Gladden Hotel
Three ways to swim, nine minutes from the Wuyi Museum
About this hotel
Three water options set this hotel apart on the Jiangmen list: an outdoor pool for dry, mild days, an indoor pool for the region's humid summers and damp winters, and a hot tub for evenings when neither pool quite fits. The location backs this up, a nine-minute walk from the Jiangmen Wuyi Museum of Overseas Chinese, the city's clearest link to its diaspora history, so a museum morning and a pool afternoon fit into the same day without much planning. A bar, a restaurant and room service cover evenings, while the fitness centre and full-service laundry serve a longer business stay as easily as a family one. Breakfast and free parking are included rather than charged as extras, and kid-friendly amenities make the pool combination genuinely useful for a family rather than just a selling point on paper.
- Outdoor and indoor pool plus hot tub
- Near Wuyi Museum of Overseas Chinese
- Kid-friendly amenities
- Fitness centre
Our take
This suits travellers who want pool flexibility above all else: three water temperatures and settings mean the weather rarely dictates the day. Families get real use from the kid-friendly amenities and the extra pool option, while business travellers get a fitness centre and full-service laundry on top. Rates run higher than the Palace International or the Hilton Garden Inn, a fair trade for the added amenities, though anyone wanting only a simple pool and nothing more should book one of the cheaper options instead.
- ✓Walk to the Jiangmen Wuyi Museum of Overseas Chinese in the morning, nine minutes away, then come back for an afternoon by whichever pool suits the weather.
- ✓Use the hot tub in the evening once the outdoor pool empties out, especially outside the driest, mildest months of the year.
- ✓Book ahead if travelling with kids: the combination of kid-friendly amenities and two pools makes this the strongest family pick on the list.
Why we love it
- Three water options: outdoor pool, indoor pool and hot tub
- Nine minutes' walk from the Wuyi Museum of Overseas Chinese
- Kid-friendly amenities alongside genuine pool variety
- Free parking and breakfast included, not charged as extras
Why guests love itA family staying here rarely runs out of options: mornings by the outdoor pool if the weather holds, the indoor pool or hot tub if it doesn't, and the Jiangmen Wuyi Museum of Overseas Chinese nine minutes away for a change of pace. Kid-friendly amenities make the switch between pools straightforward rather than a production, and free parking removes one more thing to plan around. What stands out most is the flexibility: few other Jiangmen hotels on this list offer three distinct water options under one roof.