Zhoushan
Zhoushan is a prefecture-level city in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang.
Zhoushan is a prefecture-level city in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. It consists of an archipelago of islands at the southern mouth of Hangzhou Bay off the mainland city of Ningbo. The prefecture's city proper is Dinghai on Zhoushan Island, now administered as the prefecture's Dinghai District. During the 2020 census, Zhoushan Prefecture's population was 1,157,817, out of whom 882,932 lived in the builtup area consisting of two urban districts of Dinghai and Putuo.
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Worth seeing in and around Zhoushan
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Zhejiang Ocean University
Zhejiang Ocean University is a public university based in Zhoushan city, Zhejiang province, China.
3.2 km · university located in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China · Wikipedia - 02Ocean College, Zhejiang University
Ocean College is a college under Faculty of Engineering of Zhejiang University. Located on the Zhoushan Island, it was the first ZJU institution outside of Hangzhou.
4.8 km · college of Zhejiang University · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Opium War Relics Park
This park commemorates the history of the First Opium War in Zhoushan.
- 02Shenjiamen Fishing Port
The fishing port is at the southeastern end of the island).
- 03Zhoushan Museum
- 04East Pole
- 05Putuoshan
Mount Putuo is a well-known Buddhist pilgrimage destination and scenic area in the Zhoushan Islands.
- 06Daishan Island
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Things to do
- 01Mount Putuo
Putuo Mountain, Wutai Mountain in Shanxi Province, Emei Mountain in Sichuan Province, and Jiuhua Mountain in Anhui Province are known as the four famous mountains of Chinese Buddhism.
- 02Zhujiajian
A beautiful seaside town, Zhujiajian is most famous for its sandy beach.
- 03Zhujiajian Daqingshan Scenic Area
- 04Shenjiamen Fishing Port
Located in Putuo District, Zhoushan City, Shenjiamen Fishing Port is famous for its night stalls.
- 05East Polar Island
The main scenic spots in the East Pole are Miaozi Lake, Qingbang Island, Dongfu Mountain and Huangxing Island.
- 06Taohua Island
The shooting place of the 87 version of the legend of the arched heroes is the sea, fine sand, farmhouse, seafood, and the Taohua Valley Scenic Area.
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Where to eat
- 01Xiaoxixi Seafood Food Stall
A local seafood restaurant serving fresh seafood and Zhoushan-style dishes.
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Getting to Zhoushan
- Airports
- Zhoushan Putuoshan (HSN), 16 km · Ningbo Lishe (NGB), 74 km · Shanghai Pudong (PVG), 134 km
- Ningbo → ZhoushanTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Shanghai (Pudong) → ZhoushanTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Shanghai (Minhang) → ZhoushanTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
No local-transport research exists yet for Zhoushan
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 Zhoushan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom Baifeng the ferry will take you to Zhoushan's Yadanshan ferry terminal, very close to Dinghai District downtown, after a 50-minute sea ride.
- Get inThe ferries are quite ok, they offer some drinks and most important you can stay on the outer decks and enjoy the thrilling scenery of Zhoushan archipelago.
- Get inThe Donghai Bridge connects the mainland to a tiny island (more a rock than an island) in the middle of East China Sea where there is a deep-sea huge container terminal and a car ferry terminal.
- Get inFrom the car terminal you will have a ~1-hour sea ride to Zhoushan, passing the northern island chains until Zhoushan's main island Ximatou ferry terminal.
- Get inFrom Shenjiamen to Shanghai this touristic bus starts from Banshendong Ferry terminal on the easternmost tip of the island and has 2 more stops in Zhoushan, at Dongang New Bus Terminal (which is in the middle of nowhere) and in Dinghai.
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Next door to Zhoushan
- Putuo Districtdistrict of Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, China, surrounding the island of Putuoshan9.6 km