Tourist attractions in Shandong include:
- Jinan, the capital city of Shandong since Ming dynasty, renowned for its 72 Famous Springs.
- Baotu Spring, a culturally significant artesian karst spring, declared as "Number One Spring under the Heaven" (天下第一泉) by the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty.
- Daming Lake, the largest lake in Jinan, whose water is from the springs of the area. Marco Polo described its beauty in his works.
- Thousand Buddha Mountain, renowned for its numerous Buddha images which have been carved out of the hill's rock faces or free-standing structures erect since the times of the Sui dynasty and its Xingguochan Temple.
- Lingyan Temple, one of the 4 most famous temples (四大名刹) in Tang dynasty, in which there are 11th century Pizhi Pagoda and the Thousand Buddha Hall which houses a Ming dynasty bronze Buddha statue as well as 40 painted clay statues of life-size luohan from the Song dynasty.
- remnant of Great Wall of Qi, the oldest existing Great Wall in China, which is built in 685 BCE and stretches from Jinan to Qingdao.
- Penglai, a town on the north of the Shandong peninsula famed in Taoism.
- Qingdao (a former German port city), is a beach resort city on the south of the peninsula that has German-era heritage architecture and is also famous for its Tsingtao beer.
- Ba Da Guan, made up of eight streets named after the eight great military forts of the ancient times.
- Zhan Qiao, a long strip pier stretches into the sea and was the first wharf at Qingdao.
- Laoshan, a scenic area and Daoist centre to the east of Qingdao.
- Qingzhou, an ancient trading and administrative centre with some famous archaeological discoveries.
- Weihai, a former British port city important in the second Sino-Japanese War has British-era heritage architecture.
- World Heritage Sites:
- Weifang (潍坊) is a prefecture-level city in central Shandong province. It is made up of four urban districts (Kuiwen, Weicheng, Hanting and Fangzi) and Changle County, largely being urbanized. Weifang has numerous natural and historic sites, such as Shihu Garden (from the Late Ming and early Qing dynasty), Fangong Pavilion (from the Song dynasty), fossil sites (including dinosaur fossils, in Shanwang, Linqu), Mount Yi National Forest Park and Mount Qingyun. Yangjiabu are painted New Year woodcuts which is also famous all around China.
