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Trip.Best Popular Best Things to Do in Dalian [2024]

Explore the best things to do in Dalian! Uncover top activities and experiences for an unforgettable visit.
Updated Sep 2024
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    4.5/5
    22892 Review
    From117.37
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 537 reviews
    "5 venues, some animal performances, suitable for children to play. The scenery of the back mountain is good, there are not many tourists, you can overlook the Fisherman's Wharf, and it is not far from some net red check-in points."
    Dalian.Laohutan Ocean Park
    7km from downtown
    Featured in 2024 Asia 100 - Family-friendly Attractions
    Highlights: Tiger Beach Ocean Park is located on the southern coast of Dalian. It is constructed beside the mountains and the ocean, giving visitors a scenic view to enjoy while also creating a conducive environment for the animals that it houses. The park's main areas include: The Pole Aquarium, Coral Hall, Happy Theatre, Marine Animals World and Bird Park. You can enjoy the performance brought to you by beluga whales, sea lions and dolphins, or head to the Happy Theatre to decipher the body languages of cute sea lions and walruses.
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    4.6/5
    10886 Review
    From1398.94
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 420 reviews
    "Awesome experience! The zoo is very large in size and there are many types of animals, especially the national treasure giant pandas are worth seeing; the natural scenery of the park is beautiful, with the sea in front and the mountains behind. After tired of playing, I finally took the cableway to overlook the city of Dalian, and the trip ended perfectly!"
    Dalian.Fujiazhuang Beach
    3.5km from downtown
    No.2 of Family-friendly Attractions in Dalian
    Highlights: Dalian Forest Zoo is located in the Baiyun Mountain Scenic Area in the southern part of the city, surrounded by both the mountains and the sea. Inside the zoo are various birds, reptiles, carnivores, and herbivores; visitors can also come into close contact with gentle animals such as alpacas. In addition, the park's fun-filled performances are popular with tourists, including bird shows, Asian elephant performances, seal performances, black bear boxing, and chimpanzee humor shows. There are also tropical rainforest exhibits in the zoo area, where visitors can see more than 100 kinds of tropical rainforest plants, in addition to the rainforest itself, desert landscapes, and tropical fruits.
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    4.5/5
    1475 Review
    From2703.03
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 114 reviews
    "The scenery is beautiful and the sea is clear, it is worth a visit. Remember to bring a sandal, there is a beach on the beach, but there are also stones. If you are tired, you can also have a drink at the cafe on the beach, sit leisurely and enjoy the sea view."
    Dalian
    9.6km from downtown
    No.1 of Water Fun Attractions in Dalian
    Highlights: Bangchui Island, also called the Bangchui Island Resort Hotel Area, is located on the eastern side of Dalian's urban district. Its main attractions include Bangchui Island Beach, the hotel villa area and Bangchui Island itself. Bangchui is recognized as one of the cleanest beaches in Dalian. The coastal scenery is quite charming; it's a famous vacation spot! Go for a stroll, get a tan, breathe in the ocean air or watch the children gather seashells and goose eggs on the beach.
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    4.4/5
    15831 Review
    From2786.02
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 228 reviews
    "The 5-star Marine Coral Pavilion is truly amazing! The Marine Coral Pavilion at Shengya Ocean Park is an amazing attraction that blends natural beauty and educational significance perfectly. Entering the museum, the first thing you see is the colorful coral reef landscape, as if you are in a tropical ocean dream world. The corals of various forms shine brightly against the lights, which is amazing. The pavilion is not only a feast for vision, but also a treasure trove of knowledge. Each area has a detailed introduction to the organisms covering the growth process of corals, the importance of ecosystems and the threats they face. In addition, the museum features a variety of interactive experiences such as touch pools and feeding. These projects not only enhance the sense of participation of tourists, whether it is children or adults, can find fun here and learn the knowledge of the sea. There is also an undersea tunnel, which is really great! The staff at the aquarium gift shop are also very enthusiastic. Take the initiative to introduce us to the goods, I bought a lot of souvenirs, the service is in place, really super happy! Great consumer experience. But the polar hall is much worse, there are very few seals and dogs, and penguins are also hatching eggs when they go. The place where the beluga whales performed was actually standing. Finally, I went to see it. It was very tired. I grabbed the location + watched a total of in situ penalty stations for more than an hour. Infrastructure needs to be optimized. Santa Ya Ocean Park is an ideal tourist destination, offering not only a great viewing experience, but also raising public awareness of marine environmental protection through vivid educational content. Whether it is a family trip or school education, it is an indispensable choice, definitely worth a visit!"
    Dalian.Xinghai Square/Stasia Ocean World/Xinghai Park
    5.4km from downtown
    No.3 of Family-friendly Attractions in Dalian
    Highlights: Dalian Sun Asia Ocean World is created by Dalian Sun Asia Tourism Holdings Co., Ltd., an A-share listed company. It is the pioneer of the third generation of oceanariums in the country, as well as a cultural industry demonstration base and a national AAAA-level tourist Attraction. There are five major venues in operation, including Ocean World, Polar World, Coral World, Galaxy Sea, and Awesome Tower; and three major performances: the romantic mermaid fairytale water show "Love in Dolphin Bay", the two-person and two-whale full underwater show "Legend of White Whale", and the funny human-animal interactive show "Sea Lion Hi Show". Special viewing products include: Antarctic penguin breeding base - Antarctic Penguin Island. The Attraction tracks the development trend of theme parks and the consumption experience needs of tourists in real time, and continuously updates and transforms the software and hardware of the Attraction. It integrates cultural and creative life, marine theme Dining, special hotels, entertainment and leisure experiences, etc. The marine-themed "Dalian City Living Room" is open 365 days a year. Ocean World: a scenario-based ocean theme park, a fantastic underwater journey. The park has many core areas, including the Shark Cave, the Union Undersea Workstation, the Undersea UFO, the Dancing Shark Zone, the Undersea Flying Vehicle, the Undersea Passage, the Discovery Story Corridor, the Courage Steamship, Havana Boulevard, and the "Love in Dolphin Bay" performance area. It has unique marine historical and cultural characteristics, and brings tourists an ocean adventure from land to the seabed and back to land. Polar World Pavilion: A scene spanning the North and South Poles, a polar animal alliance, and an ice and snow kingdom with Unlimited fun. The pavilion houses a variety of rare polar marine animals, including beluga whales, Arctic wolves, Arctic foxes, Antarctic penguins, and spotted seals, as well as two wonderful performances, "Legend of Moby Dick" and "Sea Lion Hi Show", allowing visitors to fully enjoy a joyful "polar" journey. Galaxy Pavilion: The world of adventure in the sea of stars, exploring the infinite mysteries of animal resurrection. The entire venue is built as a space battleship "Shengya" with the ultimate plan to explore the universe - "Galaxy Plan". It houses rare animals such as polar bears, fur seals, sea lions, Arctic wolves, Antarctic penguins, otters, etc. In 2024, a variety of land animals such as capybaras and raccoons were added. Most of the animals can be fed interactively, opening a wonderful science tour for tourists. Coral World: A mysterious place of coral technology, an immersive underwater aquarium. In 2021, the Coral World will be fully renovated and upgraded, combining coolness and intelligence, perfectly matching high technology with ancient marine life. It has more than 100 coral reefs, fish and other biota from around the world, six core tourist areas, high-tech LED screens, touch-screen guide systems, holographic imaging and other digital multimedia technologies, bringing visitors a different kind of scientific ocean. HOLY HIGH: A "powerful tower" with a mural as its opening, which has both artistic value and entertainment temperament, also has a very cool English name HOLY HIGH. It uses art to empower tourism, and cooperates with the United Nations trendy artist Wen Na to shape the theme product of mountain and sea culture in the Attraction. By utilizing the existing idle building space and reasonably adjusting the layout, the "mountain and sea culture" with Dalian characteristics is perfectly presented in the form of murals, allowing tourists to enjoy the national trend painting art while having a fresh and exciting technological experience. Adhering to the working spirit of "innovation, pragmatism, service and loyalty", taking "serving the society" as the corporate mission and "marketization, rule of law and internationalization" as the business philosophy, Dalian Ocean Park will "provide tourists with high-quality tourism products and services" as the criterion, and continue to focus on the renovation and upgrading of venues and facilities, planning and construction of new business formats, innovative design of tourism projects, etc., gradually upgrading from a traditional oceanarium to a full industrial chain layout of marine culture and tourism, and building a diversified, full-time new Ocean Park industrial matrix; driving the transformation and development of Attraction across Dalian, and contributing to creating a new situation of high-quality economic and social development in Dalian.
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    4.5/5
    2619 Review
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    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 248 reviews
    "All are world famous wax statues, there are corresponding text introductions; some can also move, and equipped with speeches, so that the wax statues have vitality, suitable for taking children, you can understand history and celebrities. Long knowledge!"
    Dalian.Jinshitan National Holiday Resort
    38.5km from downtown
    No.3 of Water Fun Attractions in Dalian
    Highlights: Jinshitan Resort is located in the northeast of Dalian City. It is surrounded by the sea on three sides and has beautiful scenery. It is suitable for tourism from May to October every year. There are many attractions here. You can go to Discovery Kingdom Theme Park for a day, or go to Binhai National Geopark to appreciate the strange rocks, or take your children to the beach of the Golden Coast. Take the express rail line 3 from the north square of Dalian Railway Station, and you can reach this back garden of Dalian in about 50 minutes. After exiting the express rail station, you can go to the tourist service center next to it to buy tickets. Tickets for each attraction in the resort can be sold separately. If you want to visit multiple attractions, you can also buy a package ticket, which is much cheaper than buying them separately. You can take the sightseeing loop bus next to the light rail station to reach various attractions, and you can ride them Unlimited with the ticket. Discovery Kingdom Theme Park is not far from the light rail station. You can take a special bus from the tourist service center to the main entrance of the park. Discovery Kingdom is a famous theme park in Northeast China with many large-scale amusement facilities. Among them, the "Crazy Cobra Roller Coaster" and the "Heaven and Earth Rotating Roller Coaster" are very thrilling and worth experiencing. It basically takes a day to play in Discovery Kingdom. To the south of the Discovery Kingdom theme park is the Gold Coast, a 5-kilometer-long beach with a wide view. The clarity of the sea water and the quality of the sand here are better than those of the beaches in the city. You can take a sightseeing train from the tourist service center to the east coast of the Gold Coast. Binhai National Geopark is located at the southeast end of the Golden Pebble Beach Resort and is a photography resort. Here you can enjoy various peculiar boulders formed by rock deposits and a large number of paleontological fossils hundreds of millions of years ago. They stand on the seashore, some of which are shaped like stone monkeys watching the sea, and some are like rocs spreading their wings. You can take a sightseeing loop bus to the park. There are many hiking sections in the park, so pay attention to the steps and steep slopes. The above are the attractions in the resort that are worth visiting. In addition, there are also attractions such as the Golden Stone World Celebrity Wax Museum, the Golden Stone Beach Geological Museum, the Mystery of Life Museum, and the Film and Television Art Center (Xu Beihong Art Museum) in the Golden Stone Beach Resort. Most of them are concentrated near the light rail station. If you have purchased a package and have plenty of time, you can go shopping. There are many hotels and restaurants Souvenir the light rail station and the streets one kilometer east of the light rail station. The consumption here is not much different from that in the city. There are short-distance buses in the local area, which makes travel convenient. Jinshitan Resort also has Tangfeng Hot Spring, Flight Experience Center, Jinwan Golf Course, Jinshi Golf Course, Jinshi Hunting Club and other leisure places. If you have enough time during the holiday, it is very suitable to stay in the resort for a few days.
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    4.5/5
    1590 Review
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    "Really good attractions, the night view is very beautiful, very suitable for punching in and taking pictures, very good film. There is no need to queue up for the fast passage, the speed of getting on the boat is fast, the on-site staff service is also very good, and the boat is helped."
    Dalian.Zhongshan Square/Renmin Road Donggang Commercial Area
    6.8km from downtown
    No.1 of Night Attractions in Dalian
    Highlights: Haichang Oriental Water City is modeled after Venice, with more than 200 European-style castles. Gondolas travel among the European-style castles, and being in it makes you feel like you are in a foreign country. Here, you can experience the exotic customs while writing your own water city story.As night falls and the lights come on, the blurred lights of Venice seem to be in Shanghai Pujiang. You can see the unique walls of Bruges and many European-style castles on both sides of the canal, each of which is reflected on the surface of the river. The breeze, the shadows of the trees, the winding water lanes, the flowing waves, indulge in the dream of rippling blue waves, the poetic and picturesque Bincheng, and the romance of Dalian are rendered here. The charm of the blue sky and the starry sky at night are reflected by the shimmering water, sweeping away the summer heat, as if entering a beautiful dream.
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    4.6/5
    2189 Review
    From782.46
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 38 reviews
    "贝壳博物馆位于星海广场,临着海边。外型好像一个大大的贝壳,很漂亮。共有5层,地上部分成螺旋上升,一路边走边看,展出了各种各样好看的贝壳,也很长知识。地下展出了很多贝壳的化石。值得来看看。"
    Dalian.Xinghai Square/Stasia Ocean World/Xinghai Park
    4.5km from downtown
    No.5 of Family-friendly Attractions in Dalian
    Highlights: Dalian Shell Museum is located to the northwest of the Dalian Centenary Sculpture of Xinghai Square, shaped like a huge shell. The ramp of the exhibition hall spirals up like a conch. Rich in exhibits, the museum displays various shellfish according to the years and the species, and introduces the genuine shell specimens varying in size, age, form and color.
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    4.6/5
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    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 841 reviews
    "No need to go to the Maldives, Dalian Xinghai Square and the surrounding area are more beautiful and cost-effective, the sea and sky are the same color, the blue sky and white clouds are against the green trees and red flowers, and you can also feed seagulls on the square. The Xinghaiwan Bridge drove a trip, and the scenery outside the window was beautiful. A seagull stands guard on every street light, very cute."
    Dalian.Xinghai Square/Stasia Ocean World/Xinghai Park
    4.2km from downtown
    No.4 of Night Attractions in Dalian
    Highlights: Xinghai Square is located on the waterfront in southern Dalian, and is the city's landmark. It offers beautiful ocean views and a charming night vista. The lighthouse, sculptures and sea wall all make exceptional backgrounds for taking souvenir photos. In the summer season, an international beer festival will be held here, and beer suppliers and visitors from all over will gather in the square in large numbers.
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    4.3/5
    416 Review
    From474.22
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 75 reviews
    "Traveling to Lushun with friends, eating seafood, going to the museum, the last stop of Baiyu Mountain. Driving to the mountain, the scenery is still very good, suitable for taking pictures. Specially speaking, the service center service is really good!"
    Dalian.Lvshun Military Harbor/New Mart/University Town
    33.1km from downtown
    Highlights: Found in the heart of Lushun City, Baiyu Mountain is a famous attraction in Lushun. On the hill, you can see the whole Port of Lushun. It is an excellent view point of Lushun District. There are two scenic locations, the Baiyu Mountain Tower and Naval Weapons Museum. The Baiyu Mountain Tower, once known as the "Table Zhongta," was established in the early 20th century by the Japanese military in honor of the officers and soldiers loyal to the Emperor during the Russo-Japanese War. Now it has become the evidence of the history of aggression. Going up to the tower to see the view of Lushun Port gives you an even better view. The Naval Weapons Museum displays the navy's own weapons and equipment designed and built by China.
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    4.5/5
    264 Review
    From1173.69
    "Especially good, the water is very clean, because we are not going on weekends, so there are relatively few people, the experience is very good, the outdoor open-air hot spring is really amazing, the indoor drifting river is also super enjoyable, very recommended, will go again."
    Dalian.Dalian Economic and Technological Development Zone
    17.8km from downtown
    No.4 of Water Fun Attractions in Dalian
    Highlights: Dalian Shibeiwan Fantasy Water Park is a seaside indoor water park complex with the theme of "Fantasy Shibei World". It is located at the intersection of Binhai Highway and Chifeng Street in Jinpu New District, Dalian City, facing the sea and enjoying beautiful scenery. The project was built by Dalian Ruibai Group at an investment of 1.5 billion yuan, with a construction area of ​​100,000 square meters. The park has nearly 100 amusement and leisure projects and a designed daily reception capacity of 10,000 people. It has won the title of "Theme Park Worth Looking Forward to" in the Sixth Dragon Bird Award. It is a seaside indoor hot spring water theme park, in which the aerial rafting river, infinity sea-view swimming pool and other projects are second to none in the country.Shibeiwan Fantasy Water Park uses shells and waves as the main elements, and integrates coastal style and childlike themes. It integrates various high-end amusement equipment such as water parks, hot spring health care, Dining and leisure, themed infinity pools, children's amusement, aerial rafting rivers, etc., and is equipped with parent-child themed resort hotels, luxury apartment hotels, and popular shopping streets to create a new landmark for family and parent-child leisure vacation in Dalian!
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FAQ

What Best Things to Do are there in Dalian?
These are all Best Things to Do in Dalian:Dalian Laohutan Ocean Park, Dalian Forest Zoo, Bangchui Island Hotel, Sun Asia Ocean World And Polar World, Dalian Jinshitan Tourism
What are some highly-rated Best Things to Do in Dalian?
Some highly-rated Best Things to Do in Dalian include:Dalian Laohutan Ocean Park:4.5, Dalian Forest Zoo:4.6, Bangchui Island Hotel:4.5, Sun Asia Ocean World And Polar World:4.4, Dalian Jinshitan Tourism:4.5
At what locations in Dalian can Best Things to Do in Dalian be found?
The Best Things to Do in Dalian are mainly located in:Dalian Laohutan Ocean Park:Dalian, Dalian Forest Zoo:Dalian, Bangchui Island Hotel:Dalian, Sun Asia Ocean World And Polar World:Dalian, Dalian Jinshitan Tourism:Dalian
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