Yāntái Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

Buses depart from outside the train station for Běijīng (sleeper Y150, 15 hours, several daily), Jǐ’nán (Y66, six hours, every 40 minutes), Wēihǎi (Y20, one hour) and other destinations. From the long-distance bus station (chángtú qìchēzhàn; Qingnian Lu) there are buses to numerous destinations, including Jǐ’nán (Y98, every 50 minutes), Pénglái (Y15, 1½ hours, every 30 minutes), Qīngdǎo (Y60, every 25 minutes) and Wēihǎi (Y17, every 30 minutes). Sleeper buses also run to destinations further afield, including Shànghǎi (Y193, 16 hours, 7.15am) and Tiānjīn (Y113, 15 hours, twice daily).

Minibuses to Pénglái (Y15, 1½ hours, 5.30am to 6pm) depart every 15 to 20 minutes from the Beima Lu bus station (cnr Beima Lu & Qingnian Lu).

Train

Yāntái train station (9510 5175) has trains to Běijīng (Y249, 15 hours, daily), Jǐ’nán (Y38, eight hours, several per day), Qīngdǎo (Y22, four hours, several per day), Shànghǎi (Y190, 20 hours, twice daily) and Xī’ān (Y210, 15 hours, twice daily).

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Boat

You can purchase tickets for express boats to Dàlián (Y220, 3½ hours, 8.30am, 10am and 1pm) at the Yantai passenger ferry terminal (Yāntáigǎng Kèyùn Zhàn; 674 1774; 155 Beima Lu) or from the numerous ticket offices east of the train station; tickets can only be purchased on the day of travel. There are also numerous slow boats departing daily for Dàlián (seat/bed Y80/90, 2nd class Y220, seven hours) from 9am. Boats to Incheon (from Y960, roughly 16 hours, 5.30pm Monday, Wednesday and Friday) in South Korea also leave from the Yantai terminal.

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Air

Book tickets at the CAAC office (Zhōngguó Mínháng; 624 5596; 6 Dahaiyang Lu; 8am-6pm) or at Shandong Airlines (Shāndōng Hángkōng; 658 4143; 236 Nan Dajie; 8am-6pm).

There are flights to Hong Kong (Y1600, three hours, twice weekly), daily flights to Běijīng (Y770, one hour, four daily) and Shànghǎi (Y900, 1½ hours, three daily), twice-weekly flights to Guǎngzhōu (Y1930, three hours), daily flights to Seoul (Y1465) and twice-weekly flights to Osaka (Y1980).

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