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Traffic tips: Take the urban bus from the airport to the city. After leaving the airport, go west for about 3-5 minutes and you will arrive. It costs 6 yuan per person and takes bus No. 27, 37, or 41. However, from the terminal to the bus

There is a distance by taxi. The starting price for Xiamen taxis is 8 yuan. When you finally pay, you need to add 1 yuan more to the amount shown on the meter. This is the fuel surcharge stipulated by the government. From the airport to Xiamen Ferry Terminal, the taxi route

There are generally two types: Shugang Route (this route costs about 40 yuan, and it takes about 20 minutes when there is no traffic jam); and Island Ring Route (this route costs about 70 yuan, and it takes about 30 minutes when there is no traffic jam, and this route is more scenic)

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The ship between Xiamen and Gulangyu Island is operated by a large ship during the day. It is free for a large ship to go from Xiamen to Gulangyu Island. There is a fee for returning from Gulangyu Island to Xiamen. That is to say, the one-way fee is 8 yuan/person.

But no matter whether you are going or returning, you need to pay 1 yuan to get on the second floor of the big ship, and the journey only takes a few minutes.

Most buses have 1 yuan coins, which can be exchanged for a large amount of 1 yuan before traveling, which is convenient for use.

Take the ferry to Gulangyu Island, which leaves every ten minutes. Choose the ferry instead of the cruise ship. The outbound trip is free, and you can buy a ticket for the return trip, which costs 8 yuan.

There are three terminals: Ferry Pier, Sanqiutian Pier and Gulang Villa. It is recommended to disembark at Sanqiutian Pier.

When buying tickets, you have to distinguish between transition (8 yuan) or island tour (15 yuan). The ticket sellers will basically not take the initiative to remind you.

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Xiamen Attractions 1, Gulangyu Island 1) Lujiang Night: On Yanping Road from the ferry terminal to Sanqiutian Pier, there is a row of chairs lined up against the seaside. There are about dozens of chairs, each one more than ten meters apart, facing the opposite side of Xiamen's most popular tourist attractions.

The bustling Zhongshan Road area.

Opposite is a field of bright lights, with the sea breeze blowing in the middle, and here are people in a daze and occasional whispers.

The Pizza Hut on the top floor is said to be the best place in Xiamen to see the night view of Gulangyu Island.

2) Longtou Road: Longtou Road is the most prosperous place on Gulangyu Island. The prosperity here during the day belongs to tourists, and the prosperity here after dusk belongs to the residents of the island.

More than 80% of the shops on the island are concentrated here. One type is opened for tourists, buying the same authentic Gulangyu pie and golden-flavored meat floss; the other is opened for island residents, such as various snack bars.

, bookstore, post office, vegetable market.

3) Haoyue Garden is located on the Fudingyan seashore in the east of Gulangyu Island. It covers an area of ??30,000 square meters and spreads along the shore of Lujiang River. It is a garden spread out with seaside beaches, rocks, green trees and pavilions.

Founded in 1985, the garden is named "Haoyue Garden" after the poem "I can't sleep thinking of you, the bright moon shines through the plain curtains" in "The Collection of Two Kings of Yanping".

There is a giant bronze statue of Zheng Chenggong and his generals in the park, which is 13.7 meters long, 4.7 meters high and consumes 18 tons of copper.

4) Shuzhuang Garden is located on the southeast coast of Gulangyu Island and was built in 1913.

It was originally the private garden of Lin Erjia, a wealthy Taiwanese businessman.

In 1956, the garden owner's relatives dedicated the garden to the country.

Shuzhuang Garden is backed by Huangyan Rock, facing the sea, adjacent to Guanhai Garden to the east, and to the west overlooking Hong Kong Aberdeen.

The whole garden is divided into two parts: Zanghai Garden and Bushan Garden, each with five sceneries.

The five scenic spots in Zanghai are Meishoutang, Renqiu Pavilion, Zhenshu Pavilion, Forty-four Bridges, and Zhaoliang Pavilion; the five scenic spots in Bushan are Stone Mountain House, Twelve Cave Sky, Yiaiwu Lu, Tingchao Tower, and Xiaolan Pavilion.

5) Sunlight Rock is the leading attraction on Gulangyu Island, including Sunlight Rock and Qinyuan.

A huge boulder with a diameter of more than 40 meters stands at the top of Sunlight Rock and has become a symbol of Xiamen.

When the national hero Zheng Chenggong regained Taiwan, he stationed troops here, leaving behind many touching legends.

The scenic area is full of strange rocks, natural caves, waves crashing on the shore, lush trees and blooming flowers, and is full of subtropical romance.

It has the scenic spots of "One Piece of Tiles", "Lujiang Dragon Cave", "Ancient Summer Cave", "Longtou Mountain Village", "Shui Cao Platform" and "100-meter High Platform".

Literati from past dynasties have carved many inscriptions on the rocks, adding an ancient style to the famous rock.

Climb the ladder to the top and have a panoramic view of Gulangyu Island, Xiamen, Dadan and Xiaodan Islands.

Qinyuan is connected to Sunlight Rock through a cable car. It mainly features modern entertainment projects, such as "Bird Garden", "Cinema", "Heroes Garden", etc., and forms an organic combination of movement and stillness, modernity and ancient times with the natural landscape of Sunlight Rock.

The scenic spot pays attention to environmental protection. In December 1999, it passed the ISO14001 standard and became the first national scenic spot in the country to pass this standard.

6) Underwater World: After the ferry lands, turn right and not far away, you can see a bronze sculpture of a giant octopus, which is the entrance to the underwater world. However, it seems that the underwater worlds across the country are similar. Here is the world's largest sperm whale captured from Xiamen waters.

Friends who are interested and have never been to Sea World can take a look.

7) Xiamen Museum: If you stand at any high place in Xiamen city.

At a glance, you can see that Gulangyu Island has two outstanding symbols: the Sunlight Rock standing on the first peak of the Lujiang River and the Bagua Tower overlooking the Xiagu Strait. The original owner of the Bagua Tower, Lin Heshou, was the son of Lin Erjia, the original owner of Shuzhuang Garden.

Cousin, it was built in 1907 and is now the Xiamen Museum.

Because the round red roof of the building is unique and has the shape of Bagua, it is called Bagua Tower.