The Moller Villa was completed in 1936 as a private garden villa. The main building is a three-story Nordic Norwegian style. The interior decoration is very exquisite. The corridors and aisles are equipped with wall panels, and beautiful and delicate patterns are carved everywhere. The indoor dome is equipped with colored glass, presenting a gorgeous and soft color under the sunlight. Initially owned by the wealthy Jewish businessman Moller, after several changes of hands, it became the Moller Villa Hotel and opened to the public in 2002. The main building has three floors. On the top stand two four-slope roofs of different heights. The east slope roof is nearly 20 meters high and is equipped with arched bay windows. There are relief decorations on the spire and the upper part of the bay window. The west slope roof is about 25 meters high. On the south facade of the main building, there are three beautifully shaped and finely decorated double-slope roofs perpendicular to the main ridge and four dormer windows. Together with the two four-slope roofs on the east and west, it is like a gorgeous small palace. The decorative wooden components of the middle double-slope roof are clearly exposed, and white mortar joints are applied between component A, which relatively typically shows the rural architectural style of Scandinavian sentiment. The exterior wall of the main building is inlaid with Taishan facing bricks, which is quite distinctive. The garden is located on the south side of the main building. The garden is paved with colored flower bricks around it, and precious flowers and trees such as dragon cypresses and cedars are planted. In the middle is a lawn with a bronze horse placed on it. To beautify the garden scenery and facilitate flower appreciation indoors, there is also a flower appreciation room in the garden. The room was originally equipped with heating equipment. The indoor carvings are extremely exquisite, and the floor is paved with colored ceramic tiles. Although the exterior shape of the building is Nordic Norwegian style, many details of the garden and interior decoration have a Chinese flavor. At the gate, just like traditional luxurious mansions in China, a pair of Chinese stone lions are placed. The tall surrounding walls of the garden are paved with refractory bricks and topped with yellow-green Chinese glazed tiles. Walking in the corridor, you can occasionally bump into shrines, just like the Bodhisattvas worshipped by fishermen on boats, blessing the owner with smooth sailing. Opening hours: Open all day all year round.
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