Best Hotel in Xiamen, for Business or Pleasure
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 8/6/09
Xiamen seems to have a lot of hotels now, but we're glad we stayed at the Millennium Harbourview Hotel. The rooms were spacious and spotless, the service was professional and personal, the food was great (I'd stay there just for the food!). The hotel is elegant but not stuffy; one feels at home wandering its lobby, shops, cafe or bar. And it has the best location for either business or pleasure. It's only a short stroll to the main street, or to Gulangyu Islet, and with the island's new roads and tunnels, no place on the island is more than half an hour away.
The best thing though is the Millennium's personable service from everyone on staff. It is as if they are all trained as concierges, ready to stop and give advice, directions, help--or suggestions for what to see and do on the island. This is a big boon for someone with limited Chinese who knows little about Xiamen--like many of the friends who have stayed there with me.
Xiamen has many 5-star hotels, but Millennium is my favorite, a great place to stay, dine, and after a long hard day of negotiating with the locals, to let my hair down (what little I have left). Thanks Millennium. I look forward to my next stay (and my next Millennium breakfast!).