Quanzhou

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Quanzhou (泉州) is a coastal city just North of Xiamen in Fujian Province China.

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Understand

The city was once the Eastern terminus of the Maritime Silk Road and home to a large international community, mostly Arabs but also including Persians, Indians and others.

Marco Polo sailed home from Quanzhou. He described it as the world's second busiest port, after Alexandria.

Get in

There are busses from Xiamen or Fuzhou.

Get around

See

Do

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Get out

External links

Mystic Quanzhou

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