Xiamen Marriott Hotel & Conference Centre

This hotel is still very new (probably opened around end of 2018) but the location on Google Maps is wrong. It is about 2km south of the current indicated location, directly at the beach. All the rooms have balconys and most of them have a very good view. My room was very nice and clean. The pools are very nice and clean (outdoor and indoor). I guess if the hotel is full, then it could be a problem that there are not so many sun chairs in the pool area. But the Chinese don't really like to hang-out at the pool anyway. The beach is very close, but you are not supposed to go swimming there. Between the hotel and the beach there is a wide jogging and biking path. The restaurants (Fish bar and Japanese restaurant on the third floor and the buffet restaurant can also all be recommended). This hotel is good for a short vacation combined with a conference or customer visits nearby. Next to the hotel they currently build a Renaissance hotel which will probably be finished around end of 2019. Other than that there are no other places nearby (no Hotels or Restaurants).

It was a little shock when arriving at this hotel, the hotel and the surrounding area had the feel of being on the Sanya beach on Hainan Island. However, despite the hotel being built on an open beach with so much space, the rooms were tiny by comparison. Even our supposedly large room that we booked didn't feel spacious. The layout of the windows was also peculiar in such a way that while it provided privacy, it gave the impression from many angles that the hotel was deserted without seeing any illuminated windows. The hotel offered limited food choices, but there is a small mall just outside the hotel with wider choices. The miles of beach in front of the hotel had beautiful clean sand, immaculately trimmed grass and palm trees. It was like another world from the bustling old Xiamen downtown. Highly recommended for anyone who can spare the time to break their Xiamen visit into two, a few days near downtown and a day or two here to unwind.

This Hotel is on a location more to the south and closer to the coast. For me, it is nit possible to change locations in China, if someone knows how to do it, please do so. Because we had a real Odyssey with the taxi driver to find the hotel. The hotel itself is nice, service was perfect. The beach is beautiful, too, but it is not allowed ti swim in the see.