Dalian China
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| 27 August | 115 days | One-way from Vancouver to Auckland |
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| 28 April | 38 days | One-way from Tokyo to Hong Kong |
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Frequently Asked Questions
At the international cruise terminal in the East Port district. A shuttle usually links the terminal to Zhongshan Square, the historic heart of downtown, and metro line 2 serves the quay area.
Because Russians founded it in the late nineteenth century and the Japanese developed it afterward. What remains are European-style circular squares, century-old facades and old trams, beneath a contemporary skyline set among beaches and parkland.
A perfectly circular square radiating into ten avenues, ringed by Russian and Japanese-era buildings: former banks, hotels and government offices with carefully worked colonnades. In the evening residents gather to dance outdoors beneath the lit facades.
Zhongshan Square, Russian Street and the waterfront are walkable from the shuttle stop. Add Xinghai Square if time allows: it is further out but completes the contrast between historic Dalian and contemporary China.
The first colonial quarter, north of the centre, where restored houses now hold souvenir shops, cafes and restaurants. It has a stage-set quality and mixes originals with reconstructions, but it conveys the Dalian of 1900, when the city was called Dalny.
The sea of stars: it bills itself as the largest urban square in the world. Lawns, sculptures and cycle paths run down to a coastal promenade where families fly kites facing the bay.
Yes, historic trams still run on some lines. They are both a practical way to get between districts and full of character, a rarity in Chinese cities today.
Yellow Sea seafood, the local speciality above all, sold by weight and impeccably fresh. Restaurants near Xinghai Square make it their staple, and choosing from the tanks is part of the meal.
Maritime and tempered by the Yellow Sea, which gives Dalian a quality-of-life reputation that northern Chinese envy. It is also one of China's major ice-free ports, which explains its historic role.
For many cruise passengers it is the surprise of the trip: the one they knew nothing about and talk about most afterward. A Chinese city that grew up between several worlds without disowning any of them.
