Dalian Three Days and Two Nights Itinerary

📍Day 1: Silver Beach ➡️ Cross-sea Bridge ➡️ Xinghai Square ➡️ Dalian Natural History Museum ➡️ Xinghai Square Music Fountain ➡️ Xinghai Park

📍Day 2: Sea Melody ➡️ Taoyuan Market ➡️ Lingjiao Bay

📍Day 3: Russian Style Street ➡️ Zhongshan Square ➡️ Donggang ➡️ Venice Water City

🍽Food
✔️Qianwanjia Dumplings, near Xinghai Square, within walking distance, recommended dishes are sea intestine rice, octopus dumplings, and sea urchin dumplings. The fish roe noodles are a bit fishy but affordable.
❌Riyuesheng, near Xinghai Park, the taste is mediocre, and the signature sea urchin tofu was sold out when we arrived late.
✔️Taoyuan Market, the seafood is very fresh, and the prices of fruits and vegetables are also quite reasonable. If your accommodation allows, you can buy and cook them yourself. Make sure to ask the vendor to clean the sea urchins thoroughly.
✔️Zhenghuangqi Seafood BBQ Stall, highly recommended, although expensive, the seafood quality is excellent and tastes great. Recommended dishes are summer scallops, grilled sea intestines, garlic oysters, and grilled abalone.
❌Xiding, not bad, but the taste and price do not match. There are many people in line, you can get a number online, and takeout is relatively faster.

📝Tips:
⚠️At Xinghai Square, you can feed the seagulls, prepare bread and sausages in advance. The music fountain starts at 7 pm, make sure to arrive early. The light show on the cross-sea bridge has two sessions at 7:30 and 8:30, which can be viewed from Xinghai Bay Beach.
⚠️Sea Melody is a walking tour, entering from the north gate, passing through Sunrise Square to Morning Beach. The mountain path is not very high, but the road to Morning Beach is a bit steep. If you are with elderly people or very young children, you can take a taxi directly to Sunrise Square.
⚠️Lingjiao Bay, taking photos with the Fisherman's Wharf in the background is quite nice, but if the route is not convenient, it is not recommended to go specifically.
⚠️Russian Style Street can be skipped if you are short on time, it is just an ordinary commercial street.
⚠️At Donggang, you can feed the seagulls but be prepared for bird droppings. The sunset is very beautiful and can be viewed from the music fountain area. The music fountain starts at 7:40 pm.

Post by JORDYN BENSON | Jul 11, 2024