By Air
Fuzhou Changle International
Airport (FOC) is situated in a sandy area of southeast Zhanggang
Town, Changle City, some 55 kilometers (about 34 miles) from downtown
Fuzhou, and is a modern, seashore based international airport. There
are now approximately 75 airlines operating out of FOC, including
65 domestic services, 2 regional airlines and 8 international services
at this airport. Domestic services include flights from Beijing,
Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Jinan, Shenyang, Harbin, Chongqing,
Chengdu, Zhengzhou, Kunming, Haikou, Urumqi and Xian, etc. International
services include flights from Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and
Osaka to Fuzhou City. There are also daily scheduled flights from
Hong Kong and Macau.
Tourists are advised to take the safe and comfortable
airport bus which will take between one to one and a half hours
to downtown Fuzhou and will cost about 25 Yuan per person to the
Apollo Hotel, located on Wuyi Lu, Fuzhou City. If you want to take
a taxi, the cost can be negotiated, but will be between 100 and
120 Yuan. Returning to the airport from downtown Fuzhou, tourists
can take the airport bus from the Apollo Hotel, or make a reservation
for a taxi stopping at Apollo Hotel the day prior to departure and
negotiate a price, which will far be far more reasonable than for
you to stop a taxi on the road the day of your flight.
Fuzhou Changle International Airport Enquiry: (0591) 28013246
By Train
Fuzhou Railway Station is the transportation hub of Fujian Province.
It is located at the north end of Hualin Lu, in the northern part
of the Fuzhou downtown area. Fuzhou station is connected with the
national railway network and operates services to Beijing, Shanghai,
Qingdao, Zhengzhou, Nanjing, Nanchang, Guiyang, Changsha, Hefei,
Chengdu, Chongqing, and Shenzhen. Also there are tourist lines from
Nanping, Longyan, Yong'an and Wuyi Shan to Fuzhou.
Fuzhou Railway Station Ticket Office: 0591-87577849
From Fuzhou Railway Station, tourists may take
bus Nos. 5, 17, 20, 26, 51, 821, 905, 917, 949 and 951, also Yaxiya
Zhuanxian (Asia Special Line), Xi Er' huan Zhuanxian (Western 2nd
Ring Road Special Line) to Fuzhou downtown for the ticket of 1 yuan.
Train tickets can be bought in the ticket office
usually seven days prior to the departure date. During some traditional
festivals like Spring Festival, tourists can buy the ticket eight
days or more in advance. The main ticket offices in the downtown
area are as follow.
Wuyi Ticket Office: 142, Wuyi Lu (opposite the Drum Tower Hospital)
Hualin Ticket Office: 203, Hualin Lu
Tangcheng Da Sha Ticket Office: 215, Wuyi Nan Lu (1/F, Tangcheng
Dasha)
By Bus
South Long-Distance Bus Station opened inter-province highways between
Fuzhou and Weihai, Weifang, Ningbo, Guilin, Hangzhou, Wenzhou, Haikou,
Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Hong Kong and Shantou run every day.
And the lines between Fuzhou and Beijing, Shanghai, Qingdao, Yantai
run once every two days.
Address: 190, Wuyi Zhong Lu
North Long-Distance Bus Station is situated at No. 371, Hualin
Lu, Gu Lou Qu
Hongshan Passenger Transport West Station
Address: Hongshan Chenguang Cun
By Ship
Located in the lower reaches of the Min River, Fuzhou is an old
estuary harbor. The Min Rive sea route of Fuzhou is from Nanping
to Mawei, the passenger liners of Mawei harbor can bring you to
Mt. Putuo, Ningbo etc. Out of the east estuary of the Min River,
tourists can get passage to the main ports of the Yangtze River,
north to Shanghai and Qinhuangdao, south to Xiamen and Hong Kong
and east to Keelung in Taiwan. There are buses and tourist line
in Mawei harbor that will take tourists to downtown Fuzhou and some
of the sights in Fuzhou City.

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