Living near Xiamen University, you can have a taste of Chinese campus life. Xiamen University is not far from the South Putuo Temple. There are many café bars near the university.

Living along the Island Ring Road, you may choose sea view rooms where you can have the gorgeous view of the sea. The price must be high, but the view is totally worth the price. There is a famous hotel called Café Hotel Under a Banyan Tree which have a huge banyan tree in the yard and provide 15 fascinating rooms with different themes such as ‘the rainbow world’.

In fact, among all the choices, living in the household-owned hotels in the Gulangyu Islet is the most romantic and most popular choice. Generally transformed from old villas, these household-owned hotels are delicately designed and each has unique styles. Some of the hotels provide sea view rooms. In the evening, visitors can walk outside and experience the evening life of Xiamen people. I bet living in this kind of hotel can be a memorable experience.

Now let’s see two of the most famous household-owned hotels. Naza hotel is regarded the most beautiful castle in the islet. The building is very elegant as it looks like a diamond from every angle. Xilinge Café Hotel is a beautiful British-style hotel with British corridors and a very large yard.

Be noted that there are so many visitors in the Gulangyu Islet that visitors who want to live here had better book a hotel beforehand.