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

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.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
There are some nice paths and bridges along the river. Heze is famous for its peony blossoms.
- 01Heze Museum
- 02Caozhou Peony Garden
1000, Renmin Road, Mudan Subdistrict, Mudan District (牡丹区牡丹街道人民路1000号) (take bus No.
- 03Caozhou hundred Gardens
- 04Sunbin Tourism City
It covers an area of 999 acres and has a total construction area of 247,000 square meters.
- 05Zhaowang River Park
- 06Huandi 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.
Things to do
- 01Peony Garden Ski Resort
From Wikivoyage: Heze, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
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.
- 01Rock 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).
- 02Feast Flower City
- 03Sister Zhu's Mutton Soup
- 04Crispy Shaobing Main Store
From Wikivoyage: Heze, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
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 → Heze175 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · ¥80–105
- Jinan (Licheng) → Heze215 km · quickest by road, 3h 37m · ¥95–130
- Luoyang (Laocheng) → Heze284 km · quickest by road, 4h 34m · ¥125–165
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
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.
Next door to Heze
- Mudan Districtdistrict of China6 km