Yantai Aston - Apartments

Apartments

As Yantai Aston is pretty new, we only have two apartments for foreign staff. The teachers’ apartment is located in the heart of downtown – it’s only a 5-10 minute walk to Aston, Walmart, KFC, McDonalds, and a few coffee shops and tea houses. In the immediate neighborhood there are also supermarkets, outdoor markets, restaurants, shopping malls, shops, and plenty of street food. About a 15-20 minute walk up the main street there is a Parkson shopping mall where you can find shops, cinemas, restaurants, fast food places (including Pizza Hut and Ajisen Ramen), bowling, pool, and possibly the best supermarket in town – RT Mart. And, if you want to travel away from the city centre, there are plenty of buses heading in all directions.

The apartment itself is located on the fourth floor of a building slightly off the main street. There are two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom, and an area off one bedroom where you can store things or hang laundry. There’s plenty of closet and shelf space. In the kitchen there are two gas burners on the stove, a microwave, a large water bottle, a large fridge, and a washing machine.

The apartment for the foreign manager is also on the fourth floor, but not as centrally located. It’s about a 20 minute walk from Parkson, which is about another 20 minutes away from Aston. However, you can catch a bus that drops you in front of McDonalds (which is close to the school). Or you can catch a relatively cheap cab. The neighborhood is not far from downtown, but there isn’t much in the area except some restaurants, and a nice outdoor area, and market across the street.

This apartment has three rooms (though one is not really furnished). One bedroom has a bed, bureau, wardrobe, couch, TV, and an air conditioner/heater. There’s also a sunroom area for hanging up laundry. The other bedroom has a bed, coffee table, two arm chairs, a desk, and an air conditioner/heater. The kitchen and bathroom are equipped with the same things as the teachers’ apartment.