Private Day Tour to Explore the Quanzhou Old City from Xiamen
- 7–8 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Quanzhou is an old harbour city where the Chinese started to sail to other countries since ancient time. There are old temples, old town, old bridge, and the earliest mosque in China, and the museum that are worth visiting. This private day tour will let you travel from Xiamen with a local guide to explore the Tianyuan Monastery, Luoyang Bridge, Guandi Temple, and Maritime Museum etc. Centrally located Xiamen hotel pickup and drop-off are included. Pickup time is 8:30am.
Inclusions
What's included
- Private transportation
- Bottled water
- Entrance fees
- Lunch
- English-speaking guide
What's not
- Gratuity
Itinerary
At 8:30am, you will be picked up from your centrally located Xiamen hotel and take one-hour private car ride to Quanzhou, an old city. Firstly you will visit Kaiyuan Monastery that was built in 686AD in Tang Dynasty. There are halls, pagoda, exhibition museum in the monastery. Particularly the east and west pagodas are renown for the carvings.
Then, you will move to visit the old town of Quanzhou, where there is a living temple for the Guandi god. It is an old temple with colorful painting located in the center of the old town.
Afterwards, you will visit the oldest mosque in China, the Qingjing Mosque, which was first built in 1009 in Song Dynasty (960-1279). There are ruins in the mosque to display the long history here.
Enjoy the nice walk on the China's earliest stone bridge, Luoyang Bridge, which was built in 1053AD. Marco Polo described it in his book.
After lunch, you will visit the Maritime Museum displaying the long history and antiques about the Chinese people to explore the oversea. Later, you will be transferred back to your Xiamen hotel where the trip concludes.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Pickup
- Pickup is included for everyone.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- SilkRoadTrips
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Xiamen
- Its from-price is 14% below the median of the 30 city tours we list in Xiamen.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Xiamen
Xiamen is a green island city on the Fujian coast, facing Taiwan, with the car-free island of Gulangyu, old temples and a long seaside road.
Xiamen occupies an island and a stretch of mainland shore in Fujian province, close to the Taiwan Strait, and was one of the first Chinese ports opened to foreign trade in the nineteenth century. Its mild climate and tree-lined streets set it apart from the bigger cities of the south. Gulangyu, a small island a short ferry ride away, has no cars and holds colonial-era villas, church spires, a piano museum and winding lanes.
Top-ranked sights in Xiamen: Gulangyu Island, South Putuo Temple (Nanputuo Temple).
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