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Yantai Hill 烟台山Yāntái Shān
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Yantai, Shandong
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Yantai
- Region
- Shandong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Yantai Hill
Yantai Hill is a small hill on the waterfront in the city centre, named after the beacon tower built on it in 1398 to warn of pirate raids, which gave the city its name. After Yantai was opened as a treaty port in 1861, consulates, customs offices, banks and churches were built on and around it, and the surviving group of 38 buildings, listed nationally in 2006, is described as the most complete former consular quarter in China. Some buildings now house small museums, such as the port-opening exhibition and the Bing Xin memorial hall, and the hill also has a lighthouse and a long evergreen walkway.
How to get to Yantai Hill
On the waterfront in Zhifu district, about 1.7 km east of Yantai railway station; many of the historic buildings are not open inside, and can be seen from the street.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Changyu Wine Culture Museum 张裕酒文化博物馆 (under 10 km), Fujian Guild Hall, Yantai 烟台福建会馆 (under 10 km), Yantai West Battery 烟台西炮台 (under 10 km), Haichang Fisherman's Wharf 海昌渔人码头 (under 10 km), Jinshatan (Golden Sand Beach) Seaside Park 金沙滩海滨公园 (10 km), Changyu International Wine City 张裕国际葡萄酒城 (20 km).
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