About the Area for SilverDoor Serviced Apartments in Dalian

Dalian is China's northernmost ice-free seaport, located west of the Yellow Sea and east of Bohai Sea roughly in the middle of the Liaodong/Liaotung peninsula at its narrowest point, or isthmus.

In the 1990s Dalian’s 6.2million people benefitted from the attentions of Bo Xilai who was both mayor of the city and provincial party official, who, among other things, banned bicycles, created large, lush parks in the city's many traffic circles, and generally built things up very attractively. He also preserved much of Dalian's interesting and attractive Japanese and Russian architectural heritage. His legacy, however, also includes the usual quota of empty buildings built with questionable loans, over-development, and corruption. He is now Minister of Commerce.

Dalian is a very popular destination among Chinese tourists. Its mild climate and multiple beaches make it an especially nice place to visit during the summer. Jinshitan beach, the Golden Pebble Beach, is a tourist attaction with splendid coves and rock formations. There's also a golf course, cross country motorcycling, an amusement park and a hunting forest. It's a good place for someone who wants peace and quiet and it's excellent for swimming too.

The new Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport has direct flights to most major Chinese cities. The city's location means that train trips to most Chinese cities outside China's northeastern region require changing trains in Shanghai or, more probably, Beijing. Most of the direct city to city express trains are overnight trips.