Gallery Inn, Gu Yi (Hua Lang Lü Guan, Gu Yi Dian 画廊旅馆, 故驿店)
This special, relatively isolated bed-and-breakfast and café has a garden uphill from the new Kulangsu Gallery of Foreign Artifacts from the Palace Museum Collection (Gu Lang Yu Wai Guo Wen Wu Bo Wu Guan 鼓浪屿外国文物博物馆). Because of its elevated location, the space gets terrific sunlight. On a beautiful day, you may be tempted to hang […]
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 that form the present complex. It is a hotel now with a beautiful garden. Address: Road, Gulangyu Island, Siming District, Xiamen City, China 大约在1913年，菲旅华人杨忠权和杨忠懿兄弟向英国长老会购得旧房一栋，并将其推倒重建了四栋别墅，也就是我们现在看到的“杨家园”。目前是一个带有美丽大花园的酒店。 地址：厦门市思明区鼓浪屿安海路4号
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 anywhere at all. You might expect to see nymphs and satyrs runinng along the pathways up a forested hill in the magical backyard garden, where […]
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 it, not far from Guan Hai Yuan Harbor. The café on the ground floor is worthy place for an air-conditioned beach break, whether it’s for […]
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 circular beds. The best room is a suite with a jacuzzi bath in a bathroom of floor-to-ceiling windows lording over a small town square. There’s […]