PreeChina · Sight Guide
9 sights within 282 km of Fuzhou. Pick the ones you want and PreeChina can build a private, custom or tailor-made tour around them.
At a Glance
Price
Per person, in US dollars. The price covers the guide, the ground service, and the transport, meals and tickets in the itinerary, and it falls as the group grows. What a price includes and leaves out.
| Travelers | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day trip | USD 305 | USD 220 | USD 185 | USD 175 | USD 160 | USD 155 | USD 145 | USD 135 |
Premium hotels and first-class rail raise the price: the selectors on Private Tours show by how much. The final price is confirmed in writing before anything is booked.
Why These Sights
9 UNESCO World Heritage sights lie within 282 km of central Fuzhou, from Mount Qingyuan (Fujian) at 144 km to Fujian Tulou at 281 km. They are: Mount Qingyuan (Fujian), Kaiyuan Temple (Fujian), Cao'an Manichaean Temple, Fujian Tulou (Hua'an), Chengcun Han City Site, Kulangsu: a Historic International Settlement, Taining Danxia, Mount Wuyi (Jiangxi side), Fujian Tulou.
This page lists the sights and how far each one sits from the city centre. It does not set a length for the trip: your private itinerary decides which sights to combine, the order and the number of days.
The Fuzhou city guide covers the city itself.
Map
The gold marker is central Fuzhou. Numbers run from the closest sight to the farthest.
Sight by Sight
144 km from central Fuzhou, straight line
At the foot of the mountain, Laojun Rock is a seated Laozi carved from a single Song-dynasty stone, the largest surviving Daoist stone statue in China.
147 km from central Fuzhou, straight line
Built by imperial order in the Kaiyuan years of the Tang. It keeps Tang and Song timber buildings and sutra pillars.
164 km from central Fuzhou, straight line
In a small stone house built against the cliff, a Yuan-dynasty statue of Mani, the Buddha of Light, follows the natural colours of the rock itself. Manichaeism died out long ago where it began, and scholars regard it as the only surviving Manichaean temple building in the world.
199 km from central Fuzhou, straight line
The Dadi tulou group. The inner walls of Eryi Lou keep Qing-dynasty paintings and Western clock designs, which makes it one of the most decorated tulou.
208 km from central Fuzhou, straight line
The royal city site of the Minyue kingdom, with walls, palace foundations and drainage system intact. It is a cultural component of the Mount Wuyi World Heritage site.
215 km from central Fuzhou, straight line
A public concession from 1903 to 1943, with consulates of more than ten countries. Southern Fujian, returned-overseas-Chinese and Western building styles overlap on one small island. The island has many pianos and a piano museum, and the island bans motor vehicles.
235 km from central Fuzhou, straight line
A component of the China Danxia World Natural Heritage site, and also a UNESCO World Geopark. Known for gorge-type Danxia and a one-line sky on the water: boats pass through the cliff cracks.
269 km from central Fuzhou, straight line
The Jiangxi side of the Mount Wuyi World Heritage site. Huanggang Mountain is the highest peak on the east China mainland, and macaque troops are common in the hills.
281 km from central Fuzhou, straight line
Listed in 2008. Yongding holds the densest concentration of round and square tulou, with Chengqi Lou and Zhencheng Lou as examples.
Distances
| # | Sight | Type | Straight line |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mount Qingyuan (Fujian) | UNESCO Site | 144 km |
| 2 | Kaiyuan Temple (Fujian) | UNESCO Site | 147 km |
| 3 | Cao'an Manichaean Temple | UNESCO Site | 164 km |
| 4 | Fujian Tulou (Hua'an) | UNESCO Site | 199 km |
| 5 | Chengcun Han City Site | UNESCO Site | 208 km |
| 6 | Kulangsu: a Historic International Settlement | UNESCO Site | 215 km |
| 7 | Taining Danxia | UNESCO Site | 235 km |
| 8 | Mount Wuyi (Jiangxi side) | UNESCO Site | 269 km |
| 9 | Fujian Tulou | UNESCO Site | 281 km |
Straight-line distances from the centre of Fuzhou. Road and rail distances are longer.
Independent Travel
Arranging these 9 stops yourself keeps the budget lower. It also means booking each one and the transfers between them. Compare a private tour with independent travel, or ask PreeChina to plan it.
Custom Tour
This route is a starting point: 1 day and 9 stops. PreeChina plans it as a private, tailor-made trip and changes the stops, the days and the pace to your group.
Questions
This page lists 9, all within 282 km of central Fuzhou in a straight line.
Mount Qingyuan (Fujian), at 144 km from the centre in a straight line.
281 km in a straight line. The road distance is longer.
It depends on which sights you combine. Your private itinerary sets the number of days, the order and the pace with you.
Anyone who wants a slow day. The route links 9 stops, so each visit is short. Tell PreeChina which stops matter most and the others can go.
Explore More
This route is in Fujian. The province page lists its city guides, themes, museums and other routes.
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Tell us when you arrive in Fuzhou, who is travelling and how much time you have. We build the route around your group.
