Baotou map guide for travel and living
Baotou Travel Guide
Baotou is located in Inner Mongolia, nearly 93 miles (150 km) to the west of the capital city of Hohhot. The land surrounding Baotou is flat, with the exception of some small mountains to the north. The Yellow river is located about 12 miles (20 km) to the south of the city. A large, dry riverbed runs south through the west part of the city. This riverbed is likely full during the spring.
Locations:
situated between north latitude 40 30' - 42 00' and east longtitude 109 00' - 110 30'; located in the west of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region; bounded by the People Republic of Mongolia to the north, the Yellow River to the south; connecting to the Tumochuan Plain in the east, the Hetao Plain in the west; Mt. Daqingshan in the north.
Neighboring Areas:
Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
Physical Features:
Divided into three parts: the northern plateau, the central hilly land and the southern plain; the Yinshan Mountain in the central area
Mountains:
The Daxing'anling Ranges, Mt. Helanshan, Mt. Wulashan, Mt. Daqingshan
Rivers:
Yellow River, Ergunahe River, Nenjiang River, West Liaohe River, Hulunhu Lake and Beierhu Lake
The dining options in Baotou are a strange mix of China's cuisine, the northern preference for wheat is offset by many rice dishes, the western preference for beef and mutton is combined with the southern/eastern fascination with pork. This is not to say that the food here is anything to write home about, and there are few restaurants of note in the city.
Most of the best restaurants are to be found in Donghe, the eastern section of Baotou. Many of these have not got English signs or menus, but you will normally be able to either choose your dishes from the kitchen, or do it yourself with a hotpot (Huoguo).
East Baotou:
There are two night markets in this section of Baotou, that serve a good selection of local delicacies. The better of the two is to be found to the north of the Donghe Hotel, at the northwestern corner of the intersection of Nanmenwai dajie and Huancheng lu. The other is near to the railway station, food stalls that are at their fullest at night, but are available during the day.
There is a restaurant in the Donghe Hotel that does fairly good Chinese and Mongolian food, and just opposite here is also a good hotpot restaurant, the Prince Building Hotpot City (Taizilou rouzhou huoguocheng). There are also a number of other restuarants that can be found along Nanmenwai dajie, that serve general Chinese and Mongolian food.
West Baotou:
In this section of town most of the best restaurants are to be found in the hotels. The Qingshan Hotel has a fairly decent Chinese restaurant and both the Tian Wai Tian Hotel and the new building of the Baotou Guesthouse serve western-style food. The most famous restaurant in the city is probably the Dafulin Restaurant (Dafulin fanzhuang) at 90 Wenhua lu, that mainly serves Mongolian food at expensive prices.
