Jimo Ancient City

即墨古城

Restored walled streets that light up at night, with a laser show on the walls

Hours

Lanes 9am–9:30pm, to 10pm weekends and holidays (as of Dec 2025); paid sections daytime only

Tickets

Free to walk in; a few exhibits charge (check on site)

Address

Jimo Ancient City, Jimo District, 45–60 minutes' drive north of the centre

An old county seat said to have been walled in the Sui dynasty, rebuilt from 2016 with new walls, gates, a Confucian temple and a City God temple. Pass through a maze of gatehouses and you're into grey-tiled lanes of souvenir shops, cafés and skewer stalls. By day it's a sleepy old town; after dark every eave lights up and the walls get a coloured laser show. It's far out, so some people stay the night at a resort inside the walls.