I’ve been to Ningbo many times, but this is my first visit to this hotel. This time, of course, I’m here to attend a wedding, which happens to be held at this venue. The entire hotel is located on the northwest corner of Dongqian Lake, not far from Park Hyatt Ningbo. Its footprint is about one-third the size of the Park Hyatt. The Park Hyatt’s rooms are quite spread out, featuring many standalone villas dispersed over a wide area with golf cart service available. In contrast, this Hilton consists of a single connected building, so getting around inside basically requires walking.
The hotel has five above-ground floors. The entrance, front desk, lobby lounge, and all-day dining restaurant are all clustered together. Since resort hotels tend to be low-rise with a flat layout, each floor has around 60 rooms. Walking to the room at the far end can be a bit exhausting. The elevators have good security; your key card only grants access to your own floor, which, of course, isn’t very convenient for friends wanting to visit each other’s rooms within the hotel.
Overall, the hotel is still relatively new, having opened in 2016, making it quite fresh. Given Hilton’s positioning, this resort primarily targets families. It features a spacious indoor kids’ club, which should be quite popular among parents traveling with young children.
The hotel’s outdoor swimming pool—no one swims outside during this season, so just enjoy it as part of the scenery.
The hotel’s main entrance looks very traditional, but in reality, you enter through the automatic doors on the side~~~
The lobby lounge, with very few people around.
Since I only brought a prime lens, I couldn’t capture panoramic shots of the room. Overall, the decor style is fairly modern—as expected from a newer hotel—and everything is well maintained. There are electric curtains, and every room has its own balcony along with a huge square bathtub—the kind that takes an hour to fill. The only downside is that the mattress is a bit firm.
Right next to the hotel is a lakeside lawn used for hosting events.
There are also some cute big rabbits by the lake—they’re probably not meant to be eaten, right?
Dongqian Lake, with residential houses visible on the opposite shore.
Besides the main building, the hotel also features a banquet hall, located not far from the main structure.
The hotel has only been open for two years, so the trees haven’t fully grown yet. Inside, there are traditional Chinese landscape elements such as rockeries and pavilions.
Photos in this post taken with SONY A5100 + 35mm f1.8 + iPhone XS MAX, post-processed in Lightroom.
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