Quanzhou-Xiamen-Yongding 6 days and 5 nights self-driving, 100,000 steps to visit and eat in southern Fujian

I was discouraged from going to Hainan and Yunnan during the Spring Festival because the ticket prices had skyrocketed before the flights took off. Although southern Fujian is not as warm as the other two southern regions, its great transportation and chain hotels have unbeatable value for money. 👩🏻My teammates said they have been coveting the snacks in southern Fujian for a long time, so let's go and try them. 👨🏻I am eager to visit the cities and villages in southern Fujian, so let's go and have a look. So the shopping and eating duo hit it off and set off! 🚉Transportation strategy: 🚗🚗🚗Rent a car from Quanzhou and drive the whole trip (originally planned to return the car in Xiamen in advance, but the cost was even less cost-effective). [Tricycle][Tricycle][Tricycle]I don't know if it's because of the Chinese New Year that you can ride the little white cars in Quanzhou Ancient City for free, but the roads are crowded and narrow, so saving your legs may not necessarily save you time. [Cruise][Cruise][Cruise]The round-trip ferry time of Gulangyu Island is asymmetrical with the pier. You can grab the ferry ticket on the mini program in advance (10 days) during holidays (no need to buy a return ticket) and arrive at the pier 20-30 minutes in advance. [RoundNails] Quanzhou 1 day + 2×0.5 days [RoundNails] Xiamen 1 day + 2×0.5 days [RoundNails] Yongding Tulou 2×0.5 days [4:00] DAY1: Quanzhou Jinjiang International Airport → Luojia Temple → Subai Yun Hotel (Quanzhou West Street Kaiyuan Temple Branch) [○] Luojia Temple: Not far from the airport, there is still some time before dark to see the temple and the beach reefs in the same frame. It was cloudy and drizzled, and there was a lot of garbage around. It was a little different from what I expected. The fist mother on the stall unexpectedly became the first snack of this trip. 🏨Subaiyun Hotel: Although the facilities are old and the rooms are not big, the free parking lot🅿️ is an absolute advantage [Clapping], and it is not far from Kaiyuan Temple on West Street, which is just the starting point for the next ancient city loop. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 🌟From the local Mazu of Tianhou Temple to the exotic style of Qingjing Mosque, each temple is complemented by various towering trees. The incense of Guanyue Temple is really prosperous🔥. It is the fifth day of the first lunar month to welcome the God of Wealth. Maybe I don’t know which god to worship. It’s always right to worship Guan Erye [Chin] ✅Shigu Road Snack Street: Yilai Hotel is very close to the nearby check-in points (but there is no parking lot [FrightenUU]), but on the snack street, order a fried oyster and a few skewers of barbecue and some fruits. My teammates have a special liking for passion fruit pickled fruit slices. I think the new thing of fire ginseng fruit is also good. [9:00]DAY3: Jimei School Village → Fujian Tulou Yongding Scenic Area Chuxi Tulou Ancient Village [Pushpin] 『Jimei Loop』 Elai Boutique Hotel (Xiamen Jimei School Village Subway Station) → Jimei School Village (door number) → Dragon Boat Pond → Daonan Building → Jimei Middle School-Nanxun Building → Jiageng Park → Good Taste Fried Crab Restaurant (Jimei Jiyuan Branch) → Elai Boutique Hotel (Xiamen Jimei School Village Subway Station) 🌟My own school is a school, and other people's schools are scenery. Walking past the school gate and the wall, I guarded a quiet place during the holiday. It's a pity that the seaside park on a cloudy day is still a bit lacking. 🍽Food recommendations: Because we took a detour to the Fried Crab Restaurant, in addition to the fried crab, the double yolk roll seaweed rice and oysters were also amazing! ✅Chuxi Tulou Group: A little remote but you can go up to the building and live in the Tulou. Except for the largest Jiqing Building which has business hours, the other Tulou are all residential buildings. [HandsUp] The left hand has firewood, rice, oil and salt, the right hand has big fish and crabapple. When the lanterns are lit in the evening, the atmosphere is full [100] 👍Accommodation recommendation: Longyan Chuxi Tulou Yuqinglou Inn You can drive all the way to the parking lot opposite the Tulou, but it is really great to carry the [Trunk] up and down the stairs across the stream to find the inn. 🌟The next day, the sun was bright and the Tulou looked brand new again. The inn was simple, but the most worthwhile thing about staying in the Tulou was that you could enjoy the entire viewing platform and Jiqing Tower in the morning. You could do aerobic exercise on an empty stomach just to catch up with the golden light of the sun at [Eight] in the morning [Sun] [8:00]DAY4: Longyan Chuxi Tulou Yuqinglou Inn → Hanting Hotel (Xiamen Zhongshan Road Pedestrian Street Botanical Garden) → Xiamen Botanical Garden → Shapowei → Yanwu Bridge Viewing Platform "Special thanks" to Hippo classmate's lunch at Hei Ming Restaurant (Bailuzhou Branch) 📝Note tips: The hotel is very close to the botanical garden and the room facilities are also good, but I was careless again🅿️. The hotel recommends that you be careful when entering the temporary parking lot opposite (I still feel a little bit cheated), and the Youth Palace a little further away is 30/day and it's really delicious. ✅Xiamen Botanical Garden: We still have a bit of a scenic physique [Chin], and we have the best sunshine on the two days when we need it most. ⏳Time was limited, so I entered from the west gate and went straight to the rainforest area and succulent area. Although there were a lot of people, it did not hinder the taking of photos at all. [Heart] The rainforest is ethereal and the succulents are ready to move. The plant system is really healing. 📝Note tips: The winter spray opening hours of the rain forest area are from 2pm to 4pm (9am to 11am) ✅Shapowei: I took a shared bike to Shapowei to see Xiamen's arcades and fishing port, but I couldn't find the return point [FrightenUU] and rode all the way to Mao Street, which was not in the plan. I found that two people, one yellow and one blue, returned the bikes at different points [Split]. After a lot of trouble, I finally got back to the old street. I had ice cream, taro buns, fish balls, satay and skewers, and I didn't miss anything for the day. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 📖There is still some time left for the museums in the city. The Maritime Museum is not very big. Its main contents are shipbuilding and religion. The various ship models are still very spectacular. At the end of the trip, I took a superficial cultural lesson to reacquaint myself with the Song and Yuan commercial center that was mentioned in history textbooks. I also learned its new name. ------- You can’t finish visiting Citong Port, You can’t finish visiting the scenery of Ludao Island, See you later!