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Xiamen, China
6 places worth your time in Xiamen, with what each is actually like and when to go.
A car-free island of colonial villas and pianos, UNESCO-listed, five minutes by ferry.
A Tang-founded Buddhist temple against a hillside, beside the university, with a good vegetarian restaurant.
Widely called China's most beautiful campus, with lakes, colonial buildings and a beach.
A former fishing village turned dense lane of guesthouses, street food and small shops.
A Qing coastal battery with the largest surviving 19th-century coastal gun in the world.
Circular Hakka earth buildings inland, UNESCO-listed and a long but worthwhile day trip.
