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Nightlife.
After the scheduled sightseeing during daytime, you can also appreciate the lovely night scenery and participate in the colorful nightlife activities in Xiamen. The colored and sparkling lights decorated on the tall buildings especially along the Zhongshan Road and Siming Road make Xiamen more vigorous and lively at night.
Virtually there are many places to go at night. Various squares in the city provide popular nightlife venues for local people to stroll, chat, and do exercise. At the Egret Alluvion City Park, there will be musical fountain show at 8:00pm every day and singing and dancing performances during weekends. In the Huoshaoyu Islet (or Flaming Islet) Scenic Area, barbecues will be held at night and water-screen films will be on show sometimes.
Bars & Pubs
Binlang Bar Street is a nightlife venue of great popularity especially among young people and foreign visitors. Plenty of bars and pubs with their distinct styles and features can be found here to provide you a wide range of choices. For instance, the Night-Shanghai Pub appears in an old fitment style of Shanghai in the 1920s; the Jurassic Bar creates a vivid scene of the Jurassic Period with dinosaurs; the Cleopatra Bar features performance of Egyptian style, etc. Various bars and pubs in this street or other parts of Xiamen will be good places for entertainment and relaxation.
Highly Recommended Bars & Pubs
Jurassic Bar
Specialties: an ancient and vivid scene of the Jurassic Period; performance of singing and dancing.
Address: No.221, Binlang Road, Siming District
Bus Routes: 9, 16, 32
KK Disco Pub
Specialties: disco; noisy; attracting many young people; parties will be held during the important eastern or western festivals.
Address: No.9, Lianyue Road
Bus Routes: 18, 42, 46, 808
True love Bar
Specialties: one of the hottest bars in Xiamen at present; with making friends as its topic.
Address: Donghui Garden, No.2-4, Yundang Road
Bus Routes: 12, 15, 26, 72, 87, 506, 522
Cleopatra Bar
Specialties: the whole design of the bar is of Egyptian style; full of mysterious and exotic feeling.
Address: No.5-19, Lianyi Square, Binlang Road, Siming District
Bus Routes: 32, 33
Tianlai Bar
Specialties: the oldest bar in Xiamen; delicate fitment featuring natural environment
Address: Yinlong Square, Houdaixi Road
Bus Routes: 1, 3, 16, 21, 28, 42, 50, 53, 56, 67, 106, 517, 522, 616, 619, 806
KTVs & Nightclubs
A variety of KTVs and nightclubs in Xiamen also enrich the nightlife of both local people and visitors. If you love singing very much, various KTVs with high quality facilities are at your convenience. Moreover, nightclubs with wonderful singing and dancing performances are likewise good choices.
Recommended KTVs & Nightclubs
Star Boulevard KTV
Address: 3F, Jinxiang Mansion, No.28, East Hexiang Road, Siming District
Cashbox Party World
Address: No.291-293, South Siming Road, Siming District
Baolong Nightclub
Address: 2F, Baolong Center, Jiahe Road, Siming District
Cinemas & Theaters
There are a lot of cinemas and theaters having many updated movies and performances on show every day. They form a very important part of the nightlife of Xiamen.
Famous Cinemas & Theaters
Siming Cinema
Address: No.2-14, North Siming Road
People's Theater
Address: No.217, Zhongshan Road
Cafes, Teahouses & Odeums
Nightlife could be not only busy and noisy but also peaceful and leisurely. Nanhua Cultural Bar Street serves you many places to enjoy the serene and comfortable time of the night. In addition, cafes and teahouses here and there in the city are all good places for you to avoid the noisy crowd, or you can have a talk with your friends at a quiet piano bar.
Recommended Cafes & Teahouses
U.B.C. Coffee
General Restaurant: No.66, Haitian Road, Huli District
Siming Branch: No.390, South Siming Road
Hexiang Branch: No.39, West Hexiang Road
Zuo An Coffee
Address: No.109-6, Luling Road, Huli District
Gudao Teahouse
Lianyue Road Branch: No.41, Lianyue Road, Siming District
Jiahe Road Branch: 3F, Tianbao Mansion, No.335, Jiahe Road, Huli District
If you are interested in music, the Gulangyu Odeum at No.1 of Huangyan Road on the Gulangyu Island is a good place for you to enjoy the excellent musical instrument performances held there sometimes. Also the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra at No.67 of Wenyuan Road is a good choice.
(pic take may 2008) |