Private Day Tour of Quanzhou City Highlights Sightseeing with Snacks

9 hours Free cancellation Private tour

Quanzhou Kaiyuan Temple — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

Private Day Tour of Quanzhou City Highlights Sightseeing with Snacks, photo 2 — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

Quanzhou was once a city of great cultural and religious diversity. It was the starting point of the famous Maritime Silk Road, the largest port city in the entire world, and now a major industrial power point for modern day China. Save time without compromising on experience on this door-to-door private guided tour that covers Quanzhou highlights and local snack experience.

See multiple historic highlights of Quanzhou in a day

A private tour means direct access to your guide for questions

Enjoy local food: Zongzi(Traditional Chinese rice-pudding), Siguotang(Four fruit soup), or Chunjuan(Spring roll)

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At a glance

Duration: 9 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: Korean, Chinese, Japanese, English
Operated by: China Memory Trip

Ages: Infants (0–2 years) · Adults (3–99 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Hotel pickup and drop-off
Included: Local Style Lunch
Included: Private guide
Included: Bottled water
Included: Admission tickets
Included: Transport by private vehicle

Not included

Not included: Gratuities

Itinerary

Kaiyuan Monastery

1 h 30 min Admission included

Your professional privater guide will pick you up at your Xiamen hotel, and then take a 1.5-hour scenic drive to Quanzhou, one of the most famous historical and cultural cities in China.

Upon arrival, you will be led to Kaiyuan Temple, one of China's largest and most important Buddhist temple, and the nearby East & West Pagoda, said to be the best preserved stone pagodas in China.
Qingjing Mosque

one hour Admission included

Before heading to Qingjing Mosque, stop nearby at West and East Street(Dongxijie), the Old Quarter’s most popular street food haunts to sample snacks such as Zongzi(Traditional Chinese rice-pudding), Siguotang(Four fruit soup), or Chunjuan(Spring roll).

Finish off your gastronomic, go ahead to Qingjing Mosque. Qingjing Mosque is the oldest Mosque in China and rated as one of the top ten Muslim holy sites of the world.
Tonghuai Temple of Guan Yu and Yue Fei

40 min Admission included

Continue sightseeing to Guandi Temple, dedicated to two Chinese generals, Guan Yu and Yue Fe, this temple is a hive of activity all day and well into the evening. You will see locals praying, offering incense and burning special paper money for their ancestors to spend in the afterlife in a large pagoda decorated with some skillfully crafted carvings.
Quanzhou Maritime Museum

one hour Admission included

Then visit Quanzhou Maritime Museum which is an ideal place for tourists to have a panorama view of trading history of Quanzhou and the development of Chinese shipbuilding.

After the tour, transfer back to Xiamen.