📅 Itinerary: Day trip to Laos

📅 Itinerary: Day trip to Laoshan Mountain near Qingdao, Shandong, China
Day1：I spent the wonderful sunny autumn day traveling to Laoshan Mountain. I started my itinerary by the sea on the beach, hearing and seeing beautiful waves coming into the shore with Laoshan Mountain's granite rock outcrops as the backdrop. I then walked up the mountain on a trail road, entering nature and seeing beautiful scenery and plants and flowers along the way. After about a 25 minute hike up the mountain, I made it to an viewpoint overlooking the beach and small residential area down below. I then continued my hike through the mountain and path, passing by orange-red granite boulders that colored the landscape among the green vegetation and numerous flower species. I then started my hike back down the mountain through a different trail passing through traditional Chinese architecture with the path laid out in stone blocks. I then reached the sea and beach again, but further east, providing a new and unique vantage point of the beach and mountain yet again. I ended my journey by walking west along the beach back towards the city of Qingdao, taking in the sites and viewpoints of the majestic Laoshan Mountain in the background and the bright warm sun in the sky overlooking the beach. I highly recommend this journey and trip to Laoshan Mountain.
🏨 Accommodation There were several quaint hotels right by the beach that looked like nice places to stay.
🍴 Food Recommendations There were some seafood restaurants around that had steamed mussels and barbecue shrimp and other types of food.
📌 Tips In autumn, many restaurants are closed, so be prepared to not have a restaurant to go to eat. Also few Didi cars were in the area so be prepared to wait some time for a Didi ride home.

Post by _TI***4i | Oct 21, 2025