With some great day trip options available in the surrounding area, renting a car makes good sense. Without one, it’d be much more difficult to experience everything that Xiamen, 30 miles away, has to offer. SM City Xiamen, Wutong Passenger Wharf and Xianyue Park alone make the drive out worthwhile. The locals will also probably point you toward Putian, 50 miles away. If you can only find time for one attraction here, let it be Shishi Yansi Temple. (But we’re also big fans of XiongHui ShiDiao ZhanShiYuan and Ninghai Bridge.)