Xiamen, the Egret Island, is China at its most easygoing — a clean subtropical port city where the University campus meets the beach, a seaside express lane is made for bicycles, and the whole middle-aged story of the Maritime Silk Road, treaty ports and overseas Chinese money is written in red-brick arcades. The celebrated island of Gulangyu has its own handbook; this one covers the city that faces it across the strait.
The full handbook is part of the paid series
You have read the free preview — the introduction and the route map. The complete handbook adds the day-by-day plan, tickets and transport, culture and etiquette, food, useful Chinese, and the dated source list.