Originally Posted by
qwertyuiop
Thanks for all the suggestions Moondog. Qinghuangdao has come up before and you've finally prompted me to look it up -- i think we'll do that one for sure. I have to go to Jinan on a Friday anyway so will probably spend a couple of nights there.
Will investigate the rest of your list!
In that case, Tai Shan (home of Confucius) is certainly worth a visit.