I am going to Xiamen for a self-guided tour in the next few days. I would like some good suggestions and opinions.

Xiamen is a tourist city, and millions of tourists come to Xiamen every year. For those who travel independently, the most common itineraries are 2 to 6 days: 2-day itinerary: 1 day: One-day tour of Gulangyu Island 1-day: One-day tour of Xiamen Xiamen University Huandao Road 2-and-a-half to 3-day itinerary: 1 day: Gulangyu Island one-day tour itinerary 1 day: Xiamen Xiamen Huandao Road One-day tour 1 day: Jimei Garden Museum 3 days to 6 days itinerary: 2 days: Gulangyu two-day tour Itinerary 2 days: Xiamen Xiamen Huandao Road one day (including Wenzeng Road & Botanical Garden) 1 day: Jimei Garden Expo 1 day: Tulou

I recommend some places to visit in Xiamen based on their popularity. 1. Places where most tourists go to Xiamen: 1. Gulangyu Island; 2. Xiamen University; 3. Huandao Road; (cycling, picking grass mold, swimming, barbecue, etc.) 4. Nan Putuo; 5. Jimei (Jimei School Village) and Jimei Ao Garden) 6. When most people come to Xiamen, they may stop by Quanzhou (mainly to visit temples), Wuyi Mountain, and Hakka Tulou. 2. Places where most tourists are likely to go when they come to Xiamen: 1. Soak in hot springs. The main ones are Riyuegu (in Jimei), Cuifeng (in Tongan), and Shanhailian (on Huandao Road). Among them, Shanhailian is the closest, but it’s not a real hot spring. Kingfisher is the farthest. Riyuegu and Kingfisher have free shuttles for pick-up and drop-off. The ticket price is over one hundred per person. 2. Garden Expo: in Xinglin. There is a theme park built based on history and the characteristics of houses in various regions of China (I think it can be defined as a park). It's quite fun. Tickets are 60 yuan, and the battery car inside is 20 yuan/person. If you want to go, you need to spend a whole day. The city is accessible by car; 3. Hulishan Fort: next to Xiamen University. Some people will stop by; 4. Nanhu Park/Zhongshan Park: It’s really just a park; if you have more time, you can go shopping. But there is nothing special about it. 5. Botanical Garden: There are some special subtropical plants. If you have children, you can take them with you; 6. Tour bus: around Xiamen’s urban attractions. . . The ticket is 20 yuan and takes about 2 hours. . If you are interested, you can give it a try. 3. Most tourists will probably not go to Xiamen, but they are quite interesting places: 1. Make tea in the middle of Huwei Mountain, or make tea in Xianyue Mountain: If you bring your own tea, the cost is very low, and each table will charge about 10 yuan for boiling water. fee). It is recommended to bring your own tea, otherwise a brew starts at 30 yuan. Usually several bubbles are taken. Buy some snacks up there. Two people can get it done for a total of 50 yuan; these two places are not far from the city government, and the taxi cost is about 10 yuan; from these two points, you can see the panoramic view of Xiamen from a high place. It's also great at night if there are fireworks. In addition, there is a period of time every year where you can pick your own bayberry on Foxtail (you have to pay to buy the bayberry where the merchant lives, but you can pick it yourself. Children like it the most) 2. Pick your own strawberries on Huandao Road. . (Same as the self-picked bayberry above). But now is probably not the season for strawberries; 3. Wenzeng Road. (The scenery above is very beautiful). There are also Xiamen's City Garden (Meihai Ridge) and strange slopes (visually uphill but actually downhill, and vice versa); 4. Wuyuan Bay: in the east of Xiamen Island. Need to drive yourself. Because if you fight in the past, you won’t be able to fight back. At one end of the Ring Island Road, the scenery is good. There are many delicious restaurants. Most tourists won't go. 5. Dadeng: It is a certain distance from Xiamen and you need to drive by yourself. There are many Taiwanese products (most of them come from Kinmen) 6. If you have the opportunity, you can take Xiamen's BRT during off-peak hours. Hangzhou should also have BRT. But Xiamen’s BRT is in the sky. A few dollars will allow everyone to enjoy the scenery of Xiamen. After 8 o'clock in the evening, you can consider visiting several places. One is Xidi, next to the city hall. There are many cafes there and next to Yuandang Lake, where you can enjoy the night view of Xiamen. You can also sit in a bar near Binlang Road. Sit (this is a bar street); a few other options include going for a stroll on Zhongshan Road (but there is probably nothing to do after 10 o'clock); or the seaside park (there are many cafes and bars on the seaside). If it is summer, you can go to Huandao Road. In summer, dozens of kilometers along the Huandao Road will be filled with parked cars. Everyone can swim, have barbecues, etc. Xiamen Food Guide

The following is divided by region. For tourists, local snacks and seafood are marked with an asterisk below. Gulangyu Island: (1) ★The fish ball stall at No. 183 Longtou Road, 7 fish balls for 5 yuan.

(2) ★Xilinge Sour Plum Soup: No. 1, Jishan Road Tel: 2066388 (3) ★Ye’s Mochi, 1 yuan a piece, very sweet (4) ★Huang Shengji: Dried meat and meat floss, No. 95 Longtou Road T: 2069217 (5) ★Babycat Private Cake House (Babycat has opened 3 stores on Gulangyu Island and one in Xiamen city) Address: No. 143 Longtou Road (near Xinhua Bookstore at Gulangyu Ferry Terminal), Tel: 0592 -2063651 (6) ★Linji Fish Ball Soup ￥5, Address: No. 54, Quanzhou Road (7) ★Marasang Milk Tea: No. 181, Longtou Road, Gulangyu Island (8) ★Zhang Sanfeng Milk Tea, the signature milk tea costs 15 yuan, Longtou Road (9) ★Jinlan Cake Shop: No. 413 Neicuowo Road, Gulangyu Island Tel: 2061492 (10) ★Judy's Café: No. 79 Yongchun Road, Gulangyu Island Tel: 2197468; (11)★ Chujiayuan Cafe: No. 15 Zhonghua Road, Gulangyu Island ( 12) ★Spend Time Cafe: 2nd Floor, Fanpo Building, No. 36 Anhai Road, Gulangyu Island Tel: 2064821 (13) ★Banshake Milk Tea: No. 6 Fujian Road, Gulangyu Island Tel: 8651014; (14) ★Beef Fragrant Restaurant: Gulangyu Faucet No. 175 Road (15) ★Shouji Turtle Cake Shop: No. 31 Haitan Road, Gulangyu Island (16) ★Zhongjie Braised Food: No. 310 Longtou Road, Gulangyu Island;

The old urban area around Zhongshan Road ⒈★ Meat Brown on Zhongshan Road ⒉★ Braised Noodles in Jiushi ⒊★ Datong Duck Porridge ⒋★ Shacha Noodles in Wutang (Minzu Road Soy Sauce Factory): Note that if you go after 1pm, they may be closed. The supply is rationed every day and will be gone once sold out. ⒌★Morning tea and evening tea at Lujiang Hotel ⒍Papaya milk from "Tianlihe" on Zhongshan Road (I have never tasted this, I found it online) ⒎★Taiwanese snack bar at the corner of the ferry "Spring": Coffin Board - Taiwan Famous snacks 8. ★There is an alley next to Li Ning, and an old lady sells spring rolls~ 9. ★To eat authentic shrimp noodles, just go to the first alley in the direction of the ferry in Wu Zaitian and turn left. Recommended shrimp noodles and pig's trotters noodles 10. ★The mochi sold in Jiushi (Ding'an Night Market, intersection, first alley) should also be Gulangyu Ye's mochi 11. ★The first seller on Jukou Street from Zhongshan Road The spring rolls are also great. 12 ★The Yue Hua restaurant across from the Minli Primary School sells sand tea noodles and pork brown rice, especially the sand tea noodles, which are still made by the 80-year-old Yue Hua grandma herself. 13. ★There is a small alley on Zhenbang Road. There is a family in there doing some small business of tea noodles and stew pots. The pig heart pots, black-bone chicken pots, and Muscovy duck pots are all added with unknown medicinal materials, and they taste absolutely good. . 14. ★There is a Yabo restaurant near Siming Cinema. The environment is not very good, but the food is quite unique. Shacha pork skewers, fried bread with a long name, fried rice noodles, etc. are super delicious. 15. ★The Sha Cha Meat Skewers that you can see when you walk out of Jukou Street. Although the price has increased, they are really delicious. 16. ★When walking out of Jukou Street, there is an old couple selling oyster omelette at the foot of the stairs. Many people gather around them every time. 17. ★141 Food Stall: No. 141-154 Kaiyuan Road 0592-2105442 Near Xiamen University: 1. Tao Ranju: Second floor of Puda Plaza, Yanwu Road, opposite the West Gate of Xiamen University. (Sichuan cuisine, specialties include spicy snails, dry-stemmed white meat, spicy skewered rabbit, etc. Special snacks include red bean paste 2. ★Nan Putuo Vegetarian Dishes: In Nanputuo Temple. Representative works include Ludao Famous Pearl, Silk Rain Mushroom Cloud, Nanhai Golden Lotus, etc. 3. Yashe Coffee: No. 29, Nanhua Road. A nostalgic place, like grandma’s old house. It also has delicious garlic pork ribs rice.

Hubin East and South Road: 1. Binbei Qixing Road. The "precious" eight-treasure rice nearby (the stew pot is especially good) is located at No. 165, Shiting Road (there is a city express hotel nearby) 2. ★The Shuyou Seafood Restaurant on Hubin North Road is very large, and the reservation phone number is: 5080675. .

3. ★Sili Shacha Noodles in Hubin Sili Market

4. Chao Fucheng Restaurant: Podium Building of Jianye Building, West Section of Hubin North Road. Flower crab, poached pigeon wings, braised bird's nest with coconut skin, boiled Eastern star spot with Shaoxing vegetables, and the best dried abalone with royal oyster sauce are the restaurant's 5. Xiangxia people's Hunan cuisine restaurant: Hubin North Road Tiyudong Village has four special dishes: Songji spicy crab, Ningxiang flavor snake, appetizing fish head 6. Peony Restaurant in Tiyu East Village, Hubin North Road, reservation phone: 5042666, 5042999. 7. Jiali Seafood Restaurant opposite Fushan, Hubin Nannan Road, phone: 5165555.

8. ★Ginger duck from Shuxiangyuan in Yuhou Beili: No. 245-246, Lianyueli, Siming District (near Yuhou Road) 0592-51246989. ★Boiled octopus and gordon soup at Yazhu Restaurant, Yazhu's - Xiao Bao Lao Rice 10. ★Small Glasses Food Stall: No. 7 Hubin Middle Road 0592-2054568 Hexiang East and West Road: 1. ★Slimei: No. 9-3 Hexiang West Road 2285958 Freezing Point 2. ★Golden Elephant Bay Thai Food : 2387999, 1st Floor, Phase 1, Overseas Chinese Seaview City, Hexiang West 2nd Road. Signature Thai curry crab; 3. Xin Vegetarian Restaurant: 2285366, Phase 1, Hexiang Court, No. 12, Hexiang West Road. Vegetarian dishes 4.★ Beef Mango Ice: Hexiang West Road No. 877 2398708 Specialty frozen snacks 5.★ Small fish food stall: Shop B, No. 22, Houdaixi Road 5808577 (Seafood) Lianhuajiangtou area: 1. Caogentang: Villa No. 26, Lianhua Xianglianli 5131125; 2.★ Both Remember Fried Crab Restaurant: No. 40, Lianxiu Lane, Lianhua Ercun, 5565215 3.★ Taiwan Han Palace Ginger Duck: No. 21, Lingxiang Lane, Lianhua, 5530466 4.★ Tongan Fried Crab: No. 78-80, Dinglu Commercial Street, Lianhua North Road. Huandao Road: 1.★ Jiali Seafood Food Stall: Zengcuo'an 2195777 2. ★ Jiafuyuan Seafood Restaurant: No. 1, Zengcuo'an (near Science and Technology Middle School) 2513900 3. Kowloon Tong Restaurant: No. 49, Huandao Road, Siming District ( Near Hulishan Fort) 2515335 4.★ Achuan Seafood Food Stall, No. 78, Huandao Road, Zengcuo'an (near Wild Seafood Market) 5. ★ Zengji Seafood Stall: Zengcuo'an Lighting Stadium, Huandao Road 6. Harbor City Restaurant: Huandao South Road No. 310 7999999 7. Lei Yue Men Restaurant (Huandao Road Branch): No. 38 Huandao Road (opposite Pearl Bay Software Park) 2565566 Xiamen Travel Guide: Evening to night leisure activities 1. Shopping on Zhongshan Road; 2. Shopping on Hexiang West Road; 3. Shopping in SM; 4. Walking around the island road; 5. Soaking in hot springs in Riyue Valley; 6. Making tea at the middle of Huwei Mountain and enjoying the panoramic view of Xiamen; 7. Xidi Villa Coffee Street (with lake view) 8. Open-air seaside bar in Bay Park ; 9. Betel Nut Bar Street; 10. Tea at Wuyuan Bay; 11. Nanhua Road Coffee Street; 12. Free concerts at Gulangyu Concert Hall; 13. Buy local specialties in large supermarkets; 14. Night view of Garden Boyuan; 15. Swimming; 16. Others. Xiamen Travel Guide & Gulangyu Travel Guide - Xiamen Specialties

I won’t mention the special snacks. There are some above. Here are some that you can buy and take back: 1. Lacquer thread carving: Lacquer thread carving is a symbol of Xiamen with a long history. Unique folk handicrafts. Since the rise of painted sculpture in the Tang Dynasty, lacquer line carving has been used to decorate Buddhist statues. As early as hundreds of years ago, lacquered thread statues were well-known at home and abroad and exported to Southeast Asian countries. Lacquer thread carving uses fine lacquer threads wrapped around a special production method to create various resplendent figures and animal images, especially traditional folk themes such as dragons and phoenixes, unicorns, clouds and water, lotus branches, etc. In the past, lacquer thread carving was mostly limited to wood, lacquer baskets and theatrical props. In recent years, it has developed into a dazzling array of decorations on plates, bottles, stoves and other porcelain and glassware. At present, Xiamen Arts and Crafts Factory combines lacquer line carving with ceramics to create and produce line ceramic works. For example, the line porcelain sculpture "Zheng Chenggong" participated in the National Arts and Crafts Exhibition and was selected to be exhibited in Japan, where it received favorable reviews. Small lacquer thread carving handicrafts are packaged in silk and satin boxes. They are small and exquisite, easy to carry, and are good travel souvenirs and gifts for relatives and friends. However, lacquer thread carving is very expensive, so if you have a limited budget, it is not recommended to buy it; 2. Dried seafood: You can buy it in large supermarkets; 3. Dried longan: In fact, it is produced in many places. If this kind of thing is not produced in your city, you can buy it Some. But now that commerce is very developed, there is no distinction between goods from the north and the south. 4. Gulangyu pie: In addition to the traditional Gulangyu pie, you can also buy babycat pie. 5. Xiamen bead embroidery: Xiamen bead embroidery is a decorative handicraft with a unique artistic style. Known for its novelty, magnificence and dazzling beauty, it has a history of more than 100 years. Xiamen bead embroidery products include bead slippers, bead wall charts, bead embroidery bags and more than 100 varieties. These products are made of shiny, colorful glass beads and electro-optical films, and are embroidered with light colors using traditional craft techniques such as embroidery, flat embroidery, string embroidery, grain embroidery, random stitch embroidery, vertical stitch embroidery, and stacked embroidery. Relief style pattern. The full-bead pattern has a rigorous composition and is tight-knit; the half-bead pattern is elegant, fresh and pleasing to the eye. Pearl embroidery wall pictures such as "Xiamen Sea Wall", "Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge", "Dragon and Phoenix Playing with Pearls", etc. have fresh compositions, soft colors, realistic scenery and clear layers. They have participated in provincial and national arts and crafts exhibitions and were selected as gifts. Gift to international friends. Bead-embroidered slippers feature exquisite embroidery work, generous styles, various varieties, and are comfortable to wear. Some shoe uppers are purely embroidered with glass beads, while others use colored beads to embroider various patterns such as rare birds and flowers on the velvet surface. They are colorful, soft and comfortable, especially when worn at night. Under the light, they sparkle. Brilliant. (I checked this online, but I rarely see bead embroidery in life) 6. Oil paintings: Xiamen is an important oil painting production base in the world. You can buy some very popular oil paintings at Wushipu Oil Painting Village or Zengcuo'an. Great and cheap oil paintings; 7. Tea: But the tourist snacks are ripped off. Like the ones we often drink, we may not be able to tell the actual price (of course, we can distinguish between those who drink 100 yuan and those who drink 500 yuan).

But it’s hard to say between 300 and 400. It is probably more difficult for tourists to tell the difference) 8. Golden floss; 9. Kinmen tribute candy: can be purchased in some specialty stores. Of course, there are also mentioned on the Internet: fish skin peanuts, peanut cakes, Bodhi pills, Qingjin fruit, etc.

Attached: Gulangyu Food Encyclopedia Gulangyu Attractions and Tickets Gulangyu Map Gulangyu Hotel Xiamen Self-guided Tour Itinerary Gulangyu One-to-Two Day Tour Itinerary Xiamen Xiamen University Huandao Road One-Day Tour Jimei Garden Boyuan Riyuegu Tulou Xiamen Map & Transportation