Overview
Explore Xiamen and charming Gulangyu Island on a private day tour with lunch. Visit Nanputuo Temple, Hulishan Fortress, and stroll the car-free island's colonial architecture.
About This Tour
Make the most of your Fujian visit on this comprehensive private Xiamen day tour that covers its main highlights. First, explore the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Gulangyu Island, including Sunlight Rock and Shuzhuang Garden. After a seafood lunch, discover Xiamen city highlights, including South Putuo Temple, Hulishan Fortress, and the Ring Road.
See Xiamen’s signature sights—including Gulangyu Island—in just a day
Get personalized insights from your private guide, with separate driver
Savor a Chinese seafood lunch at a popular local restaurant
Relax with pickup and drop-off at the Xiamen destinations that suit you
See Xiamen’s signature sights—including Gulangyu Island—in just a day
Get personalized insights from your private guide, with separate driver
Savor a Chinese seafood lunch at a popular local restaurant
Relax with pickup and drop-off at the Xiamen destinations that suit you
Itinerary
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After breakfasts, your private guide will pick you up at your hotel lobby and transfer you to the ferry terminal. Then you will have a 20-minute deluxe ferry to your first highlight of Xiamen, the tranquil Gulangyu Island. Don't forget to take some stunning photos of Xiamen city and the Lujiang Channel on the ferry.
2
Step out of the ferry, welcome to Gulangyu Island-the "garden on the sea". You'll start your journey by strolling in the elegant alleys and admiring the distinctive architectures. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017, Gulangyu is filled with the charming colonial buildings such as churches, consulates, etc, it is no doubt a museum of "Architecture of the World". Then you will climb onto the highest peak on Gulangyu the Sunlight Rock, admire the bird eye view of this tranquil island.
3
Get down from Sunlight Rock, you will visit the unique seaside park to Shuzhuang Garden with a world-class Piano Museum in it, which is the only piano museum in China. After the visit on Gulangyu, you will take the ferry back to the Xiamen island and have an authentic seafood lunch in a popular local restaurant where the locals eat.
4
After lunch, you will have a 30-minute good rest in a well maintained, air conditioned non smoking private vehicle while it takes you to your next highlight of Xiamen-the South Putuo Temple. The temple was first built in Tang Dynasty with over 1000 years of history, you can admire the famous Buddhist cultural relics collection here.
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Then you will go to your third highlight of Xiamen-the Hulishan Fortress. Built in the year of 1891, the Hulishan Fortress integrated the styles of Ming and Qing Dynasties. You can touch and even stand on those well-preserved ancient military facilities (such as the gates, walls, emplacements, the barracks, the castle, the trenches and fortifications).
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Come out of the Hulishan Fortress park, you will have a leisure walk at the famous Island Ring Road at the beach, which is your last highlight of Xiamen. Enjoy the stunning sea view and the tender breeze, this is where your wonderful day ends. After the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel, airport, train station or any other places in downtown Xiamen like a restaurant or a bar if you like.
What's Included
✓ Included
Chinese lunch at popular local restaurant
Transport between attractions, including pickup and return to the hotel within the Xiamen mainisland
Professional, passionate English speaking tour guide service
Insurance: China Life Tourist Accident/Casualty Insurance during the tour
Government taxes & fees
Bottled water
Transport between attractions, including pickup and return to the hotel within the Xiamen mainisland
Professional, passionate English speaking tour guide service
Insurance: China Life Tourist Accident/Casualty Insurance during the tour
Government taxes & fees
Bottled water
✕ Not included
Personal expenses
Meals which are not indicated in the itinerary
Gratuities to the tour guide & driver (usually CNY100 per person per day for each of them, please tip them separately.). It is not compulsory but would be a great encouragement for them
Meals which are not indicated in the itinerary
Gratuities to the tour guide & driver (usually CNY100 per person per day for each of them, please tip them separately.). It is not compulsory but would be a great encouragement for them
Know Before You Go
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Not stroller accessible
- Infants must not sit on laps
- Infant seats unavailable
- Not recommended for people with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for people with heart conditions
- We will pick you up at the arrival hall.
Cancellation Policy
Free cancellation is available on most tours up to 24 hours before the start time. The exact cancellation terms for this tour are shown during booking.
Traveler Reviews
4.6★★★★★Based on 159 reviews
Marco L.🇵🇹 Portugal★★★★★2024-11
One detail from the day: the title makes this sound like a lot of ground to cover. In practice, in Xiamen and Gulangyu with Lunch and Xiamen felt like two distinct parts of the trip, not the same day repeated.
Priya I.🇮🇪 Ireland★★★★☆2024-12
The meeting instructions were clear and we knew what came next without being herded around. In Xiamen, that saved a surprising amount of energy.
Felix X.🇳🇿 New Zealand★★★★★2025-01
A practical note: the busiest place on the route was genuinely busy. Starting earlier would be my only change. I would rather keep the pause at in Xiamen and Gulangyu with Lunch than add another stop.