Day 1: Meal: Self care Accommodation: Xiamen
Pick up at Xiamen Airport or Xiamen Station and check into the hotel. (Reminder: If Xiamen North Station or pick-up exceeds 23:00, an additional fee of 15 yuan per person will be charged.)
As long as you walk out of the hotel, you can go to Zhongshan Road Pedestrian Street, a bustling and bustling commercial street in Xiamen, where you can taste the local specialties of Xiamen, such as Sea worm jelly jelly, peanut soup, burning immortal grass, burning meat dumplings, sand tea noodles, and so on.
Day 2: Meal: Breakfast Accommodation: Xiamen
08:00 Xiamen Siming District/Huli District Hotel free pick-up, take a bus to the dock to meet and take a boat.
At 09:00, take a boat to transition to the national 5A level tourist attraction, Gulangyu Island, which enjoys the reputation of “Garden on the Sea and Hometown of Music” (approximately 20 minutes by boat)
Visit the “US Consulate” and “Internet Celebrity Corner” check-in sites along the International Architecture Expo Line at 09:30. Appearance: HSBC Bank, Sanhe Palace Cliff Carvings, Octagonal Tower, Organ Museum, Color Viewing Tower, Huishen Hall (white corner internet famous check-in spot), Fanpo Tower, Sany Hall, Huang Cimin Villa, Shiluo Dacuo, Mayohan Guangchang, Minnan Holy Book Company Site, Catholic Church, Huang Rongyuan Hall, Concord Chapel, Japanese Consulate. Experience the architectural atmosphere of Gulangyu Island and listen to the stories behind each building.
12: Go to Longtou Road at 00 to enjoy a delicious lunch and taste local cuisine. Please take care of yourself!
13: Enjoy the coastal scenery along Lujiao Road, and across the coast are the Zhongshan Road, Twin Towers, Yanwu Bridge, Xiamen University, and other attractions in the city. Appearance [Haoyue Garden] Zheng Chenggong statue, iconic internet celebrity check-in on Gulangyu Island. Yuyuan was built in memory of Dr. Lin Qiaozhi, a Chinese obstetrics and gynecology expert. Appearance: British Consulate.
14: 00 [Shuzhuang Garden] was originally a private garden owned by Taiwanese wealthy businessman Lin Erjia. The garden features multiple attractions, facing the sea and backed by Sunshine Rock. You will find that you have never seen the sea along the way. When you turn out of the Moon Cave Gate, suddenly “the sea is wide and the sky is wide”, and the sea rushes towards you. This technique of hiding first and then revealing it will make you particularly surprised.
14: The swimming pool has a gentle beach with fine sand and shallow water. The sea area is wide and clean, and the shore is surrounded by dense forests with excellent conditions. Not only are there many swimmers in summer, but there are also many swimmers in winter. Children/couples can play and stroll here.
15: As the saying goes, ‘If you don’t climb Sunrise Rock, you won’t be in Xiamen.’. Ri Guang Yan is the leading scenic spot on Gulangyu Island. Ri Guang Yan is composed of two giant stones standing against each other, one vertically and one horizontally, and becomes the peak of Long Tou Shan. Standing at the peak, you can see the scenery of the entire island.
16: 40 [Free Activities] Gulangyu Island is also a romantic place, with beautiful scenery and delicious food everywhere. There is an internet famous snack street here, where the sticky aroma of Shen Family Intestine Noodles fills the air, and the chewy and energetic Q&D of Lin’s Fish Balls, etc. You can easily stroll and enjoy the food and scenery here to your heart’s content!
17: The tour of the 40 Sea Garden is coming to an end. Gather by boat and disembark from the island, enjoying the world’s closest cross sea martial arts bridge to sea level, as well as the beach near the coastline (Xiamen University Baicheng), the roundabout road, and more. The night scenery along the way is breathtaking, ending a pleasant day’s journey.
Day 3: Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Accommodation: Xiamen
Pick up and depart from various hotels in the urban area of Xiamen Island;
In the morning, follow the coach to set out from a small fishing village in Xiamen. There are endless mudflat, curved fishing boats, and oyster fields lined up. Fishermen live here; Put on the fishing boots, put on the hat, put on the fishing basket, wear gloves, and hold the shovel to rush to the mudflat;
Listen to the coach’s science popularization, across from the Kinmen Islands;
Directly hitting the wild clams grazed by fishermen at sea with the naked eye;
Next, go to ‘Fencing Fishing’ and experience the fishing methods that fishermen have been using for thousands of years;
As the tide recedes, various types of marine products remain in the fishing nets, including crabs, fish, monsters, and shrimp;
Everyone has a chance to catch their eye, keep an eye on the seafood, take action in advance, carry the harvest to the restaurant for free processing and enjoying seafood meals;
The original seafood meal has been upgraded to a seafood big pot
A combination of live seafood such as shells, fresh shrimp, sea bass, squid flowers, crabs, etc.
Don’t make a dead seafood big pot.
Add three additional side dishes to satisfy your ocean taste buds, with unlimited rice. And the restaurant has also been upgraded to a ‘sea view restaurant’ with a panoramic view of the sea, making the dining environment more comfortable.
Go to the dock and follow the tide as it rises and falls. Drop the ‘ground cage’, send the rope, make your own sign, and wait for the sea crab to follow the secret bait. The sea crab crawls in, but there is no way back. Wait for the sea cargo and return with a happy mood after receiving the cage.
Schedule [Sailing Out], shake off all worries, fatigue, and confusion in the vast sea that accommodates hundreds of rivers, and shake them off in the long white waves behind the sailboat. The beautiful and charming scenery of Wuyuan Bay, the blue paradise where the sea and sky blend together, and the passion and charm of water sports experienced firsthand by raising and pulling sails. The route passes through the White Dolphin Conservation Area, and if you are lucky enough, you can also catch a glimpse of the white dolphins. After the flight experience lasts about 1 hour, return to the hotel.