Why visit Yantai
Townapedia lists 38 museums and landmarks, 51 parks and trails, 187 places to eat, 19 places to stay and 54 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Ludong University, Yantai University, Yantai Museum and 北极星钟表文化博物馆.
Weather in Yantai
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About Yantai
Yantai, formerly Chefoo, is a coastal prefecture-level city on the Shandong Peninsula in China. Lying on the southern coast of the Bohai Strait, Yantai borders Qingdao on the southwest and Weihai on the east, with sea access to both the Bohai Sea (via the Laizhou Bay and the Bohai Strait) and the Yellow Sea (from both north and south sides of the Shandong Peninsula). It is the largest fishing seaport in Shandong. Its population was 7,102,116 during the 2020 census, of whom 3,184,299 lived in the built-up area made up of the 5 urban districts of Zhifu, Laishan, Fushan, Muping, and Penglai.
From the Wikipedia article Yantai (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Yantai on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Things to do54
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Museums and landmarks38
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Parks, trails and playgrounds51
Yantai Hill Park
Park · 8.7 km
7 厉新路, 烟台市
Mo-Su 07:00-18:00
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Restaurants and cafes187
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Where to stay19
Churches and places of worship5
Shopping37
Gas and EV charging17
Schools, colleges and libraries135
Healthcare32
Map of Yantai
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Getting there and nearby towns
Yantai Penglai International Airport (YNT) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 46 km away.
- Qingyang 16 km west, about 16 min by car
- Ninghai 18 km southeast, about 18 min by car
- Zhuangyuan 57 km west, about 57 min by car
- Weihai 59 km east, about 59 min by car
- Tianfu 59 km southeast, about 59 min by car
- Dengzhou 70 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Dongcun 82 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Laiyang 85 km southwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Yantai2017, HaoLinFotos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yantai14, Miloš Ćorlomanović, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yantai16, Miloš Ćorlomanović, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yantai17, Miloš Ćorlomanović, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yantai18, Miloš Ćorlomanović, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yantai21, Miloš Ćorlomanović, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yantai19, Miloš Ćorlomanović, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yantai15, Miloš Ćorlomanović, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yantai20, Miloš Ćorlomanović, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yantai2, Miloš Ćorlomanović, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yantai1, Miloš Ćorlomanović, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Laishan, Yantai, Shandong, China - panoramio (1), Chen Zhi, CC BY 3.0
- Old British embassy in Yantai, Chris Huang from Beijing, China, CC BY 2.0
- 美国领事馆官邸旧址, Ngguls, CC0
- Ludong University 02 (cropped), 唯我独尊, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yantaiuni1, Glennsmart at English Wikipedia, Public domain
- 煙台山景區, Vitsuha, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 校门 - panoramio, 柳鲲鹏, CC BY 3.0
- 清泉阁 - panoramio, 柳鲲鹏, CC BY 3.0
- 路旁种满了芙蓉树 - panoramio, neverdance, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 图书馆 - panoramio - neverdance, neverdance, CC BY-SA 3.0
- China2 (30416154004), Dodo Pizza World, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 钟楼 - panoramio, neverdance, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 海滩和渔船 - panoramio, neverdance, CC BY-SA 3.0
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