Trip Summary
Gentle Fujian: car-free Gulangyu's piano lanes, the futuristic Xiamen shoreline, a night inside a 700-year-old Hakka earthen fortress, and the tea-terraced cliffs of Wuyishan — with seafood everywhere and almost no foreign crowds.
Trip Highlights
- Gulangyu Island — no cars, 19th-century consulates, organ museum
- Overnight in a tulou: the round 'earthen castles' of the Hakka
- Wuyishan bamboo rafting the Nine-Bend River through tea cliffs
- Zhongshan Road night market and island sunsets
Day by Day
Day 1 — Xiamen
Fly in; Zhongshan Road and the waterfront light show.
Flight in · Xiameninternational flights, destination pre-filledBook → Stay · Zhongshan Roadold town by the Gulangyu ferry — arcades and seafoodBook → Car rental · Xiamenpick up at Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport on arrivalBook → 
Day 2 — Gulangyu
Ferry to the island; Sunlight Rock, piano museum, beach afternoon; sunset dinner.
Stay · Zhongshan Roadold town by the Gulangyu ferry — arcades and seafoodBook → Tickets · Gulangyu Islandskip-the-line entryBook → 
Day 3 — Island ring & gardens
Cycle the Xiamen island ring road; the Botanical Garden's rainforest valley.
Stay · Zhongshan Roadold town by the Gulangyu ferry — arcades and seafoodBook → Tickets · Xiamen Botanical Gardenskip-the-line entryBook → Day 4 — Tulou country
Coach 2 h to Nanjing County (Fujian, not the city); Chengqi Lou fortress, overnight in a renovated tulou.
Xiamen → Zhangzhou trainD-train ~30 min, then a local bus into tulou countryBook → Stay · Nanjing Tulousleep inside a 700-year-old Hakka fortressBook → Car rental · Zhangzhoupick up at Zhangzhou Railway Station on arrivalBook → Day 5 — To Wuyishan
HSR to Wuyishan; evening tea-village stroll.
Xiamen → Nanping trainHSR to Wuyishan ~3 hBook → Stay · Mount Wuyiresort strip by the Nine-Bend RiverBook → Car rental · Nanpingpick up at Nanping Railway Station on arrivalBook → 
Day 6 — Wuyishan
Nine-Bend bamboo raft + Dawang Peak trails; da hong pao tea tasting.
Stay · Mount Wuyiresort strip by the Nine-Bend RiverBook → Tickets · Mount Wuyiskip-the-line entryBook → Day 7 — Out
Morning raft or rock tea terraces; fly from Wuyishan or train onward.
Flight out · Xiamendeparture flights from Xiamen, destination openBook → 
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