Hakka Xiamen

Xiamen tours
1. Xiamen highlights tour – full day
This highlights tour consists all must see sites in Xiamen: romantic Gulangyu Island, Nanputuo Temple, historic Hulishan Cannon Fortress and Xiamen’s charming Old city. You will also taste the Minnan local dishes and Xiamen flavour snacks for your lunch.
Start: Xiamen city or airport or cruise terminal
         Gulangyu Island
         Lunch: Minnan local dinshes and Xiamen flavor snacks
         Nanputuo Temple
         Hulishan Cannon Fortress
         Xiamen’s old city
End:  Xiamen city or airport or cruise terminal

2.Xiamen City tour – half day
If your time is limited, take this half day’s city tour to have a general view of Xiamen city.
Start: Xiamen city or airport or cruise terminal
         Nanputuo Temple
         Taste Kungfu Tea (Tie Guan Yin Tea)
         Visit Hulishan Cannon Fortress
         Xiamen’s old city
End:  Xiamen city or airport or cruise terminal

3. Gulangyu Island tour – half day
Breathing the clean air, appreciating the ever-present green trees and lovely flowers, you can feel like they are in heaven. With classical and romantic European-style architecture, the island truly deserves to be called the 'Architecture Museum'. It is also known as the 'Cradle of Musicians' and 'Island of Music' because of its reputation for music appreciation.
Start: Xiamen city or airport or cruise terminal
         Take the ferry (about 5 min.) to reach Gulangyu Island
         Visit the island by electric cart
         Shuzhuang Garden
         Guanfu Classic Art Museum
         Piano Museum
         European architecture
         Panorama of Xiamen city
End:   Xiamen city or airport or cruise terminal

4.Hakka Tulou excursion – full day
The Hakkas are mostly known for their very unique homes (Tulou – earth building) of which many still standing today date back over 700 years old. These large, circular buildings resemble fortresses and were probably design for defence. Tulou was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list at July 7, 2008.
Start: Xiamen city or airport or cruise terminal
         Tianluo Pit Tulou, Nanjing County
         Lunch incl
End: Xiamen city or airport or cruise terminal

5. Hakka Tulou excursion - 2 days
During 2 days’ excursion, you will not only visit the Tulou, but also overnight in Tulou to experience the daily life of the Hakka people. Tianluo Pit Tulou consists of one square Tulou, three rounded Tulou and one elliptical Tulou, figuratively nicknamed "four dishes with a soup". Yuchang Tulou is now the oldest and biggest round earth building. This building is most famous for its tilted pillars. Chengqi Tulou is massive rotunda Tulou with four concentric rings surrounding an ancestral hall at the center, a big roof extending out ward covers the main ring.
Start: Day 1 Xiamen city or airport
         Tianluo Pit Tulou, Nanjing County
         Lunch incl.
         Overnight in Tulou
         Day 2 Yuchang Tulou
         Chengqi Tulou
         Lunch incl.
End: Xiamen city or airport

6.Riyuegu Hot spring Resorts – 2 days
Nestled in the shadows of the Tianzhu Mountains in Xiamen, the resort sets one on a gratifying, soul smoothing experience where time has no role to play. More than 400 years ago during the Ming Dynasty, a royal court official immersed himself in the springs and felt such joy he recorded his experience of this 'heavenly gift' on a stone plaque. The plaque was discovered in the 1980s where Riyuegu Hot springs Resort now stands. Feel a palpable energy flowing from the natural hot springs revered for its rejuvenating and healing powers.
Start: Day 1 Xiamen city or airport
         Riyuegu Hot spring Resorts
End: Day 2 Xiamen city or airport

7.Gulangyu Island excursion – 2 days
Gulangyu Island has today about 20,000 permanent residents, all of whom enjoy a comfortable, relaxing life. In 1902, the island became a concession. Afterwards, a large number of elite foreigners and overseas Chinese also built hundreds of delightful buildings on the island. All these exotic buildings have now made the island a mini architectural museum.
Start: Day 1 Xiamen city or airport
         Take the ferry (about 5 min.) to reach Gulangyu Island
         Visit Gulangyu Island by electric cart
         Shuzhuang Garden
         Guanfu Classic Art Museum
         Piano Museum
         European architecture
         Panorama of Xiamen city
         Day 2 Gulangyu Island – Xiamen
         Enjoying the breeze and the blue sky
End: Xiamen city or airport

Private departure: daily
Activities level: Easy to moderate
Transfer: Private air-condition vehicle
Available Languages: English, Mandarin, French, German