2 Days Quanzhou Marine Culture Tour from Xiamen

Full Itinerary Day by day

Day 1 Xiamen Arrival & Drive to Quanzhou (B, L)

Hi! Welcome to Xiamen! Upon arrival, your local tour guide will meet you with a sign on which says your names at the arrival hall in the airport or train station. Then, you will be driven for about 1.5 hours to Quanzhou.

Your Quanzhou tour starts with Kaiyuan Temple on West Street, the largest and most sacred Buddhist Temple in Fujian. Walk leisurely and admire the rust-colored East Tower and West Tower, the tallest pair of towers in China. And then get up close to the exquisite halls, columns, stone reliefs, over 32 Buddha, Bodhisattva, Arhat Statues, and a Quanzhou Buddhist Museum built inside to appreciate the temple’s excellent sculpture technique and its vital role in the Maritime Silk Road and Chinese Buddhism.

After the visit of Kaiyuan Temple, wander leisurely around the unique arcade buildings on the bustling and lively West Street and nearby Zhongshan Road to hunt for some delicious snacks and lovely souvenirs. (If you want more free hours for relaxing and dinning on West Street and Zhongshan Road, please tell your guide)

Arrival Ideals: Xiamen has frequent daily flights from Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Xian, Kunming, etc. Besides, you can take a bullet train from Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Guilin, Fuzhou, Huangshan, and so on.

Day 2 Quanzhou Tour & Drive Back to Xiamen for Departure (B, L)

This morning after breakfast, drive about 10 minutes or so to visit the temple complex of mixed religions on Tumen Street. On this short street of merely 1,000 meters long distributes various of sacred temples of Buddhism, Islam, Taoism, Christianity, etc., which indicates Quanzhou’s frequent cultural exchanges with the outside world during Maritime Silk Road period. You are going to take a glimpse of the magnificent temple cluster and then have in-depth explorations of three most popular temples, including Qingjing Mosque, Guandi Temple and Chengtian Temple.

In China, there are four most holy ancient temples of Islam, including Qingjing Mosque in Quanzhou, Xiamhe Temple in Yangzhou, Huaisheng Temple in Guangzhou, Fenghuang Temple in Hangzhou, amongst which Qingjing Mosque is the oldest one. While the main structure of Quanzhou Qingjing Mosque well keeps its Islam architecture features, the House of Worship and some corners of the mosque are in elegant Chinese style, which shows you the unique blend of Arabic and Chinese.

When it comes to the most popular Temple on Tumen Street with the most vigorous incense, it must be Guandi Temple, which worships Gu Yu and Yue Fei, two ancient heroes who were believed to be the Chinese gods of war and credit. Indulge yourself in the sublime temple with showy dragon-decorated roofs, resplendent golden carvings and majestic stone lions and dragons to feel the strong spirit of the two heroes. If you like, join the devotees to pray for good fortune, health and prosperity.

Second only to the Kaiyuan Temple in size, Chengtian Temple is another great Buddhist Temple in Fuzhou. Roam around the wonderful pavilions and temples, tall ancient trees, and tiny stone pagodas to enjoy the awe-inspiring serenity of the temple.

After the visit of Tumen Street, drive about half an hour to Quanzhou Maritime Museum, a valuable museum that paints a vivid portrait of Quanzhou's trading history with overseas countries on Maritime Silk Road. The museum offers various exhibits, from the enormous Chinese sailing vessel relics to a collection of model Chinese boats, Buddhist sculptures, porcelains, etc. Enjoy your leisure time to stroll around the exhibition halls here to get a wonderful glimpse of Quanzhou in its glorious past as the most important trading port of China!

Finally, your guide and driver will escort you back to the airport/train station in Xiamen to catch the flight / train to your next destination or home. Service ends!

The quotation for this trip is from request Per Person

1. This price is for one person, based on a group of 2 adults sharing one standard double-bed room in 4-star hotel and traveling with our private tour in low seasons.
2. This price is subject to change according your traveling season, group size, hotel class, change of activities in your itinerary and possible fluctuation of currency exchange rate. If you want a lower price, you can get more people to join you, or use economy class hotels.
3. This price is only valid to March 31, 2023.
4. Reference exchange rate of USD 1=RMB 6.85. The final quote is based on current exchange rate. It may change according to the currency fluctuation, while the RMB quotation will be remained the same.

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We can satisfy all the dietary requirements no matter you want Chinese local food, western food, vegetarian food or muslin food.

The restaurants we will take you for lunch or dinner are all designated tourist restaurants approved by local tourist administration bureau. They have very good sanitary conditions and the food is prepared fresh and clean.

There will be some meals excluded in your itinerary as you like, and your private guide will be delighted to give you some suggestions and take you to the local restaurants to taste like Beijing Roast Duck, Xian Dumpling Dinner, Sichuan Hotpot, etc., if you are interested in local food tasting.

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Hi Wonder,

We are safely back in Guangzhou. Wonderful experience. All the planned events were highlights and the little extra side trips were a plus. Thank you for all your careful planning.

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Townsend - 2023.3.29‚ USA, March 29, 2023

Hi Leo,

This is a very short customised arrangement during which the China border is not fully opened yet.

China Discovery charges a premium though, but it delivered without fail.

The VOA is very new to even the custom officers who were on duty when I cleared the immigration check at Shenzhen as well as the HK side. I must say that the agent did his professional service by always on the call to allow on-site changes of my arrival time because immigration clearance was so unpredictable. I can be assured that someone is just outside the arrival hall to pick me up and, I could tell the immigration officer that my local contact person is just waiting outside to pick me once I am cleared with this new procedure.

It is always safer to have a local contact to guide you and make arrangements for your local transfer when language ( Cantonese instead of Mandarin) is a problem in China .

Thx for the service . Thx to Matt too.

Rgds

Lowell - 2023.3.24‚ Singapore, March 24, 2023

Rita,

thank you for your arrangement. The tour and logistics were really good. We are very happy and look forward to the next trip in China with your company.

Jack - 2023.3.21‚ Vietnam, March 21, 2023

Dear Jack,

I have tried to leave the following review with tripadvisor several times now but somehow it is not accepted, I do not know why.

"Just back from our 9-day trip to Yunnan, long planned and waited for. It was our second time with China Discovery Tours. Once again they tailored the tour according to our ideas and interests - and succeeded in surprising us! Thanks to the local guides we learned a lot about history, traditions and customs, and, of course, food. We always felt in safe hands and the organization was just perfect with enough on spot flexibility. Big thanks to Jack who figured it all out so well and to the next time with China Discovery! Johannes (GER) & Elizabeth (GRC)"

Thanks again for an excellent trip, best regards, Johannes&Elizabeth

Johannes - 2023.3.20‚ Germany, March 20, 2023

Hi Jack!

It's was great, we loved it! Our tour guide Frank was very kind, informative, and funny :) We loved how easy it was and how much we got to see in a day, I will definitely recommend to our friends!

Ashton - 2023.3.16‚ USA, March 16, 2023

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