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Prefecture-level city in Shandong, People's Republic of China

Heze

Heze is the westernmost prefecture-level city in Shandong province, China.

Heze
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The place

Heze is the westernmost prefecture-level city in Shandong province, China. The Peony Capital of China, formerly known as Caozhou, the city borders Jining to the east, and the provinces of Henan and Anhui to the west and south respectively. The total area is 12238.62 square kilometers and the population is 10.58 million. It governs Mudan District and Dingtao District, 2 districts and 7 counties including Caoxian, Chengwu, Shanxian, Juye, Yuncheng, Juancheng and Dongming.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

There are some nice paths and bridges along the river. Heze is famous for its peony blossoms.

  1. 01
    Heze Museum
  2. 02
    Caozhou Peony Garden

    1000, Renmin Road, Mudan Subdistrict, Mudan District (牡丹区牡丹街道人民路1000号) (take bus No.

  3. 03
    Caozhou hundred Gardens
  4. 04
    Sunbin Tourism City

    It covers an area of 999 acres and has a total construction area of 247,000 square meters.

  5. 05
    Zhaowang River Park
  6. 06
    Huandi Park

    The Huandi Park plan is divided into "one ring, four sections, ten sceneries and five lakes", one of which is the city park ring (green ecological ring, healthy life ring, urban cultural ring).

From Wikivoyage: Heze, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Peony Garden Ski Resort

From Wikivoyage: Heze, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

Dumplings are one of the specialties of northeast China, and are common in Heze. Heze also has a surprising number of Sichuan restaurants.

  1. 01
    Rock Fried Chicken

    3-7 Shangri-La Commercial Street, Limin Street, Peony District (牡丹区利民街香格里拉商业街3-7号).

  2. 02
    Feast Flower City
  3. 03
    Sister Zhu's Mutton Soup
  4. 04
    Crispy Shaobing Main Store

From Wikivoyage: Heze, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Heze

Airports
Zhengzhou Xinzheng (CGO), 168 km · Jinan Yaoqiang (TNA), 239 km · Luoyang Beijiao (LYA), 287 km
Stations
Heze East railway station, 9 km · Heze Railway Station, 2.1 km
  • Zhengzhou → Heze
    175 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · ¥80–105
  • Jinan (Licheng) → Heze
    215 km · quickest by road, 3h 37m · ¥95–130
  • Luoyang (Laocheng) → Heze
    284 km · quickest by road, 4h 34m · ¥125–165
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Heze

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Heze. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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If you know how people move in Heze – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

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