanqiao Pier → Xiaoyushan Park → Badaguan Scenic Area → May Fourth Square → Qingdao Beer Museum → Shilaoren Beach ✅ Day 1: Stroll through the old town, a European dream among red tiles and green trees Transportation: - High-speed trains from Beijing/Shanghai/Jinan and other directions directly to Qingdao Station (prefer Qingdao Station, closer to attractions) - Example: Beijing South → Qingdao Station, second class seat **386 RMB** (4.5 hours) Accommodation: - Stay at budget hotels near Zhanqiao Pier in Shinan District (such as Hanting, Home Inn) - Price: 160 RMB/night × 2 nights = 320 RMB (walking distance to multiple attractions) Activities: - Get off and head straight to Zhanqiao Pier, watch seagulls circle, feed seagulls with a 10 RMB pack of small dried fish (super healing) - Walk 10 minutes to Xiaoqingdao Park, ticket 15 RMB, take panoramic photos of the "Qinyu Floating Lantern" lighthouse - Climb Xiaoyushan Park (ticket 5 RMB), 360° view of red tiles, green trees, blue sea and sky, postcard-level scenery for free! Dinner: - Must-visit: Yingkou Road Seafood Market: pick your own seafood, nearby small restaurants cook it for you (processing fee 10-15 RMB/dish) - Recommended: Spicy stir-fried clams, steamed sea snails, oil-splashed squid, about 50 RMB per person to eat until you can barely walk > ✅ Day 1 expenses: Transportation 386 + Accommodation 160 + Tickets 20 + Food 50 = 616 RMB - ✅ Day 2: Artsy walk + beer freedom day Morning: - Stroll through Badaguan Scenic Area (free!), ten streets with ten styles of European architecture, under the plane trees feels like Paris - Visit Huashilou (8 RMB), Princess Building (20 RMB, optional) Lunch: - Snack attack at Taidong Pedestrian Street: Teppanyaki squid 15 RMB, Wang Sister’s BBQ (small skewers 0.5 RMB each!), bottled beer 2 RMB/500ml About 40 RMB per person, very satisfying to eat while walking Afternoon: - Qingdao Beer Museum (Area A 50 RMB, includes 6 cups of draft beer + beer beans) Key point: draft beer is freshly poured and drunk, sweet and slightly bitter, ten times better than the 30+ RMB a cup outside! You can also get a beer bottle-shaped commemorative coin, post on social media and get flooded with questions about the address! Evening: - Taxi to Shilaoren Beach (about 25 RMB), (family and friends can look up the touching legend of Shilaoren), barefoot on the sand, watch the golden sunset - Free! You can swim, take photos, daydream, maximum romance Dinner: - Have a meal at a seaside food stall: Grilled mantis shrimp, steamed sea urchin egg, mackerel dumplings, about 60 RMB per person, the owner generously gives peanuts and edamame ✅ Day 2 expenses: Accommodation 160 + Tickets 70 + Transportation 25 + Food 100 = 355 RMB ✅ Day 3: Signal Hill + small happiness on the return trip Morning: - Climb Signal Hill Park (ticket 10 RMB), the rotating viewing platform overlooks the whole city of "red tiles and green trees," Take a god’s eye view photo of Qingdao, your social media will explode with likes! - On the way, visit University Road’s popular photo walls, coffee shops for photos, a cup of coffee 25 RMB, atmosphere worth the price Return trip: - Buy bagged draft beer at Qingdao Station (10 RMB/bag, allowed on high-speed trains) - Bring some dried seafood as souvenirs: dried shrimp, dried fish, 50 RMB total ✅ Day 3 expenses: Tickets 10 + Food 25 + Souvenirs 50 + Return transportation (already counted) = 85 RMB ✅ Total expense breakdown: | Item | Cost | |------|------| | Round-trip high-speed train | 386×2 = 772 RMB (example from Beijing) | 2 nights accommodation | 320 RMB | Tickets | 50 RMB (can be saved more) | Food & drink | 165 RMB | Transportation + souvenirs | 75 RMB | Total: 1186 RMB✅ Money-saving TIPS: - Choose "Qingdao Station" on the high-speed train to avoid getting off at the wrong stop! - Seafood markets are cheaper after 4 PM, fishermen sell off before closing - The Beer Museum has a "last batch of draft beer" at 4 PM, don’t miss it! - Student ID! Almost all attractions offer half price! Qingdao’s beauty is not in expensive restaurants! But in *the morning sea breeze, the evening beer foam, and the stranger who says "come try this." Spend less than 1200 RMB, exchange for a dream of mountains and sea, a trip that heals both your stomach and soul. Worth it? You’ll know when you go.