Southern Fujian, Meizhou, and Tulou · 7 days

Swiss Grand Xiamen stands beside the Lujiang waterfront, looking across to Gulangyu and offering convenient access to Zhongshan Road, the ferry terminals, and the old city. It is more than an overnight stop: the harbour traffic by day and lights across the water after dark introduce Xiamen's character as a port city. The itinerary uses Ctrip's five-diamond hotel category; the final hotel, room, and benefits depend on availability and the confirmed agreement.

Crowne Plaza Quanzhou Riverside occupies a modern waterfront setting beside the Jin River and serves as the reference base for Quanzhou's old city, airport, and coastal sites. The final hotel standard, facilities, breakfast, and room type depend on availability and the confirmed agreement.

Meiyu Chaoyin lies on northern Meizhou Island, where weathering, wave erosion, and tides have carved grooves, caves, and layered forms into the granite coast. ' Its distinctive soundscape and sea-eroded geology record the island's long formation under ocean forces.

The Mazu Ancestral Temple is the birthplace and spiritual centre of Mazu belief. Tradition identifies Mazu as Lin Mo, a woman of Song-dynasty Meizhou Island revered for protecting sailors and rescuing people at sea. The hillside temple complex records how her worship travelled through maritime trade and Chinese migration, while Mazu belief and customs are now inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Sufeng Mountain rises directly from Dongshan Island's eastern coast toward the Taiwan Strait. Granite slopes, cliffs, bays, offshore rocks, and wind-power structures form a broad mountain-and-sea landscape, while the road follows the changing elevation between land and water. The setting captures how granite geology, monsoon weather, and island settlement have shaped Dongshan's coast.

Nanmen Bay curves around the southern edge of Tongling on Dongshan Island. Colourful hillside homes, the fishing harbour, seawall, and old streets create a layered coastal settlement. Once an everyday shoreline for boats, fishing, and trade, it still preserves the close spatial relationship between the old town and the sea, making the bay a record of Dongshan's long maritime way of life.

Nanputuo Temple traces its history to the Tang dynasty and grew through successive periods of rebuilding into one of southern Fujian's important Buddhist temples. Its name refers to its position south of Mount Putuo and to its devotion to Guanyin. The Heavenly Kings Hall, Mahavira Hall, Great Compassion Hall, southern Fujian rooflines, stone carvings, old trees, and layered courtyards rise against Wulao Peak, preserving a long continuity of Buddhist culture in Xiamen.

Xiamen's Island Ring Road follows the southeastern coast, linking beaches, bays, rocky shores, boardwalks, and public waterfront spaces. It reflects Xiamen's evolution from a port into a modern city that places the coast at the centre of everyday life. The Taiwan Strait, coastal greenery, and urban skyline together form one of the clearest expressions of Xiamen's mountain-and-sea identity.