Joe: “A Fabulous 7D6N Shandong Trip (Qingdao-Taishan-Qufu)”
“We are a family of 12 flying into China from different countries at different times and meeting in Qingdao where we started our 7D6N Shandong trip.
Fiona of Wonders of Yunnan Travel has been super responsive, attentive and patient at answering each of our requests, advising and planning our itinerary, and helping us to organise our train journey before and after our tour. We are extremely grateful to Fiona, without her, our trip to Shandong would not have been so smooth.
In Qingdao, we visited the famous Tsingtao Brewery Museum (tasting the freshly brewed beer is a must), small fish hill, Badaguan Scenic area, Museum of the Former German Governor’s Residence and Mount Lao (birthplace of Taoism).
Then we took a three and half hours high speed train from Qingdao to Tai’An where we visited the Dai Temple and visited Mount Tai (Taishan), a UNESCO site. Only 2 youngest members of the group climbed to the peak of Mount Tai in 4 hours and the rest of us took the cable car. It is a very beautiful site. And the highlight of the day is the outdoor live performance “Taishan Fengchan Ceremony”, recreating the fengchan ceremony scene of the emperors of different dynasties. The performance, taking Taishan history and culture as the core and Taishan natural landscape as the background, fully demonstrates the unique value and profound connotation of Taishan culture. There are English subtitles. We all enjoyed this live performance very much.
Then we visited Qufu – hometown of Confucius. We visited the Confucius Temple, Confucius mansion and the family tomb of Confucius (total area of 2000 hectares and 100,000 tombs) where Confucius was buried in.
Barry, our tour guide is excellent! He is very caring, energetic, helpful and knowledgeable. We enjoyed the food at restaurants recommended by Barry. Without him, our trip would not have been filled with so much fun and laughters!
This is my second time engaging Wonders of Yunnan Travel. I will surely recommend Wonders of Yunnan Travel to friends and relatives. I am already planning my next trip to China with Wonders of Yunnan Travel this coming October.”