Charming Xiamen
Tegoo hotel lies in Lujiang Road, the prosperous commercial and tourist canter of Xiamen City. It near the Zhongshan Road Pedestrian Avenue and overlooks the beautiful scenery of Gulangyu Island. The famous Xiamen University, Nanputuo Temple with a long glorious history and Island-Ring Road with beautiful landscape is an inch distant.
Xiamen is located in Southeast China, facing Taiwan Island to the east across Taiwan Strait. On the western coast of the vast Pacific there lies a place that miraculously blends local folk traditions, naturalized landscape and evolving modern urbanity. This is Xiamen, a city of gardens and contrasts. Xiamen won "Nations in Bloom 2002" award for its most livable environment.
Gulangyu Island
Gulangyu Island, a small island in southwestern Xiamen, covers an area of 1.78 square kilometers, and is known as the Garden on the Sea. It is surrounded by the sea, and has beautiful landscape. In 1988, it was listed as one of the state-level scenic spots. It is the only "on-foot" island because there are no vehicles. Many residents on the island are music fans and play musical instruments, and many Chinese-famous musicians were born here; hence its name the Island of Music. Because of the special period of history, the buildings on the island are of a great variety. The island may be rated as Museum of "Ten-thousand Nations' Buildings". The main scenic spots on Gulang Island are: Sunlight Rock, Shuzhuang Garden, Bright Moon Garden, Yuyuan Garden, Xiamen Museum, Road around the Island, Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall,and so on.
The hotel overlooks the beautiful scenery of Gulangyu, only 5-10 minutes walk to the ferry. Gulangyu is accessible via an eight-minute ferry ride which departs every 15 minutes.
The Zhongshan Road
The Zhongshan Road Pedestrian Avenue where large commercial buildings, small commodities markets are scattered, collecting a wide range of special goods from Minnan area and Taiwan, is near at hand.
2km / 5 minutes walk to the Zhongshan Road.
Nanputuo Temple
The temple was first built during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). And rebuilt during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), it is now an imposing multi-layered trapezoidal structure that overlooks the sea. It is one of the sacred places of Buddhism in Southern Fujian.
4km / 10 minutes drive to Nanputuo Temple.
Hulishan Fort
Hulishan Fort, which is located on Island-Ring Road, is a 15-minute drive away. The remains of this coastal fort include the 60-ton, 13-meter-long Huli Cannon—the last of its kind in China—dating back to 1891 during the Qing Dynasty defenses.
Xiamen University
Xiamen University was founded in 1921 by Tan Kah Kee, a well-known overseas Chinese leader. It was the first university in the history of modern Chinese education founded by an overseas Chinese. The university is situated in southeast of Xiamen Island. It is set amid picturesque scenery, with its campus running along the seashore at the foot of mountains. Because of its neatness and beauty, the campus is regarded as one of the finest in China. At present it is the only key comprehensive university directly affiliated with the Ministry of Education in the Special Economic Zones in China, and it is also listed among the key national high-level universities for the 21st century.
4km / 10 minutes drive to Xiamen University
Island-Ring Road
With the breadth of 60 meters, and two-way 6 driveways, The Ring Road is the 1st level city sub-artery. The eastern Ring Road is located just opposite the small Quemoy Island, Erdan Island and Dadan Island, which now are under Taiwan control. The Ring Road is designed for both communication and tourism functions. The Ring Road is designed with subtropical sightseeing. Driving on the Ring Road, people will enjoy the sun, and view of beaches, waves, and greenland. It is an ideal destination of recreation and vacation.