14 Days in Anshan
Two weeks uses Anshan as a base — jade Buddha, Qianshan and spa days at home, with honest neighbor-city overnights in Shenyang and Dalian on the north-south HSR line.
Quick Answer
Is 14 days enough for Anshan?
14 days lets you go beyond Anshan's core into neighborhoods, food markets, and one or two day trips at a relaxed pace.
Source: NihaoVisit Anshan guide
14-day Anshan itinerary at a glance
Use our full Anshan travel guide as the base and adapt it to 14 days. Keep the city's three signature attractions as the backbone; fill the rest with neighborhood walks, food markets, and an easy day trip.
Arrival, Jade Buddha & 219 Park
Settle in downtown, then the palace built around the world's largest jade Buddha — front Sakyamuni, rear Guanyin, carved from one 260-tonne boulder — and an evening lake loop of 219 Park next door.
- anshan yufuyuan
- anshan 219 park
Qianshan — Thousand Mountains
A full day in the granite peaks half an hour southeast of downtown — cable car up, Buddhist monasteries like Longquan Temple, the Taoist Wuliang Guan and the natural stone Maitreya Buddha. Real walking shoes.
- anshan qianshan
Qianshan Second Day & Foot Springs
Back into Qianshan's quieter valleys in the morning — western trails and lesser temples — then a long afternoon soak at the mountain-foot spring hotels.
- anshan qianshan hot springs
Steel City Heritage
The works museum of New China's first great steel mill, then the city museum's jade and steel collections — the two stories that built this city.
- anshan angang steel museum
- anshan city museum
Tanggangzi Spa Day
The famous spa south of town at an unhurried pace — hot pools and thermal mud packs, bathhouses reaching back to the last emperor's era, back downtown for dinner.
- anshan tanggangzi hot springs
Anshan Rest Day
Markets, a long lunch and an early night — the first excursion block starts tomorrow.
- anshan city markets
Xiuyan Jade Country
Out to the Manchu county under Anshan's administration, two hours southeast by road — the jade country where the city's Buddha boulder was quarried. Jade-carving exhibition center and market halls; buy direct from carvers.
- anshan xiuyan jade market
To Shenyang — Imperial Palace
HSR half an hour north to the early-Qing imperial palace; the old-town grid and Marshal Zhang's mansion fill the afternoon. Overnight in Shenyang — an honest neighbor-city night.
- shenyang imperial palace
Shenyang Old Town & Return
A museum morning in the provincial capital and a slow old-town loop, then the half-hour HSR back to Anshan.
- shenyang
Anshan Recovery Day
Martyrs' Hill panorama, lake paths, nanguo pears in season — an easy re-entry day before the coast.
- anshan lieshishan park
- anshan 219 park
To Dalian — Seafront Day
About two hours south by HSR to the coast — an honest neighbor-city run. Evening on the vast Xinghai Square with the gulls; overnight in Dalian.
- dalian xinghai square
Dalian Coast & Return
Morning on the coastal road and the old streets downtown, then the train back to Anshan by evening.
- dalian
Farewell 219 Park
A final easy lake loop and a long tea-house afternoon — snacks for the train, an early night.
- anshan 219 park
Markets & Departure
A market breakfast and a last downtown stroll, then the train from Anshan station.
- anshan city markets
Budget for 14 days in Anshan
| Tier | Per day | 14 days total |
|---|---|---|
| Backpacker | USD $50–$80 | USD $700–$1,120 |
| Mid-range | USD $100–$200 | USD $1,400–$2,800 |
| Luxury | USD $300+ | USD $4,200+ |
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