The Hot List 2013
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- Category: Ningbo News
- Published: Wednesday, 08 May 2013 09:31
Park Hyatt Ningbo Resort & Spa, Ningbo
Park Hyatt's first hotel in China is built in the style of a traditional village on the shores of Dongqian Lake in Ningbo, a newly emerging country area that everyone is talking about, two-and-a-half hours' drive from Shanghai. Getting here is part of the experience. After wending through the foothills of Mount Fuquan, past cloud-laced terraces growing fragrant white tea, you cross a stone bridge amid swirling mist and fire torches. It feels like passing into a Chinese fable. From the outside, the whitewashed buildings with sloping black roofs and winged gables create a classical Chinese hamlet scene against a backdrop of forested mountains and a vast lake. Inside, tradition gives way to contemporary splendour, with gallery-worthy art installations by local artists adorning the long marble halls. In the rooms, large windows and balconies frame the lake, landscaped ponds and gardens. Ningbo's famed seafood and Zhejiang dishes such as Dongpo pork are served at the Seafood House restaurant, and there are traditional tuina massages in the Yue Hu Spa, set in its own Taoism-inspired, 10-villa sanctuary.
Flash point A genuinely calming retreat within striking distance of one of China's fastest-growing cities.
Park Hyatt Ningbo Resort & Spa, 188 Dayan Road, Dong Qian Lake, Ningbo, China
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