Quanzhou and Xiamen Travel Guide

Day 1: Fly to Quanzhou, take a taxi from the airport to Luojia Temple, visit Golden Coast and the nearby Yongning Ancient City, return to Quanzhou, check in, and eat ginger duck. In the evening, take a walk in the nearby Xihu Park to help digestion. Day 2: Have rice noodles and peanut soup for breakfast, visit Kaiyuan Temple, West Street, and Zhongshan Road, and eat snacks. Return to the hotel for a rest in the afternoon, and go to Qingjing Temple, Guanyue Temple, and Tianhou Temple at 4 pm. Have grilled fish in a clay pot for dinner (delicious). Day 3: Visit Southern Shaolin Temple in the morning, and have vegetarian buffet for lunch (not bad). Return to the hotel to pick up your luggage, take a high-speed train to Xiamen, and take a ferry to Gulangyu Island. Take a walk on the nearby beach in the evening. Day 4: Take a walk on Gulangyu Island in the morning, listen to a performance in the Organ Museum, visit the most beautiful corner, pass by various old buildings, and visit Haoyue Garden. Return to the hotel for a rest and recharge at noon, check out, store your luggage, and visit Sunlight Rock and Shuzhuang Garden. Take a ferry to Zhongshan Road, check in, have dinner near Bashi, and take a walk near the pier after dinner. Day 5: Visit the popular Sky Mirror and Health Trail (Cloud Walk) in Binhai Park in the morning, return to the hotel for a rest, watch the sunset at Yanwu Bridge Observation Deck in the evening, and burn incense in Nanputuo Temple. Have dinner in the visitor center of Xiamen University, visit the popular wall (a big pit) in Shapowei, and visit the shopping mall in Shimao Twin Towers (not good). Day 6: Visit Xiamen Museum and Science and Technology Museum in the morning (another pit). Take a subway to Jimei School Village (must ride a bike) and watch the sunset at the ten-mile embankment. Day 7: Visit Bashi Morning Market in the morning, take the popular elevator in the Botanical Garden (very good), take a taxi to Rongyu Garden for lunch, cross the road to the seaside, wait for a sunset, and look at Gulangyu Island. Visit Zhongshan Road to enjoy the night view, eat double-skin milk and egg-filled pancake, and go to the airport to return home. Actually, you should spend a day in Zhangzhou, but my family members are not interested in Tulou, so we gave up. I want to stay on Gulangyu Island for two nights.