Yangshuo Dongling Resort

Good room,cottage in a garden beautiful scenery

No service, out of breakfast and dinner time. If you are hungry,3 km toi down town

Very pretty setting - the hotel grounds comprise a beautiful garden with views over the hills surrounding Yangshuo. It is thus very quiet and peaceful, and far from the noise of the bars of downtown. Jan was quite helpful, too, and speaks a decent English. The Resort also had bicycles for rent and served a decent homemade breakfast, including a delicious sweet bread. The room was quite clean and had a computer and a TV (with no English channels though). It had a lovely terrace too.

The tranquility comes at a cost: The hotel is quite far outside the town of Yangshuo and it takes 10 minutes to get there with a special taxi, which Jan will arrange for you no problem. But NB: it's 25 RMB each way, steep for a cab. The "road" up to the hotel is also a rutted dirt path: it's a rough ride for the last km to say the least. The rooms are decent but basic. Our "king" bed was two twins pushed together: not ideal for a couple. The shower is in the bathroom with no shower curtain, so the bathroom gets soaked when you take a shower. And if it is not sunny outside you're going to need to ask them to pre-heat the hot water - as they use solar water heating. Considering the rave reviews, the hotel was disappointing.