Getting There

Getting to Dalian by air is a convenient way of reaching the city. Thirty international air routes connect Dalian international airport to over 30 cities in 14 countries including Vladivostok, Hiroshima, Irkutsk, Osaka, Sendai, Tokyo, Frankfurt, Munich, London, Delhi, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Fukuoka, Khabarovsk, Nagoya, Dubai, Seoul, Toyama, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Paris, Phuket and Sydney.

There are regular charter service between Dalian and regions in Southeast Asia, Europe, American and Russia. In addition, 69 domestic flights leave from the Zhoushuizi International Airport taking passengers to most of the major Chinese cities including Beijing, Changsha, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Haikou, Kunming, Shenyang, Wuhan, Dunhuang, Nanjing, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Zhuhai, Xian, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Guilin, Hangzhou, Lanzhou, Luoyang, Shanghai, Tianjin and so on.

Dalian is well linked to the networks that criss-cross the northern and eastern parts of China. Trains from the city run to all cities in Dongbei (northeastern China) area and Beijing, Shanghai and Hankou. The high velocity air-conditioned Tourist Specials running between Dalian and Beijing, Shenyang, Harbin and Changchun make excursions suitable.

Dalian has a well established water transport network. The Passenger Port is situated at the northern end of Wuwu Lu in the eastern end of the Liaodong Peninsular. Listed passenger ships leave for Yantai, Weihai, Tianjin, Penglai and Qinhuangdao. Passenger ships depart for Changhai County daily. Ships also sail for Incheon, Korea every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Dalian is located at the tip of the Liaodong Peninsular and has two main highways that extend northeastward to cover the peninsular. One is the Shenyang-Dalian Speedway, which connects the city to Shenyang, the provincial capital city of Liaoning, and runs parallel to the 202 national highway.