Xiamen, China Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

XIAMEN , traditionally known in the West as Amoy , is smaller and much prettier than the provincial capital Fuzhou, and offers a lot more to see, its streets and buildings, attractive shopping arcades and bustling seafront boasting a nineteenth-century European flavour. One of China's most tourist-friendly cities, Xiamen is in addition the cleanest and, perhaps, most tastefully renovated city you'll see anywhere in the country, giving it the feel of a holiday resort, despite the occasional seedy, fishy backstreet. Compounding the resort atmosphere is the wonderful little island of Gulangyu , a … more »