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Amble Around Gulang Yu
Xiamen saves its best treasures offshore. It's only a matter of miles to the
Taiwan-controlled island of Jinmen, and the overseas connection doesn't finish
there. A short boat trip from Xiamen, Gulang Yu's (
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) colonial-era ar-
chitecture and European layout is a perfect restorative for anyone inured to the
numbing socialist planning of Chinese towns. The island is small and compact
and exploration straightforward, but get your room booked early; it's a popular
bolthole.
