Best Hotels in Xiamen for Solo Travellers?
8 Safe, Social, Good-Value Stays — City-Centre Hostels to Meet People, Cheap Singles on the Metro, a Walk to the Beach

We open the solo list with the stay backpackers mention most — Koala International Youth Hostel & Hotel scores 8.6/10 from around 557 real guest reviews. It's a hostel right in the heart of Zhongshan Road (中山路), the old-town heart of Xiamen, and the fit for solo travellers is exact: dorm beds from around ¥90 where it's easy to meet fellow travellers, a female-only dorm for women who want peace of mind, and private rooms if you'd rather have your own space, all at the cheapest price on the list, on the Zhongshan Road pedestrian street that's lively and bright until late, a few minutes' walk to the Gulangyu ferry and metro Line 1, so you can get anywhere alone. The honest catch: it's a hostel in an old-town building, the rooms are simple and some are quite small per reviews, the dorm beds share bathrooms, and it's on the pedestrian street, which is busy and a bit noisy by day — but if the brief is a cheap bed, meeting people, and being central enough to walk to everything, it nails it.

If the brief is solo travel but you want to meet fellow travellers, this is the highest-scoring hostel on the list — Desti Youth Park - Xiamen scores 9.5/10 from around 1,897 real guest reviews. It's a Desti (背包十年) hostel that opened in 2024 on Douxi Road (斗西路), in the heart of Siming near Zhongshan Road. The fit for solo travellers is squarely there: a bar, cafe, game room and a large common area where it's easy to meet fellow travellers, and English- and Chinese-speaking staff who welcome all nationalities, plus a female-only dorm, a 24-hour reception and free luggage storage, in clean new rooms, a 5-minute walk to the BRT that links the metro and runs straight to the high-speed rail station, so you can get anywhere alone. The honest catch: it has no dedicated review page on our site yet (this is compiled from real guest reviews on Trip.com), it's on the 4th floor of a commercial building, and the common area can get lively late on weekends / in high season — but that's the whole appeal of a social hostel.

The good-value single with a location built for a seaside backpacker vibe — Atour Hotel Zengcuo'an scores 9.6/10 from around 864 real guest reviews. It's an Atour (亚朵) four-star design chain that opened in 2025 on the south coastal road (环岛南路). The fit for solo travellers is that it has a quiet private single (Queen Room), new and clean with the comfy Atour Planet mattress, at a price that undercuts the five-stars, plus a location right by Zengcuo'an beach village (曾厝垵), a ~10-minute walk to the beach and the food lanes that are fun to wander and snack alone, near Xiamen University and Nanputuo Temple — a lively, safe student zone, great if you want your own room but still in a backpacker atmosphere. The honest catch: it's newly opened, so the review sample is still thin (~864), it's a value-focused four-star with no hostel-style common area to meet people (for that, head out to the food lanes), and this zone is mainly bus / BRT / taxi / DiDi (the metro isn't at the door).

The single with the highest score on the list and the best value for one — Atour Hotel Wuyuan Bay Xiamen Airport scores 9.7/10 from around 3,156 real guest reviews. It's a Chinese design four-star chain in the Wuyuan Bay area (五缘湾), Huli District. The fit for solo travellers is a quiet private single (Queen Room) with a quality Atour bed and pillows, from around ¥350, the cheapest in the singles group, plus a location about a 500m walk to Wuyuanwan metro station (Line 2, then Line 3) and only ~3km from Xiamen Gaoqi Airport, with a reading nook in the lobby to chill alone, ideal if you fly in early, land late, or want to take the metro into town on your own. The honest catch: it's in the Wuyuan Bay area, which is a newer / business district, not the heart of the tourist zone (into the old town / Zhongshan Road is a metro ride), and it's a chain focused on good-value rooms with no hostel-style common area to meet people — but if the brief is a good-value private room on the metro, it does it very well.

We close the private-room side with the treat-yourself pick for a special night — Hotel Indigo Xiamen Harbour scores 9.4/10 from around 9,184 real guest reviews, the biggest review base on the list. It's an IHG design five-star on the harbour on Lujiang Road (鹭江道), facing Gulangyu Island. The fit for a solo traveller who wants a fine experience is a sea-and-island-view room where you open the curtains to Gulangyu Island and the ferries, and a rooftop bar with a pool that's a lovely solo perch for the sea breeze at dusk, plus a location a walk from the Zhongshan Road pedestrian street, the ferry, and metro Line 1 — about as easy as it gets to get around alone. The honest catch: it's the priciest stay on the list (a treat-yourself night, not a backpacker rate), the city-view rooms are cheaper but miss the island view (specify a Gulangyu view when you book), and it's a popular hotel that gets busy in high season, so book ahead.

The laid-back seaside hostel for solo travellers — Shandouji Youth Hostel scores 8.8/10 from around 287 real guest reviews. It's a hostel inside Zengcuo'an beach village (曾厝垵) at No.232. The fit for solo travellers is dorms and private rooms in a warm, homey place with two cats, a 5-minute walk to the beach, food lanes right outside the door, and a welcome for international guests — many reviews from foreign backpackers call it one of the best hostels they've stayed in, and the 4-bed dorm has an en-suite bathroom rather than a whole-floor share, great if you like a relaxed seaside vibe and meeting fellow travellers around the village. The honest catch: it has no dedicated review page on our site yet (this is compiled from real guest reviews on Trip.com), the review base is still small (~287), it's in a village that's busy with day-trippers and a bit noisy by day, and this zone is mainly bus / BRT / taxi / DiDi (the metro isn't at the door).

The student-zone hostel where it's easy to meet international travellers — Xiamen International Youth Hostel scores well on Trip.com (compiled from real guest reviews). It's a hostel in south Siming, a ~5-minute walk to Xiamen University (厦门大学). The fit for solo travellers is that it's right in a student zone full of backpackers, with colourful dorms and private rooms, a patio to chill, a gym, breakfast, and English-speaking staff — many reviews praise the helpful staff and clean, good-value rooms, a 10-minute walk to Nanputuo Temple, a south-side base where it's easy to meet fellow travellers and chat with international students. The honest catch: it has no dedicated review page on our site yet (this is compiled from real guest reviews on Trip.com), it's a hostel that's been open a while so some parts aren't new, and the university zone has no metro at the door — into town is a bus / BRT / DiDi hop.

We close the list with the light-priced backpacker hostel right by the university for solo travellers — Backpacker Village Hostel scores decently on Trip.com (compiled from real guest reviews). It's a hostel at No.45-1 Zengcuoan North 2nd Road (曾厝垵), opposite the Xiamen University student dorms. The fit for solo travellers is that it's right in a proper student zone, with 43 rooms across dorms and private rooms with en-suite bathrooms, a garden, a terrace, a common area, a tour desk, and English- and Chinese-speaking staff — many reviews praise the friendly, helpful staff and clean rooms, at a light price from around ¥90, a walk to Wanshi Botanical Garden and the southern beach, great if you want a cheap bed in a backpacker atmosphere by the university. The honest catch: it has no dedicated review page on our site yet (this is compiled from real guest reviews on Trip.com), the review base is small and the score is decent rather than top (basic facilities for the price), and the university zone has no metro at the door — a bus / DiDi hop into town.