Ji Yun Yao Resort

This has honestly been the best getaway from the bustling city in a long while. Ji Yun Yao is exactly what we wanted, a light luxury hotel nested in the middle of the mountains, away from the the crowds and the traffic. - Location: there’s about 12 mins of a drive before arriving to the hotel, where you need to navigate through the narrow one lane road with at lease 2-3 steep turns. You’ll need to contact the receptionist beforehand to make sure no car is coming down before you make your way up. It can be a bother to some, but I think it was worthwhile once we were up there, especially because it means there were no day trippers visiting to take photos and leave. - Facility: there are 31 rooms in total, each with great privacy. The room we stayed in was quite new. We loved the spacious design, and our own private hot spring tube. The common areas are super well designed, and really blended the arquitectura and the landscape really well. - Service: we really enjoyed the service we received. All staff was kind and polite. Most of them greeted us appropriated just like they would in a five star hotel. The attention to detail was very heartwarming, especially one of the restaurant waiter who remembered our coffee order from the previous day and the baby food order, before we even asked it. It would be nice if they had name tags so we can recognize their efforts. - Food: Breakfast and afternoon tea are complimentary from the hotel. You can choose from Western or Chinese breakfast each day. Lunch and Dinner are not included in your stay. There is only one hotel restaurant that serves Chinese food. Waimai may or may not reach the hotel (we didn’t try). The hotel restaurant had pretty great food, so we dined there the two days we stayed there. -Activities: there’s a play room and playground for kids, which was well maintained. There’s also a small river/lake which you can walk around. We really enjoyed sitting by the water in one of the platforms and take in the scenery and the quietness. I would recommend this hotel for anyone looking for a break from the noise, and anyone who would enjoy a quiet retreat in the mountains.

房間設計是我喜歡的類型，熱水和暖氣都夠，暖氣也不會乾燥，有直飲水系統，房間送的荔枝和龍眼乾特產很好吃。午餐晚餐都在餐廳吃，菜的味道挺好的。民宿有不少篝火，其實可以搞些特殊的晚餐套餐，例如火鍋，篝火旁無煙燒烤之類。

完全是超出預期！衹能用三個字形容：美！美！美！遇上秋天的麥田，正如語文課本上的描述，金燦燦的、黃橙橙的，漂亮極了！和閨蜜兩人，加上一衹小狗，度過了兩天一晚的充電之旅。出遊前，非常糾結那條傳説中又陡又窄的山路，上山前提前聯繫管家，安排了司機下山帶路，下山時由另外一位熱心旅客帶路下山，女司機成功挑戰了自己的膽量。總體來説，完美！