Destination
Xiamen厦门
The gentle seaside 'garden city' + car-free UNESCO Gulangyu Island — Fujian's most walkable getaway.
Best time
Sep–Nov
Recommended
2–3 days
Tags
classical · food · coastal
Updated
7/11/2026
Why visit Xiamen
Xiamen is a mid-size port with a scenic ring road, one of the prettiest campuses in China (Xiamen University), and a 5-min ferry to Gulangyu — a car-free colonial-era island of tree-lined lanes and piano museums.
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Useful Chinese address cards
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Dongdu Ferry Terminal
东渡邮轮中心码头
福建省厦门市湖里区东渡路93号
Foreign-passport ferry to Gulangyu (not the local one).
