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Recommended spring self-drive routes in Shenyang (1)
Source: China Daily 2020-04-10

Shenyang Expo Garden -- Bird Island -- Qipan Mountain scenic area -- Shenyang Forest Zoological Garden -- Guandong Movie and TV Town

Shenyang Expo Garden

Shenyang Expo Garden is a multi-functional comprehensive tourist attraction that integrates among other things fine garden art, landscape architecture, scientific research and popular science education, entertainment and leisure activities. Covering an area of 211 hectares, it includes 100 exhibition areas featuring reproductions of famous gardens and architectural from the five continents of the world, as well as major Chinese cities.

Address: No. 301 Shuangyuan Road, Shenyang, only 10 kilometers west of the city.

Tickets: 50 yuan ($7.1) per person; student tickets: 25 yuan per person (full-time undergraduates and below and students 6-18 years old holding valid certificates); senior tickets: 25 yuan per person (60-69 years old holding valid certificates). National medical workers enjoy free entrance before Jan 1, 2021.

Opening hours: 8: 00-17: 00 hrs

Recommended tour time: one full day

Driving routes:

South Second Ring -- Maguan Bridge -- Shenqi Road -- Expo Garden

East-West Expressway -- Zhulin Bridge -- Donglingxi Road -- Maguan Bridge -- Shenqi Road -- Expo Park

Bird Island

To the east of Shenyang, there is a small island with hundreds of types of birds. Bird Island is the only natural ecological bird watching center in Shenyang, covering 49.26 hectares. It is a national 3A-level scenic spot.

Address: East side of Dongling Park, south of Shenfu Road

Tickets:

Adult tickets: 30 yuan per person in peak season;

Student tickets: 15 yuan per person in peak season;

Senior tickets: 15 yuan per person in peak season (with valid certificate for those 60-69 years old);

(4) Ticket-free groups: children 1.3 meters tall and under (accompanied by at least one guardian per child); senior tourists over 70 years old; retired cadres; disabled people; active military personnel of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. National medical workers enjoy free entrance before Jan 1, 2021.

Recommended tour time: one full day

Driving route: East-West Expressway -- Dongling Road -- Shenyang Bird Island

Qipan Mountain scenic area

Qipan Mountain is part of Changbai Mountain and is the largest natural scenic area in Shenyang. The scenic spot has rolling hills, meandering valleys, lush forests and flowers. The scenic area is composed of the so-called "three mountains and one water" -- namely Qipan Mountain, Huishan Mountain, Dayang Mountain and Xiuhu Lake. It is a national 4A-level tourist area, integrating beautiful natural scenery and long historical and man-made landscape.

Address: Shenyang Qipan Mountain international scenic tourism development zone

Tickets: 20 yuan per person. National medical workers enjoy free entrance before Jan 1, 2021.

Opening hours: 08: 30-16: 30 hrs

Recommended tour time: 2-3 hours

Driving routes:

Donglingxi Road -- Shenqi Road -- Qipan Mountain

Erhuan Road -- Maguan Bridge -- Shenqi Road -- Qipan Mountain


Shenyang Forest Zoological Garden

Shenyang Forest Zoological Garden is located in Shenyang Qipan Mountain international scenic tourism development zone, 17 km from the urban area. It is an 4A-level scenic spot that integrates species protection, science education, scientific research, tourism and leisure; it is a science popularization education base for young people in Liaoning province and Shenyang, as well as a national research base for artificial breeding of red-crowned cranes. It introduced four giant pandas in 2017.

Address: Shenyang Qipan Mountain international scenic tourism development zone

Tickets:

Adult tickets: 80 yuan per person; Panda house: 40 yuan per person;

Children 6 years old and under, or under 1.3 meters, enjoy free entrance;

6-year-old (excluding 6-year-old) -- 18-year-old (including 18-year-old) minors enjoy half-price tickets (with student ID cards);

Half-price tickets for full-time undergraduates or below (with their own student IDs);

Half- price tickets for senior citizens aged 60-69; free tickets for senior citizens aged 70 and older;

Free entrance for active duty soldiers and the disabled (with valid certificates);

National medical workers enjoy free entrance before Jan 1, 2021.

Recommended tour time: 2-3 hours

Driving routes:

Donglingxi Road -- Shenqi Road -- Qipan Mountain

Erhuan Road -- Maguan Bridge -- Shenqi Road -- Qipan Mountain

Guandong Movie and TV Town

Guandong Movie and TV Town is located in the Qipan Mountain scenic area, with 177 buildings of various styles. It has faithfully reproduced scenes from Northeast China in the 1920s and 1930s.

Since its opening in 2008, it has formed a large-scale theme entertainment park integrating film and television shooting, leisure and entertainment and cultural education. It was rated as a provincial cultural industry demonstration base in February 2008.

Address: Qipan Mountain scenic area

Tickets: 68 yuan per person

Recommended tour time: 2-3 hours

Driving routes:

Donglingxi Road -- Shenqi Road -- Qipan Mountain

Erhuan Road -- Maguan Bridge -- Shenqi Road -- Qipan Mountain