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DalianTravel Budget Guide

Tier 2·IATA: DLC

When to visit

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Super-peak (national holiday)PeakShoulderOff-season
Holiday surges
  • extremeSpring Festival· Lunar Jan 1–7 (late Jan / mid-Feb)
  • highQingming (Tomb-Sweeping)· Apr 4–6
  • extremeLabor Day· May 1–5
  • highDragon Boat Festival· Lunar May 5 (~Jun)
  • highMid-Autumn Festival· Lunar Aug 15 (~Sep/Oct)
  • extremeNational Day Golden Week· Oct 1–7
Taxi flag-drop:¥10starting fare

Attractions

Tiger Beach Ocean Park (Dalian)老虎滩海洋公园5A$29.26 (CN¥198)
Dalian Haichang Discoveryland大连海昌发现王国主题公园5A$14.63 (CN¥99)
Jinshitan Resort (Dalian)金石滩度假区5A$0.00 (CN¥0)
Dalian Forest Zoo大连森林动物园4A$17.44 (CN¥118)
Bangchui Island (Dalian)棒棰岛4A$2.96 (CN¥20)
Dalian Sun Asia Ocean World大连圣亚海洋世界4A$31.78 (CN¥215)
Baiyu Hill Scenic Area白玉山景区4A$5.91 (CN¥40)
Mount Daheishan Scenic Area大黑山风景区4A$2.96 (CN¥20)
Lushun Submarine Museum旅顺潜艇博物馆4A$4.43 (CN¥30)
Dalian Haichang Oriental Water City大连海昌东方水城—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Military Port Park军港游园—$4.43 (CN¥30)
Dalian Shell Museum大连贝壳博物馆—$9.75 (CN¥66)
Dalian Forest Zoo Haida Ropeway大连森林动物园海达索道—$8.87 (CN¥60)
Dalian Binhai National Geopark大连滨海国家地质公园—$8.72 (CN¥59)
Lotus Mountain Observation Deck莲花山观景台—$2.96 (CN¥20)
Fisherman's Wharf渔人码头—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Shibei Bay Hot Spring Water Park拾贝湾温泉水乐园—$10.20 (CN¥69)
Boundary Line of Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea at Laotieshan老铁山黄渤海分界线—$1.48 (CN¥10)
Dalian Russian Style Street大连·俄罗斯风情街—Heritage Site$0.00 (CN¥0)
Laohutan Polar Marine Animals World老虎滩极地海洋动物馆—$31.04 (CN¥210)
Lüshun Museum旅顺博物馆—Heritage SiteFree

Hotels

Budget

$14.48 (CN¥98)
/night

Standard

$17.88 (CN¥121)
/night

Comfort

$44.04 (CN¥298)
/night

Tiers are grouped by hotel star rating — Budget ≈ 2★, Standard ≈ 3★, Comfort ≈ 4★ and up. Figures are citywide average nightly rates, so an individual hotel may sit above or below its tier.

Food

Budget meal

$3.55 (CN¥24)
/meal

Mid-range

$11.23 (CN¥76)
/meal

High-end

$38.87 (CN¥263)
/meal
Must try:
  • Grilled seafood
    海鲜烧烤 · Hǎixiān shāokǎo
  • Mackerel dumplings
    鲅鱼饺子 · Bàyú jiǎozi
  • Dalian fried starch jelly
    大连焖子 · Dàlián mènzi
  • Salted fish with cornbread
    咸鱼饼子 · Xiányú bǐngzi
  • Steamed egg with sea urchin
    海胆蒸蛋 · Hǎidǎn zhēngdàn
  • Braised sea cucumber
    红烧海参 · Hóngshāo hǎishēn
  • Spicy stir-fried clams
    辣炒蚬子 · Làchǎo xiǎnzi
  • Seafood steamed dumplings
    三鲜蒸饺 · Sānxiān zhēngjiǎo
Styles:Street snacks · Fast food · Noodle house · BBQ skewers

Culture & Heritage

Time-Honored Brands (2)

MOFCOM-certified · cultural background, not a business endorsement
NuomixiangBatch 1
A long-standing Dalian sweet-and-sticky food house of more than seventy years, accompanying generations of locals with red-bean porridge, rice cakes and fried rice-ball dumplings.
Yichangning PastryBatch 1
Est. 1869
A century-old Dalian pastry house founded in 1869 in the late Qing, the city's only truly century-old traditional pastry shop, famed for Chinese-style pastries such as the "Eight Treasures."

Famous Snacks (5)

Seafood MenziFamous Snacks
Dalian's most characterful street snack: pan-crisped starch cake dressed with sesame paste and garlic, then topped with sea cucumber, shrimp and squid.
Spanish Mackerel DumplingsFamous Snacks
A Jiaodong-style dumpling filled with hand-minced fresh Spanish mackerel, thin-skinned and generously filled, smooth and boneless, a signature staple of Dalian's fishing households and northeastern tables.
Dalian Iron-Plate SquidFamous Snacks
A signature street and night-market grill of Dalian: whole fresh squid seared on an iron plate and brushed with garlic-chilli sauce, fragrant and springy.
Sea Urchin DumplingsFamous Snacks
A Jiaodong-Liaodong seafood dumpling filled with fresh sea-urchin roe, golden-hued and sweetly savoury, a hallmark of Dalian's finer seafood noodles.
Cold Sea-Vinegar JellyFamous Snacks
A cold jelly made from seaweed (deer-horn weed), shredded and dressed, clear and slippery, a refreshing Dalian street side-dish for the heat.

Intangible Cultural Heritage (4)

Zhuanghe Paper-CuttingNational ICH · Batch 第二批国家级非遗
A folk paper-cutting tradition from Zhuanghe in Liaoning, bold in black-and-white contrast and vivid in form; inscribed as national ICH in 2008 and part of UNESCO's "Chinese paper-cut."
Fuzhou Shadow PlayNational ICH · Batch 国家级非遗
A southern-Liaoning shadow play current in the Fuzhou area of Wafangdian, with distinctive singing and finely made figures, Dalian's most representative folk-theatre heritage.
Changhai Sea ChanteysNational ICH · Batch 第三批国家级非遗
Work chanties born of labour at sea among the fishermen of the Changshan islands, high, stark and moving, called the "life-cry of those who brave the sea"; national ICH from 2010.
Jinzhou Dragon DanceNational ICH · Batch 国家级非遗
A traditional folk dragon dance of the Jinzhou area of Dalian, with a light body and many set routines, representative of southern-Liaoning dragon dance and a national ICH item.
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