10-Day Fujian Private Tour: Xiamen, Quanzhou & Fuzhou

Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Putian, Pingtan, Fuzhou

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Tour Type: Private Tour

Tour Code: SKY-Fujian-02

Tour Highlights:

Decorative tour information icon Travel across Fujian Province from Xiamen in the south to Fuzhou in the north.

Decorative tour information icon Experience island and coastal scenery around Xiamen and Pingtan.

Decorative tour information icon Visit the Hakka tulou complexes of Zhangzhou.

Decorative tour information icon Explore
, the historic starting point of the Maritime Silk Road.

Best Travel Time:
Fujian can be visited year-round. Spring, autumn and winter are particularly suitable, while summer is also possible.

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Tour Itinerary

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Day 1Arrival Xiamen

Transfer service to hotel

Meals: No meal
Accommodation: In Xiamen

Arrive in Xiamen, a coastal city in southeast China, meet your guide and transfer to the hotel. The rest of the day is free; you may take an independent walk along Zhongshan Road Pedestrian Street.

Zhongshan Road Pedestrian is Xiamen's busiest commercial street, lined with department stores, restaurants, theaters and buildings in a variety of architectural styles.

The 8th Market of Xiamen

Day 2Xiamen

Gulangyu Island, South Putuo Temple, Xiamen University, Hulishan Fort

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Xiamen

Take a full-day Xiamen tour beginning on Gulangyu Island, known for its island scenery. Continue to South Putuo Temple-, set below the hills beside Xiamen University,. After lunch, visit Hulishan Fort.

Gulangyu Island

Day 3Xiamen – Yongding – Yunshuiyao (200 km, 2.5-3 hours)

Yongding Hakka Tulou, Yushuiyao Ancient Town

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: At Yunshuiyao

Check out and travel toward Zhangzhou, known for the preserved earthen buildings in Yongding and Nanjing counties. Visit the Hakka Tulou in Yongding, a signature form of Fujian architecture, including the Chuxi Earthen Buildings Cluster with three large round buildings and one square building. Continue to the Hongkeng Earthen Buildings, the area's largest concentration of Hakka tulou.

Continue to Yunshuiyao Old Town, once known as The Knot Town and later associated with the film Yun Shui Yao, winner of Best Film at the 2007 Golden Rooster Awards. The name translates as “The Song of the Clouds and Waters” and refers to the film's 1960s love story.

Yongding Hakka Tulou

Day 4Yunshuiyao – Quanzhou (170 km, 2hours drive)

Anxi Tea Making Experience, Drive to Quanzhou for overnight

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Quanzhou

Leave Yunshuiyao and drive about 2 hours to Anxi, known for Tieguanyin oolong tea. At an exclusive tea farm in Anxi, learn the main steps in making Tieguanyin and take part in preparing the tea yourself.

Continue to Quanzhou and check in. The late afternoon is free for an independent walk along West Street and an opportunity to try local food.

Anxi Oolong Tea

Day 5Quanzhou

Quanzhou Overseas Transportation History Museum, Kaiyuan Temple, Qingjing Mosque, Xunpu Fishing Village, Luoyang Bridge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Quanzhou

Begin in Quanzhou Overseas Transportation History Museum for an introduction to Quanzhou's maritime history. Continue to Kaiyuan Temple and Qingjing Mosque to see how Chinese and other Asian religious and architectural traditions met in this former Maritime Silk Road port.

Visit Xunpu Fishing Village, a coastal community associated with the ancient Maritime Silk Road. See its oyster-shell houses and the elaborate hair traditions of local women, then continue to Luoyang Bridge, an early stone bridge whose construction supported Quanzhou's seaborne trade.

Kaiyuan Temple

Day 6Quanzhou – Putian

Chongwu Ancient Town, Hui'an Dazha Fishing Village, Drive to Putian

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Putian

Check out and travel to Chongwu Ancient Town, one of China's best-preserved seaside granite towns.

Continue to Hui'an Dazha Fishing Village, home of the Hui'an women and their distinctive short jackets, yellow bamboo hats and patterned square scarves. Try on the traditional clothing and take photographs in the village.

Drive onward to Putian and check in for the night.

Chongwu Ancient Town and Hui'an Woman

Day 7Putian

Meizhou Island, Guanghua Temple

Meals: Breakfast, Meal
Accommodation: In Putian

Travel to Wenjia Pier and take the approximately 15-minute ferry to Meizhou Island, known for clear water, beaches, rock formations and its importance to Mazu worship. Visit the large Mazu Palace Complex and Mazu Park, including the stone statue, then ferry back to Putian and continue to Guanghua Temple at Nanshan.

Meizhou Island

Day 8Futian – Pingtan Island

South Shaolin Temple, Houhuang Village, Transfer to Pingtan Island

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Pingtan

Check out and visit South Shaolin Temple, described as the earliest southern branch of Shaolin and a birthplace of Southern Boxing. Continue to Houhuang Village , where century-old overseas-Chinese residences show influences from the South Pacific. The village visit includes Zhiqiu Lake, Nostalgia Square, Theater Pavilion, Simu Well and North Watchtower.

Drive to Pingtan, also called Landao Island. The county consists of 126 islands off Fujian's east coast, with Haitan as the largest.

South Shaolin Temple

Day 9Pingtan – Fuzhou

Tannan Bay, Houyan Island, Haitan Old Town, Beigang Village, Drive to Fuzhou

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Fuzhou

Begin at Tannan Bay on southeastern Pingtan for coastal views. Continue to Houyan Island, only 68 nautical miles from Taiwan, to see the sea, reefs, lighthouse and surrounding shoreline.

Visit Haitan Old Town, then follow Huandao Road to Beigang Village. Established in the late Ming and early Qing periods, Beigang faces the sea below Junshan Mountain and preserves 241 traditional stone houses among fields, hills and coastal scenery.

Continue by road to Fuzhou for the final overnight stay.

Houyan Island – The nearest spot to Taiwan

Day 10 Fuzhou, Departure

Transfer to airport

Meals: Breakfast

Enjoy free time before the airport transfer. If time permits, you may visit a commercial area independently to choose souvenirs before departure.

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5.0

PunkNelson

5.0

Great Hotel stay Very Nice Tour guides Convenient planned daily trips Average selection of restaurant for food though

Kiwimac53

5.0

We were looking for a tour in SW China while in the area for work and found this one. While we wouldn't normally get a private tour but surprisingly it was actually cheaper than most of the group tours in the area and was great value. While I would usually rather keep one guide for the whole tour, as you get to know each other and they get to know what you are interested in, we changed guides 5 times during this trip (fortunately we had the same guide in Kunming at the start and end of the tour which was a real bonus as Murphy, our Kunming based guide, was excellent.) In this case changing guides had the advantage of local knowledge at each site so compensated for the change. Of the 4 guides we had 3 excellent and 1 very good with each of them working hard to look after us and make sure we enjoyed our trip. Vicky, our Dali based guide was also extremely good making our time there a highlight. The tour gives you 2 days at each base ie travel in the morning, have the afternoon and the next day touring the area then drive to the next base. We chose the driving tour as we feel it gives you a better experience of the area and you get to see the locals in action. All the drivers we had were great – they went out of their way to look after us and were very safe, which is saying something for driving in China. While all of the guides were very fluent in English none of the drivers could speak English which was a slight disadvantage as you didn't have the guides with you when traveling between bases but the friendliness and helpfulness of the drivers more than made up for this.
The tour was very well organised and we knew what we were doing from the time we met our guide on arrival at the Kunming railway station to when we walked through security at the airport on our way out. The tour comes with 4,5 and 6 star accommodation choices and we went for the cheapest 4 star option. While the English at the hotels was limited the guides made sure we were checked in and out and took care of any issues (which were minimal). The 4 star option is largely “Chinese style” hotels ie designed for Chinese visitors with breakfast consisting of what many westeners would consider dinner style food but there was always eggs and toast for the less adventurous. The hotels were all clean and comfortable and generally very well located. The Hotel in Kunming (Jin Jang Inn) was a bonus as it seemed higher than 4 star and we stayed there both on our way in and out. As well as breakfast, lunch came with the tour which was enjoyable as the guides choose the restaurants so we got a variety. I got the feeling that most of the restaurants were owned by friends or family or there was some arrangement with the guide, but as you get to formally review each guide and the meals at the end of each stop they work hard to make sure you enjoy the meal and there was always an abundance of food. We tried a range of local cuisine and there was only one meal we didn't think was up to par. You get your own dinner which also suited us as there is invariably a range of restaurants or for the more adventurous there is the street vendors and you can choose what you want. The vehicles we were driven in were all very good- plenty of space and very comfortable.
Being a private tour, while there was a set itinerary, which was diverse and very interesting with something for most people, the guides could tweak it to suit individual interests eg more time at one site and less at another. It is easy to get a bit templed out but overall the itinerary was a good mic of nature and culture. I would thoroughly recommend the tour and the company and we will be looking to the company if/when we go back – Guilin is next on the list as the guides were very happy to discus what they thought we would and wouldn't enjoy based on working with us on this tour,

N2265ZIinfo

5.0

Excellent guides, flexible and knowledgeable travel agent. They speak good English. Our trip was very well organized. We are 100% happy and I can recommend Top China Travel to everybody.

Wesley O

5.0

I contacted Top China travel for a 13 day China vacation (Beijing/Xian/Yangtze River cruise/Shanghai) and right from the start Bonnie provided me with great choices and package options. Throughout the entire planning and even during the trip Bonnie was there for us following up and making sure everything was perfect. Thank you Bonnie for making our China vacation unforgettable.

Johnf8958

5.0

From the minute I contacted Vicky at Top China Travel to book our holiday, to the time we were taken to Pudong airport for our flight home, the experience was perfect.
My wife and I visited Beijing, Xian and Shanghai and all of our tour guides were fluent in English, very knowledgeable and very friendly.
Thank you Vicky and all at YUNSKY and I will definitely be in contact when I return to China.