Your tour guide will meet you in the hotel lobby, then take you to the Gulangyu Island ferry dock by car/coach. Visit Gulangyu Islet, the "Garden on the Sea" and "Architecture of the World". On Gulangyu Islet, you will visit Shuzhuang Garden and Piano Museum, the largest piano museum in Asia.
Tour guide will meet you in the hotel lobby, and then take you to the Jimei School Town by car/coach. Visit the Jimei School Town, created by the famous leader of overseas Chinese--Chen Jiageng(Tan Kah Kee),and Turtle Garden, Guilai Hall and Tan Kah Kee Memorial. Tour the most wonderful landscape "Island Ring Road", and Hulishan Fortress.
Your tour guide will meet you in the hotel lobby, then take you to Yongding County by car/coach. Visit Yongding Hongkeng County. After lunch, visit Tour the Yongding Hakka Building Cultural Village, one of the "World Cultural Heritage". Visit Zhencheng Building, Kuiju Building, Rusheng Building and Fuyu Building. Then back to Xiamen.
Yongding is famous all around the world for its beautiful landscape, unique Hakka culture, and magnificent Hakka Residential Earthen House. On this guided private day tour, local expert guide will accompany you to visit the most concentrated of all earthen house clusters - Yongding Hakka cultural village, enjoy a traditional Hakka lunch at one of the Hakka house, and visit the famous Hakka Tulou like Zhenchenglou, Fuyulou, Kuijulou, Rushenglou, etc.
Meet local guide from your Xiamen downtown hotel, and aboard comfortable private vehicle to start the amazing Hakka Cultural Village trip.
Yongding is famous all around the world for its beautiful landscape, unique Hakka culture, and magnificent Tulou Houses. The Earth Tower of Hakka has a long history. As early as one thousand years ago, some of the original Hakka migrated and settled at the sparse Yongding area of Fujian. Tulou House, the Hakka Residential Earthen House, is a kind of large scale residential building that provides a place for clansmen to live compactly, it also has defensive function. Hear about the history and culture of Hakka people and Earth Tower from your guide on the way.
After around 3.5 driving, you will reach the most concentrated of all earthen house clusters - Yongding Hakka Cultural Village. Here you will have a traditional Hakka lunch at one of the Hakka house. After that, start to explore the Hakka cultural village including Zhenchenglou - a magnificent building combining the Chinese style with the western style, Kuijulou - a palace style building, Fuyulou - a five-phoenix style building, Rushenglou - a mini-sized circular building.
Afterwards, enjoy safe and comfortable transfer back to Xiamen and drop off at your hotel to conclude the trip.
Rising from the midst of southeast China's lush countryside, the Hakka Residential Earthen Houses are unlike anything else you'll see in China, and the Tianluokeng Hakka Cluster is the prize jewels in the Fujian Tulou World Heritage Site inscribed by UNESCO in 2008. Follow a local expert guide on this full-day private trip, discover the world famous Hakka Castles at Tianluokeng and enjoy traditional Hakka lunch at one of the Hakka house.
Tianluokeng Hakka Cluster, inhabited by hundreds of Hakka people of Wong family, is a national protected cultural site with the most magnificent and well-preserved Hakka Castles in the area. The village is also listed in the Famous Historic Cultural Villages of China for its typical cultural regional system.
Meet local expert guide from your Xiamen downtown hotel, and aboard comfortable private vehicle to start the amazing Hakka Hakka Cluster exploration. Hear about the history and tradition of Hakka Cluster and Hakka People from your guide on the way.
You will reach the Tianluokeng Hakka Cluster after around 3 hours driving. While you're there, trek up the hillside to get a shot of the Earth Towers from above. It's a sight to see, and a perfect place for snapshots to remember your trip by. The cluster consists of a square earth building at the center of a quincunx, surrounded by four round earth buildings, figuratively nicknamed four dishes with a soup.
After having a traditional Hakka lunch at one of the Hakka house, you will roam in Tianluokeng Hakka Cluster to see their daily lives, head to Xiaban Village to visit a leaning structure hakka house of Yuchanglou, stroll around the beautiful Taxia Village build along a stream, explore the Zhang's Clan Ancestral Hall listed among the key culture relics protected under national level.
Afterwards, enjoy safe and comfortable transfer back to Xiamen and drop off at your hotel to conclude the trip.
Meet local expert guide from your Xiamen downtown hotel and aboard comfortable private vehicle to start the Xiamen sightseeing.
Head to the ferry terminal and take a ferry to visit the beautiful Gulangyu Island famed for delicate natural beauty, ancient relics and varied architecture. Take a peaceful walk and appreciate various old buildings on the island, visit the beautiful seaside Shuzhuang Garden, it was exquisitely designed to embody three important characteristics in gardening---hiding elements, borrowing from one's surroundings, and combining movements.
Later ferry back to Xiamen Island and enjoy a delicious lunch at local restaurant, move on to explore the most famous Buddhist temple in town - South Putuo Temple, see the world's biggest canon at Hulishan Cannon Fort, enjoy a scenic drive on the Island Ring Road along the East Coast of Xiamen and stroll along the Zhongshan Road Walking Street.
Xiamen is a typical littoral city with abundant tourist attractions such as islands, mountains, temples and parks, etc., providing you with a full sightseeing schedule. On this customized day tour, you will follow local expert guide to explore the delicate natural beauty, ancient relics and varied architecture at Gulangyu Island, and visit the Jimei Study Village to experience academic atmosphere.
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Meet local expert guide from your Xiamen downtown hotel at 8:30am, and aboard comfortable private vehicle to start the Xiamen sihgtseeing.
Head to the ferry terminal and take a ferry to visit the beautiful Gulangyu Island famed for delicate natural beauty, ancient relics and varied architecture. Take a peaceful walk and appreciate various old buildings on the island, visit the beautiful seaside Shuzhuang Garden, it was exquisitely designed to embody three important characteristics in gardening---hiding elements, borrowing from one's surroundings, and combining movements.
Later ferry back to Xiamen Island and enjoy a delicious lunch at local restaurant, move on to visit the famous Jimei Study Village founded by Mr. Tan Kah Kee in 1913, a renowned educator and leader of overseas Chinese. Here you will visit the former residence of Tan Kah Kee, Tan Kah Kee Garden and the Turtle Garden, appreciate the beautiful scenery, learn the life story of Mr. Tan Kah Kee, and hear about Mr. Tan’s great contributions to the educational undertakings.
Afterwards, your tour guide will transfer you back to the hotel to conclude the Xiamen trip.
Been China's marine door to exotic cultures since ancient times, Quanzhou is one of the most famous historical and cultural cities in China. While you are in Xiamen, spend full-day with an expert guide to explore the famous historical highlights in Quanzhou, visit the famed Kaiyuan Buddhism Temple, one of the top ten Muslim holy sites of Qingjing Mosque, the nearby Guandi Temple Quanzhou Maritime Museum.
Meet local expert guide from your Xiamen downtown hotel, and aboard comfortable private vehicle to start the Quanzhou Highlights sihgtseeing.
Due to the special location, Quanzhou has been China's marine door to exotic cultures since ancient times. During the Song and Yuan dynasties, this port became one of the largest world ports. As the starting point of the Sea Silk Road, it accepted diverse religions including Christianity, Islam and Manichaeism, and today Quanzhou is called 'World Religions Museum'. As the largest Buddhist temple in Fujian, Kaiyuan Temple has attracted many domestic and foreign travelers who are interested in Buddhist culture. You will firstly follow your guide to explore this fairly complete set of courtyard galleries.
Continue sightseeing to the Qingjing Mosque, also named Ashab Mosque, it was initially built in 1009 and today is the oldest Arab-style mosque in China. Here you will discover the ancient history and unique blend of Arabic and Chinese architecture in this holy mosque. Later stroll around the nearby Guandi Temple dedicated to Guan Yu, and visit the only museum in China specializing in overseas relations, the Quanzhou Maritime Museum, which showcases the important role that Quanzhou played in economic and cultural exchanges with foreign countries.
Afterwards, local guide will transfer you back to Xiamen and drop off at your hotel to conclude the trip.
Xiamen Port was one of the primary embarking points on the ocean Silk Road and Fujian was one of the first places that provided tea to the foreign market. On this specially organized tour, visit Anxi Tea Garden, learn about tea culture while watching the production process of original Tieguanyin, participate in the tea picking and production process, and enjoy the beautiful scenery at Hong’en Rock.
Meet local expert guide from your Xiamen downtown hotel at 8:30am, and aboard comfortable private vehicle to start the trip.Located in the southeastern Fujian Province, Anxi is a small and mountainous county with a tea farming history dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618 to 907). Today this county produces 15,000 tons of oolong tea annually with its 16,700 acres of tea gardens. The name you hear most often is probably Tieguanyin (Iron Goddess tea), a premium variety of Oolong tea. Anxi is hailed as the birthplace of this special tea. Most of the population of the county is involved in some aspect of tea cultivation.
On the way, you will have a short visit of Anxi Hong'en Rock to view the beautify scenery. Upon arrival, enjoy an organic lunch at local farm. Visit the Anxi Tea Garden. Siting at 800 meters above sea level, this is one of the most famous tea farms in Anxi. Here you will learn about tea culture while watching the production process of Tieguanyin, participate in the tea picking and production process if it is the season, and taste some examples of the fine teas from the region. Afterwards, local guide will transfer you back to Xiamen and drop off at your hotel to conclude the trip.