When is Gulangyu the best time to travel?

Best season: March-May and September-10 are the best travel time. The overall temperature of Gulangyu Island is mild, and flowers and trees flourish all year round. The temperature in Gulangyu Island is pleasant in spring, and it is also rainy season, so you should prepare rain gear when traveling. Summer is the tourist season, with high temperature, blue sky, green water and misty white clouds. This time is the best time to go to the seaside. Autumn is the tea-picking season, and you can enjoy a slow life in Gulangyu, but August-September is a typhoon period, and the boats at the seaside have stopped, so it is difficult to enjoy the sea view. In winter, the plants of Gulangyu Island are evergreen all the year round, the flowers are open and the scenery is not inferior. But the sea is too cold to go into the water, and there is still some chill without heating indoors.

Gulangyu Island is located in the southwest corner of Xiamen Island, 600 meters away from the Lujiang River in Xiamen, which can be reached by ferry for 5 minutes. The climate on the island is pleasant, with four seasons like spring, and there is no noise of horses and chariots, birds and flowers, so it is known as the "sea garden". There are many buildings with different architectural styles at home and abroad, including traditional temples with upturned cornices in China, small and exquisite Japanese houses, consulates of former western countries with European style in the19th century, and they are known as "World Architecture Exposition". Gulangyu Island is also the hometown of a large number of talented musicians. Piano density ranks first in China, and it is also known as "piano island" and "hometown of music". Gulangyu Island was originally a quiet island with simple folk customs, and its slow life and freshness attracted Chinese and foreign tourists. Gulangyu Island was originally named Yuanzhazhou and Yuanzhouzai. Because there is a sea cave in the southwest of the sea, it is hit by waves and sounds like drums. Yahua became its current name in the Ming Dynasty. The main attractions are Sunlight Rock, Lu Manor, Hao Yueyuan, Yuyuan Garden, Gulangyu Stone, Gulangyu Piano Museum, Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall, Xiamen Underwater World and Natural Bathing Beach, and the structure of a paradise on the sea.

Arrival and departure: Gulangyu Island is located in the southwest corner of Xiamen Island, facing Xiamen across the sea, just across a 600-meter-wide Lujiang River, which can be reached by ferry in 5 minutes. Foreign tourists can first arrive in Xiamen by plane, train or car, then transfer to the ferry terminal by car or taxi, and then take the ferry from here to the beautiful Gulangyu Island.

Type of scenic spot: seaside

Best season: March-May and September-10 are the best travel time. The overall temperature of Gulangyu Island is mild, and flowers and trees flourish all year round. The temperature in Gulangyu Island is pleasant in spring, and it is also rainy season, so you should prepare rain gear when traveling. Summer is the tourist season, with high temperature, blue sky, green water and misty white clouds. This time is the best time to go to the seaside. Autumn is the tea-picking season, and you can enjoy a slow life in Gulangyu, but August-September is a typhoon period, and the boats at the seaside have stopped, so it is difficult to enjoy the sea view. In winter, the plants of Gulangyu Island are evergreen all the year round, the flowers are open and the scenery is not inferior. But the sea is too cold to go into the water, and there is still some chill without heating indoors.

Suggested play: 1-2 days

Tickets: tickets to the island: foreign tourists 35 yuan, from Du Dong to the island (after 5: 30 pm, you can take the ferry to the island); Local tourists still take the ferry to the island with valid certificates such as ID card, temporary residence permit and medical insurance card, and the fare is 8 yuan. Ticket information of the core scenic spots in the scenic spot: Sun Guangyan: 60 yuan/person; Xinzhuang Garden (including Piano Museum): 30 yuan/person; Hao Yueyuan: 15 yuan/person; Government Museum: 20 yuan/person; International lettering hall: 10 yuan/person. Gulangyu core scenic spot package (above five scenic spots package): 100 yuan/person.

Opening hours: all day

Address: Siming District, Xiamen, Fujian