July 2017

Kulangsu Organ Museum (Eight Diagrams Mansion / Bagua Mansion) (Ba Gua Lou 八卦楼)

The Kulangsu organ museum’s beautiful red dome is visible from across the bay in Xiamen. The museum, housed in the old Bagua Mansion, is one of Kulangsu’s most important tourist...

Yang Family Mansion (Yang Jia Yuan 杨家园)

Around 1913, the Philippine Chinese Yang Zhongquan and Yang Zhongyi purchased and razed an London Missionary Society house and in its place built, one after the other, the four buildings...

Gallery Inn, Shi Wai Tao Yuan (Hua Lang Lü Guan 画廊旅馆,内厝澳)

Halfway up a hill in Nei Cuo Ao, this secluded fairytale bed-and-breakfast in an old stone house is one of the hidden gems of Kulangsu and, for that matter, of...

Wang Hai Yuan Hotel and Café (望海苑)

This simple establishment has one of the most enviable locations in Kulangsu: right on Gang Zai Hou beach, the island’s largest and most frequented, but on a calmer side of...

Naza Hotel (Na Zhai Jiu Dian 那宅酒店)

One of the most luxurious places to stay on the island, this full-service boutique hotel boasts a sunny cafe, a gracious garden, and bright white rooms with baller touches like...