Xiamen is a beautiful coastal city in China. It is famous for its eye-catching islands and comfortable living environments. The long coastline scenery, European style architecture, continental-flavour food, as well as the sophisticated living style add beauty to the city，thus attracting lots of visitors who want a place to relax and enjoy themselves.
Gualangyu Island in Xiamen
There are a lot of famous scenic spots in Xiamen, like Gulangyu Island, South Putuo Temple, Shuzhuang Garden, Piano Museum, and Sunlight Rock. Among them the most popular one is Gulangyu Island, which is famous for its historical architectures, relics with long history, and beautiful scenery. Besides, motorbikes are forbidden on the island. Sunlight Rock is the highest spot in Xiamen. When visitors get to the top of it, they are able to read poems on the rock which were written about 400 years ago.
If we say that Xiamen is a costal city where we can find a lot of cafes on the streets, beautiful gardens, and resorts for leisure, then on the other side of the country, there is a place which is totally different from Xiamen. The name of the place is Tibet, which is located on the highest plateau of the world. There are many lakes, monasteries, and silver mountains in Tibet. The sky there is very clean. Visitors can also see a lot of colourful prayer flags and yaks in Tibet.
Xiamen and Tibet are both charming places, showing their own beauty to the world in two totally different ways. At the end of the land in Xiamen, what you can see is sea. While at the end of water in Tibet, you will feel you are in the heaven. People often go to Tibet for enriching their mentality, cleaning their soul, and calming themselves down. Tibet is totally different from Xiamen in terms of landform. So for people from Xiamen, they will have a completely new but nice experience in Tibet.
People from Xiamen can’t get to Tibet without transferring buses, trains or flights, as there is no non-stop means of transport between the two places. They can transfer buses, trains or flights at transfer stations like Guangzhou, Chengdu, Xi’an, Zhengzhou, and Wuchang. With this piece of information, now let’s have a look at the advice of getting to Tibet from Xiamen.
Section 1： Xiamen to Guangzhou
By Train:
The train ticket fares change over various factors like time and months. The prices of "seat" for the trains whose numbers begin with "D" or "G" are the first class prices.
Section 2: Guangzhou to Tibet
Visitors can enjoy amazing sightseeing through the windows of trains all the way, so taking trains is always the most popular means of transportation to get to Tibet. The railway line to Tibet is called Qinghai-Tibet railway. The railway runs through the highest-altitude place in the world and it takes long time to get to the destination, so people have to overcome the altitude sickness when they take the train. And they are willing to suffer that because they want to see the amazing sightseeing in Tibet.
The ticket fares change over various factors. There are trains from Guangzhou to Tibet every day. Facilities like medical help and oxygen tanks (for high altitude problems), canteen, TV, charging points, AC, and adequate washrooms are available on the trains.
The best part of this route is when people take trains from Guangzhou to Lhasa. After taking trains from Xiamen to Guangzhou, people might get tired and feel it hard to take the train to Tibet from Guangzhou without any relax. So it is better for them to take a rest in Guangzhou for a day. They can use the time to buy some food and necessities for the trip to Tibet. As people might get altitude sickness when the altitude gets higher and higher, it is necessary for people to get some medicine from doctors in advance.
Section 1: Xiamen to Chengdu (2,053 km)
By flight:
Taking flight is the fastest way to get to Chengdu from Xiamen. There are both layover and non-stop flights between the two cities every day. The ticket fare is around CNY 2000. But the fares can change over many factors like time, months, and the websites you book the tickets. There are 13 flights from Xiamen to Chengdu every day. The flights with best discount and punctuality rate are:
Section 2: Chengdu to Lhasa
By train:
As is mentioned before, taking trains to get to Tibet is the most romantic, picturesque and adventurous way.
It is best to take a non-stop flight to Chengdu at first and then get to Tibet by trains. Even though there are flights to Tibet, train is still the best way to get there. One reason is that people can enjoy the beautiful scenery all the way on the train. The other reason is about altitude. When people take a plane to Tibet, altitude changes so quickly that they can’t adjust themselves to the change, so they will easily get altitude sickness. Even though people will also get altitude sickness when they take trains to Tibet, the situation is less severe because of slower altitude changes.
Section 1: Xiamen to Xi’an (1,836km)
By flight:
There are both non-stop and layover flights from Xiamen to Xi’an. The fare is around CNY 2,000 and it changes over various factors like time of booking, the websites you book the tickets, and seat classes etc. There are 16 flights from Xiamen to Xian every day. The flights with best discount and punctuality rate are:
By train:
Section 2: Xian-Tibet
As what is discussed before, taking train is the best way to get to Tibet. The magical experience of staying on the Qinghai-Tibet railway is second to none in the world. Even if it takes long time to get there by train, experience on the train is pretty comfortable as all the facilities to make passengers comfortable are available on the train.
It is best to take a flight to Xi’an at first and then take a train to Tibet. The train to Tibet is also a time-consuming journey, but you will find every second on the train and every penny spent worth. While taking the train, you can see a lot of scenery like Qarhan Salt Lake, Jinyintan Prairie, Qinghai Lake, Kunlun Mountains, Tanggula Mountains, and some other eye-catching spots. The picture-like scenery are so beautiful that you may feel your breath is taken away.
People must consult a doctor before they start the journey. Most of the travelers can easily get altitude sickness because of the high altitude in Tibet. So it is important to ask doctors for some prescribed medicines in advance. It would be better to buy small oxygen tanks from stores before getting on the trains to Tibet. Although they are offered on the trains, it is never bad to keep some extra oxygen tanks.
Even though food is provided on the train, people can buy some snacks and instant noodles before they start the journey in case they don’t like the food on the train. Another reason to do so is that the food on the train is a little expensive.
Here are some suggestions for you to get to Tibet from Xiamen. If you want to save time, you can choose flights; and if you want to save money, you can choose buses or trains. So which route should be chosen depends on what you want to save.
No matter what kind of transport you choose, don’t forget to get your Tibet Travel Permit or Tibet Visa before you go to Tibet. If you don’t know what to do, just come to our agency and our travel consultants will help you get all the things done.
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