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Xiamen is a coastal city with pleasant climate and fresh air in southeast China. Setting out for Gulangyu Island, you can see exquisite European-style buildings, stroll along the beautiful seaside beach and find some tasty local snacks. Besides, your Xiamen tour can also be extended to the scenic Mount Wuyi and Yongding Tulou to admire the unique round architectures in Chinese Hakka culture.
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How to Plan a Xiamen Tour?
Xiamen, a port city and a sought-after destination on the southeast coast of China, is blessed with beautiful landscape. Strolling around Gulangyu Island, you can unwind with a captivating harbor scenery. A day trip to the Hakka Tulou exposes you to a completely different culture. Taking a short high-speed train to Mount Wuyi, a world cultural and natural heritage site, makes a richer Xiamen vacation package. With our private Xiamen Tours, you will get an authentic travel experience, like a real insider.
To Hakka Tulou
The Hakka Tulou, a UNESO World Heritage site, is famous for its unique architectural style, ingenious structure and design, with no parallel anywhere else in the world. This kind of earth dwellings has many different shapes, such as round, square, rectangular, semi-circular, pentagonal and octagonal. They are also loaded with multiple functions, such as fire resistance, earthquake resistance, defense, etc. Even more amazingly, the Hakka Tulou is cool in summer and warm in winter with natural lighting and ventilation.
The Yongding Tulou Cluster and the Nanjing Tulou are rated the most brilliant Tulou examples. It takes 3 hours to drive from Xiamen to the Yongding Tulou Cluster and 2 hours to Nanjing Tulou.
The Yongding Tulou Cluster and the Nanjing Tulou are rated the most brilliant Tulou examples. It takes 3 hours to drive from Xiamen to the Yongding Tulou Cluster and 2 hours to Nanjing Tulou.
The exterior of Hakka Tulou
Visit the Tulou inside
To Mount Wuyi
With a typical rose-cloud landform, Mount Wuyi is a favorite scenic spot and summer resort for tourists coming to Xiamen. If you have plenty of time, you may consider including a 2-3 days side trip to Mount Wuyi by taking the convenient D-train from Xiamen. There are 25 D-trains daily, and the journey is about 3 to 3.5 hours. You can climb the mountain, take a boat, and taste Da Hong Pao tea in addition to communing with nature.
Mount Wuyi is a perfect combination of natural landscape and cultural heritage
To Huangshan, Shenzhen, Hangzhou by bullet train or Shanghai, Beijing by flight
Xiamen enjoys convenient rail, water and air transportation. It takes only 4 hours by high-speed train to both Huangshan and Shenzhen. Some international cruise ships also call at Xiamen port. There are frequent flights to major cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Xian and Chengdu. If you are going to visit these cities from Xiamen, please contact us to tailor-make your Xiamen tour itinerary to your liking.
Best Time to Visit Xiamen
With a mild climate, neither too cold in winter nor too hot in summer, Xiamen is a good place for a vacation most of the year. March to May and October to November are particularly inviting time to visit the city since the weather is usually fresh and sunny with blue skies and pleasant temperature. Although it is a bit cool from December to February, visitors can enjoy sightseeing in a relatively peaceful ambience. One may consider avoiding travelling around August since typhoon happen occasionally.
Xiamen greets you all year round!
- 4.728 ReviewsSpainPosted on March 16, 2021It was a worthwhile Xiamen tour. The itinerary was great. I knew the culture and customs of the local people by paying a careful of the beautiful and unique earthen buildings. The special architecture was really amazing!IrelandPosted on December 25, 2020A wonderful Xiamen tour! The Shuzhuang Garden in the Gulangyu Island was superb! It was amazing that we were able to see an incredible seascape from there. We appreciated various pianos and watched a piano improvisation in a Piano Museum inside. That’s so good!
The knowledge guide explained the South Putuo Temple for us. It was still popular with pious people since it had been built for a long time. The majestic Buddhist statues and ancient buildings deserved a careful visit. I also learned the local history in Hulishan Battery scenic spot. I wanted to visit Xiamen with my family next time. ... MoreUSAPosted on August 04, 2020I think the earthen buildings in Yongding were more magnificent than those in Nanjing County. There were many rooms inside and people lived there, which was like a big family. The stunning Shuzhuang Garden in Gulangyu Island was worth seeing as well. A fantastic Xiamen trip!