蒙自水晶宾馆

I was teaching in Mile, I took a 4-hour bus to Jianshui to stay for 2 days. Zhu Gardens is also a tourist attraction, but it is even more magical to stay in for the night. What a gorgeous place, and the rooms..well, take a look at the photos! It is considerably more expensive than other hotels in the area but still not overly expensive I suppose in comparison to Western hotels. Yunnan is generally very cheap - It was sometimes only about £4 for a 3-course meal! Jianshui is become more of a Han Chinese tourist attraction, and unfortunately is becoming increasingly tacky, but at the moment it's still alright and preserved a lot of its culture and old buildings. Just don't go to the Zhu Gardens restaurant with the dancers..it's a rip off and not an authentic experience. There's a restaurant aimed at tourists with an English menu but serves really tasty local dishes just opposite the Gardens called Xianmanlou (or something like that). Otherwise it's really about trying the street food, and avoiding restaurants that look like they might give you poisoning! The hotel do make an effort to accommodate Westerners for breakfast, but you can see they're not used to it! Yunnan's main crops are tobacco and rice, so they don't eat much bread (or wheat products basically) apart from this weird sweetened brioche stuff. They eat spicy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! The staff speak little English. The Western tourists there at the moment seem to all be French so maybe they know more French than English, je ne sais pas!

所有房间都是480元，含西式简单早餐，非节假日可以打9折，但是早餐没了。住宿可以免去两张入院游览的门票，于是房价就变成380了。由于一共只有29间房，所以这个价格能在院子里享受夜晚的清静还是很值得的。房间里都是中式床，但可以睡得下两个人。住在这里，仿佛回到过去，自己就是古宅的客人，这不是光买张门票游览能够体会到的。

You are really staying in a museum. The old house is beautifully restored and creates a truly unique experience. Each room looks different. Each courtyard has it's own style. I should mention that the rooms are fairly simple (something else would not match with the overall experience) but functional. Some travel guides mention a restaurant. We found a small bar (beer, coffee, soft drinks) but not a restaurant. This is not really an issue as the Zhu Family Garden is just in the center of (a part) of the old town. Nearby - less than one minute walk - are different good restaurants to eat.

The Zhu Family Garden hotel is a Qing dynasty mansion, one of the few that wasn't subdivided during the Cultural Revolution. There are 42 courtyards and many rooms, not to mention countless beautifully restored wood carvings. The room was decorated with traditional furniture including mosquito nets artfully draped over the beds (unfortunately necessary). An absolutely lovely place to spend a few nights.

impression de dormir dans un musée hors du temps et de l'ordinaire; Les chambres sont belles, les peintures et les lanternes incroyables, et le service de grande qualité; Il y a même un calligraphe qui travaille à l'ancienne et réalise des merveilles. l'hotel mérite même un détour tellement il est stupéfiant