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The Best Hotels in Zhangjiajie and the Scenic Area of Wulingyuan

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Zhangjiajie and the Scenic Area of Wulingyuan is one of the most impressive national parks in China and to explore it you’ll need to spend at least one night there. This guide is a selection of some of best hotels in Zhangjiajie municipality, whatever your budget may be.

If your looking for general recommendations on booking hotels in China you can click here to read our guide.

Reviews of Luxury (5 star) hotels in Zhangjiajie

Harmona Resort & Spa Zhangjiajie


Harmona Resort & Spa Zhangjiajie is a beautiful hotel with 246 rooms, 5 restaurants and spa providing the guests with impeccable services and facilities. Each room is done up beautifully in bright furnishings with some of them overlooking the gorgeous mountains. The hotel offers services like car park, car rental, shuttle service, airport transfer, express check-in check out, free Wi-Fi in every room and public areas. To keep the guests entertained, the hotel features a fitness center, garden, hot tub, tennis court, indoor and outdoor swimming pool, karaoke, and massage services at the spa. When it comes to eating and drinking, guests have the option to eat out at its five restaurants. For babies and younger guests, the hotel offers cribs/infant beds, roll-away extra beds, and supervised childcare activities. The hotel’s location makes popular attractions like Ancient Site of Western Zhou Dynasty only 6.4 Km away and Tiyun Pagoda 17.7 km away. Conversing with the staff in English is easy as the hotel staff is proficient in speaking English

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Traveling to Hunan: The Province Where Mao Was Born

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This article is a practical guide to traveling to the Hunan province. It contains a bit of history and general information on the region, the reasons why I think you should visit the Hunan province, as well as the most worthwhile places to include on your itinerary. I’ll tell you about my experience and the route that I took, as well as will give you some advice and recommendations for other alternative routes.

Basic information on the Hunan province

The Hunan “湖南” province is located in southern central China to the south of Dongting Lake (the second largest freshwater lake in China). That is where the name Hunan is derived from, literally meaning “to the south of the lake.” To the south, east, and west, it is surrounded by mountains, and to the north, it borders on the Yangtze River.

Despite the fact that the large majority of its territory is covered by mountain ranges as well as the fact that the entire province is only medium-sized, it will surprise you to learn that its population is around 65 million inhabitants, grouped into 41 different ethnic groups (with the Miao and Tujia being the most representative ethnic minorities). [Read more…]

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Trip to Zhangjiajie and the Scenic Area of Wulingyuan

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China is much more than just big cities, temples, and noodles. In the center of China, in the Hunan province, are the Zhangjiajie-Wulingyuan mountains, which have lately started to be known as “the Avatar mountains,” as locals strongly believe that Cameron was inspired by these landscapes to create the floating rocks of Pandora. The truth is, when the sandstone columns are covered by fog, their tops look like they are floating.

The Wulingyuan Mountains (located in the municipality of Zhangjiajie) make up one of the most impressive national parks in China, the main attraction of which are the large karstic columns that seem to defy gravity, as in many cases, they look thicker at the top than at their base. The big problem with this area is the lack of practical information there and the poor quality of maps, which don’t give much help when it comes to getting an idea of how to get around the area. Because of this, and as I have visited it twice, I would like to explain a bit how to plan a visit.

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