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🔥【Xiamen Walking Tour Guide】Spend 800 RMB per person for 4 days! Local hidden artistic experiences revealed!

🏝️ **Top 5 Must-Visit Spots:**
1️⃣ **Gulangyu Island**: Arrive before 8 AM to avoid crowds! Check out the most beautiful corners + Shuzhuang Garden Piano Museum
2️⃣ **Shapowei**: Artistic shops + graffiti walls + fishing boat dock (perfect for shooting the Twin Towers night view at dusk)
3️⃣ **Botanical Garden**: Rainforest mist time (9:30-11:30 / 14:30-16:30) for a fairy-like atmosphere
4️⃣ **Huangcuo Beach**: The cleanest beach in all of Xiamen! The orange sea at sunrise is breathtaking
5️⃣ **Jimei School Village**: Take the sea metro Line 1 (Gaoqi-Jimei section) to unlock a scene like "Spirited Away"

🍜 **Food Highlights:**
✔️ Bajie Market: Ajie Five-Spice Roll + Yousheng Satay Noodles (fill up for about 20 RMB per person)
✔️ Zhongshan Road: Haoxiang Pork Skewers + 1980 Roasted Meat Zongzi
✔️ Zengcuoan: Axin Thick Toast (avoid the main street, the alleys are more authentic)

🚲 **In-Depth Travel Route:**
**Day 1:** Gulangyu Island (stay overnight on the island and stroll the quiet old streets)
**Day 2:** Bajie Market → Zhongshan Road → Shapowei → Yanwu Bridge Viewing Platform
**Day 3:** Botanical Garden → Bell and Drum Cableway → Huangcuo Beach
**Day 4:** Sea Metro → Jimei School Village → Shigu Road Snack Street

📸 **Photo Hotspots:**
• Gulangyu "Cheng'an Coffee" corner wall (Nordic style street shots)
• Xian Road Flower and Bird Market (buy a bouquet for 9 RMB and shoot vintage-style photos)
• Bay Park "Little Hill" for a sky shot like Studio Ghibli’s

⚠️ **Avoid Pitfalls:**
❗ Buy Gulangyu ferry tickets 3 days in advance! Choose "Xiamen-Gulangyu Pier → Sanqiutian"
❗ Don’t trust taxi drivers’ recommendations for "Kinmen tours"!
❗ Big mangoes are not local; green mangoes dipped in soy sauce are the authentic way to eat

💎 **Hidden Experiences:**
→ Huaxin Road 32HOW Coffee (enjoy hand-brewed coffee in a century-old villa)
→ Old Goods Warehouse (travel back to 1980s Xiamen)
→ Ring Island Road cycling (rent an electric bike for 30 RMB/hour)

🎁 **“Follow us to get the Gulangyu Off-Peak Map! Next issue reveals Xiamen’s lesser-known island and tide-hunting guide…”**

Post by Reed Avery 32 | Jun 8, 2025

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