Sha Po Wei: Modern lifestyle in the old fishing port

If you never visit Sha Po Wei before, you may hard to imagine that plenty of young people in Xiamen gather in an old fishing port to relax and have fun in their free time.

Sha Po Wei, which is the first fishing port in the city, is currently the most popular destination after the renovation. Based on the preserving of the whole fishing port, facilities and infrastructures here are further completed to make it more convenient for visitors to explore the fishing port. Moreover, more than one hundred stores are invited to start their business here, mainly including creative cafés, restaurants and pubs, which attract lots of young people to come.

Many cafés are operated in Sha Po Wei: from Sohu

Convenient facilities and infrastructures for exploring the fishing port

Before the renovation, it is quite hard to explore this traditional fishing port. The dirty, muddy, messy and smelly environment keeps visitors away. After the renovation, a pedestrian path is constructed aside the port, which enables visitors to ramble on the path to enjoy the excellent view of the fishing port and explore the traditional architectures aside. Furthermore, the viewing platform is extended from the port to the sea, which offers visitors the great experience to enjoy the seascape.

The viewing platform is extended from the port to the sea: from LANFW

Various creative stores in Sha Po Wei

However, for most of young people in the city, they come to Sha Po Wei for exploring the various creative stores, instead of enjoying the view of the fishing port. With innovative and creative decorations, the restaurants and cafés here never fail to attract young people to wait in line. Furthermore, many restaurants and cafés can be found in the twin towers near the port, which is the highest building in Xiamen. It is an amazing experience for customers to enjoy the view of the whole city when having the meals. Besides, plenty of cinemas, pubs and even shooting clubs can also be found here, which enables young people to release the daily stress.

Many creative restaurants and cafés can be found in the twin towers near the port

In brief, if you don’t know where to go in the city, it will be a nice choice for you to spend a day on exploring Sha Po Wei.