When is the best time to travel to Gulangyu Island in Xiamen?

Xiamen is most suitable for traveling in spring and autumn, and it is warmer in winter. Xiamen is sunny, and flowers and trees flourish all year round. The overall temperature in Xiamen is mild, with an average annual temperature of 20.9℃ and a minimum of 4℃. It's hot here in summer, and it's usually above 30℃ in July and August.

In Xiamen in spring, the sunshine is soft and lovely, the sea breeze is pleasant, the waves are beating against the rocks and playing soothing music. The green mountains and green waters should be very interesting. When you travel to Xiamen at this time, you may wish to pay attention to the islands, such as Dayu, Huoshaoyu and Monkey Island. Their soil color is striking reddish brown, so it is also called red soil, which is acidic. Blue sky, green water, sands, green trees and red soil constitute their own beautiful natural scenery.

Recommended: Hero Mishima and Shiwan Botanical Garden

Autumn in Xiamen is pleasant. In October, Anxi's "Huang Jingui" oolong tea has been planted and ready, which is the time for Xiamen tea sticks to taste tea. Xiamen people's unique "Mid-Autumn Festival fighting cake" was also carried out at this time, but there is no such thing as it in the whole country. Look at the fiery red scenery, taste fragrant tea, taste refreshing fighting cakes and enjoy the warmth of Xiamen in autumn.

Recommended: Jimei Xue Cun and Nanputuo Temple.

Xiamen in winter is a paradise to escape the hustle and bustle, elegant and full of temperament. Palm trees hang down branches and leaves, phoenix trees bloom like fire, coconut trees are straight in outline, banyan trees have long leaves and beards like huge wall hangings, and Xiamen is full of vitality in a warm atmosphere.

Recommended: Riyuegu Hot Spring Theme Park and Huandao Road Sightseeing Avenue.

Xiamen in midsummer has the most charming oriental Hawaiian charm and the most affectionate midsummer night dream in the south. At this time, the air is unusually clear and dry, and the sky is almost always the most pleasing blue, occasionally dotted with white clouds. Strolling through Gulangyu Island, the quiet and peaceful atmosphere maintains the ethereal and distant nature of water and sky.

Recommended: Gulangyu Island, Xiamen University

Xiamen is famous for its flavor and local products. Fujian cuisine, represented by Xiamen cuisine, is one of the eight major cuisines in China, with Taiwan Province and Hushan flavors. Xiamen cuisine has a unique flavor of fresh, light, crisp and slightly spicy, especially famous for its raw seafood, antique medicinal diet, Putuo vegetarian dishes and flavor snacks.

Xiamen is rich in seafood all year round, with a wide variety. No matter lobster, abalone, crab, shrimp, snail, shellfish, etc. , are very delicious. In Xiamen, you can eat many exotic Minnan dishes, such as oyster omelet, satay noodles, frozen bamboo shoots, rice noodle paste, roasted jiaozi, peanut soup, fried five coriander and so on.

Specially recommended:

Longtou Road, Gulangyu Island: Longtou Road is the most important shopping and food street on Gulangyu Island. There are many small shops on the island, and the famous "Four Famous Foods" and other special foods are concentrated.

Four famous foods: Ye's sesame sauce, Yuanxiangzi fish balls, Huangshengji pork breast and Wangji pie. Except for Ye's sesame cake, which stands at the street corner every day, there are other fixed shops.

Zhang Sanfeng milk tea: A cat-themed milk tea shop with the same name as Hostal Ya's cat "Zhang Sanfeng" has added many ingredients to the expensive milk tea. Address: Jiexin Park, Longtou Road, Gulangyu, Siming District

Babycat Private Royal Cake House: It is operated in the form of a cafe and can take out pies. Those with green tea, mung bean, coconut, pumpkin, taro and other flavors are easily sold out. Address: Longtou Road

Grain-flavored meat swallow skin flat food shop: a very old-fashioned ordinary snack bar, but the flat food (wonton) there is fascinating. Address: No.0/69, Longtou Road, Gulangyu, Siming District

Gulangyu old oyster cake: fried with oyster stuffing, delicious and crisp. Address: near the vegetable market of Longtou Road, Gulangyu, Siming District

Huang Ze and Peanut Soup: A bowl of light peanut soup can make stores crowded every day, which shows how delicious it is. Buying a bowl of soup is like fighting a war, but drinking this bowl of peanut soup for 2 yuan only makes you feel that the rich peanut flavor is integrated into it, crisp, sweet and delicious. Address: No.22-24 Zhongshan Road (near KFC)

Pizza Hut (Lujiang Road Store): Pizza Hut is not a specialty of Xiamen, but its location is so good that many people will go to Xiamen. It has the reputation of "the highest Pizza Hut in the world", and Gulangyu Island is a place worth seeing. Remember to leave early if you go. Address: 24th Floor, Haibin Building, No.52 Lujiang Road, Siming District

You can take a leisurely look. They have a good domestic line. You can consult them.