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TianjinTravel Budget Guide

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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:¥9starting fare

Attractions

Ancient Culture Street (Tianjin)古文化街5AHeritage Site$0.00 (CN¥0)
Mount Pan盘山5A$11.08 (CN¥75)
TEDA Aircraft Carrier Park泰达航母主题公园4A$23.65 (CN¥160)
Tianjin Eye Ferris Wheel天津之眼摩天轮4A$11.82 (CN¥80)
National Maritime Museum (Tianjin)国家海洋博物馆4A$0.00 (CN¥0)
Tianjin Fantawild Park天津方特欢乐世界4A$14.63 (CN¥99)
Tianjin Polar Ocean Park天津极地海洋公园4A$42.86 (CN¥290)
Tianjin Happy Valley天津欢乐谷4A$23.35 (CN¥158)
Five Great Avenues (Tianjin)五大道4A$0.00 (CN¥0)
Italian Concession (Tianjin)意大利风情区4A$0.00 (CN¥0)
Huangyaguan Great Wall黄崖关长城4A$11.08 (CN¥75)
Porcelain House瓷房子—$7.39 (CN¥50)
Haihe River Cruise海河游船—$9.46 (CN¥64)
Haihe River海河—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Former Residence of Zhang Xueliang张学良故居—$11.08 (CN¥75)
Jing Garden静园—$2.96 (CN¥20)
No. 5 Yard Crosstalk Teahouse (Ancient Culture Street Tongqingli Branch)五号院相声茶馆（古文化街通庆里店）—$8.57 (CN¥58)
Zhang Garden张园—$4.29 (CN¥29)
No. 5 Yard Crosstalk Teahouse (Italian Style Street Branch)五号院相声茶馆(意大利风情街店)—$8.57 (CN¥58)
Yangliuqing Ancient Town杨柳青古镇—Heritage Site$0.00 (CN¥0)

Hotels

Budget

$18.47 (CN¥125)
/night

Standard

$26.60 (CN¥180)
/night

Comfort

$54.39 (CN¥368)
/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

$3.40 (CN¥23)
/meal

Mid-range

$10.79 (CN¥73)
/meal

High-end

$39.31 (CN¥266)
/meal
Must try:
  • Goubuli steamed buns
    狗不理包子 · Gǒubùlǐ bāozi
  • Savory crepe with fried dough
    煎饼果子 · Jiānbǐng guǒzi
  • Mung bean crepe in sauce
    锅巴菜 · Guōbā cài
  • Fried glutinous rice cakes
    耳朵眼炸糕 · Ěrduoyǎn zhágāo
  • Fried dough twists
    十八街麻花 · Shíbājiē máhuā
  • Crispy sweet-sour carp
    罾蹦鲤鱼 · Zēngbèng lǐyú
  • Cornbread with braised fish
    贴饽饽熬鱼 · Tiē bōbo áoyú
  • Mung bean crepe strips in sauce
    嘎巴菜 · Gābā cài
Styles:Street snacks · Fast food · Noodle house

Culture & Heritage

Time-Honored Brands (7)

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GoubuliBatch 1
Est. 1858
Tianjin's most famous steamed-bun house, founded in 1858 and ranked first among the city's "Three Wonders."
Guifaxiang ShibajieBatch 1
Est. 1927
Tianjin's renowned fried-dough-twist brand, established in 1927 and famous for its Shibajie mahua.
ErduoyanBatch 1
Est. 1892
A Tianjin fried-rice-cake brand dating to 1892, named for the narrow Erduoyan ('ear-hole') alley beside it.
GuorenzhangBatch 1
Est. 1830
A Tianjin candied-nut house tracing back to the Qing Daoguang era, famous for its many-flavoured nuts.
Lao MeihuaBatch 1
Est. 1911
A Tianjin shoe house founded in 1911, known for traditional hand-made cloth footwear.
KiesslingBatch 1
Est. 1901
A Tianjin Western-cuisine institution founded by a German chef in 1901, among China's earliest Western restaurants.
ZhengxingdeBatch 1
Est. 1738
A Tianjin halal tea house dating to 1738, celebrated for its jasmine tea.

Famous Snacks (7)

Goubuli Steamed BunsFamous Snacks
Tianjin's most famous soup-filled steamed bun, thin-skinned with eighteen pleats.
Jianbing GuoziFamous Snacks
Tianjin's classic street breakfast — a mung-bean crepe wrapped around egg and a crisp cracker.
Shibajie Fried-Dough TwistFamous Snacks
Tianjin's famous layered, crisp fried-dough twist with a sweet filling — one of the "Three Wonders."
Erduoyan Fried Rice CakeFamous Snacks
A Tianjin fried glutinous-rice cake, crisp outside and sweet within — one of the "Three Wonders."
Guoba CaiFamous Snacks
A breakfast unique to Tianjin — crepe strips soaked in a savoury vegetarian gravy, also called gaba cai.
Chatang (Millet Porridge Drink)Famous Snacks
A traditional Tianjin sweet whipped up from millet flour using a great dragon-spout copper kettle.
Shuligao (Steamed Rice Cake)Famous Snacks
A traditional Tianjin steamed rice snack topped with bean paste and fruit — despite the name, no pear involved.

Intangible Cultural Heritage (6)

Yangliuqing Woodblock New Year PrintsNational ICH · Batch 1
Woodblock New Year prints born in Yangliuqing town — a first-batch national ICH with over 400 years of history.
Clay Figurine ZhangNational ICH · Batch 1
Tianjin's painted clay-sculpture art, founded in the Qing Daoguang era and listed as first-batch national ICH in 2006.
Xiangsheng (Comic Dialogue)National ICH · Batch 2
The comic-dialogue art beloved in Beijing and Tianjin — second-batch national ICH, with Tianjin among the declaring regions.
Wei Kite-MakingNational ICH · Batch 1
Tianjin's Qing-era kite craft, listed as national ICH in 2008, famed for collapsible, packable kites.
Tianjin Shidiao BalladNational ICH · Batch 1
A homegrown Tianjin ballad form — first-batch national ICH, sung high and full of local flavour.
Jingdong Dagu Drum BalladNational ICH · Batch 1
A drum-ballad art of the eastern-of-Beijing region and Tianjin's Baodi — first-batch national ICH.
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