Hotel dekat Stasiun Daqing, Taichung

Best resort in Taiwan and worth every penny. Highest level of service - it’s like being at a modern luxury ryokan in Japan except everyone speaks Chinese. Room design is brilliant, and one king room fit my family of 2 adults and 2 toddlers with a California king and a separate tatami area. The room has an epic view from every angle the moment you walk in the door and includes a private outdoor onsen connected to your bathroom. I noticed many private in-room onsens in Japan are diluted down, but this was spring fed. The public onsen was huge, extremely well maintained, and included a large walled zen garden with an adjacent sauna and cold plunge. I was lucky enough to experience this area all to myself with one other guest leaving as I arrived and another guest arriving as I was leaving. In China, this onsen would have comfortably accommodated 100 bathers. The spring water is not high in sulfuric content (doesn’t smell like rotten eggs), and the temperature is relatively mild - ideal for my family. Given the limited availability of the hotel online, I was expecting it to be more crowded. I got the sense that room rates are controlled to optimize guest experience, not profit, while staff are trained to ensure that customers never feel like they are being ripped off or “sold”. It seemed there were more staff than guests on site. I originally booked 2 rooms, and some of my family members couldn’t make the trip. We didn’t need the second room, and the staff were very gracious to refund and cancel the second room on the spot. When I’m back in Taiwan or traveling to a place where Hoshinoya does business, I would not hesitate to book again and make a special journey to stay at one of their destination resorts.

Saya menemukan serangga di tempat tidur saat check-in, tetapi saya pikir tidak apa-apa dan saya mengatasinya sendiri. Setelah berbaring di tempat tidur beberapa saat, kaki saya mulai gatal. Ketika saya membuka selimut, saya menemukan bahwa saya telah digigit serangga 😖. Saya mengangkat selimut dan melihat beberapa serangga merayap di tempat tidur. Saya menghubungi layanan pelanggan, dan mereka datang untuk membantu mengganti seprai (terima kasih atas bantuan mereka!), yang memungkinkan saya untuk tidur.

Desain kamar antik dan elegan dengan interior kayu. Yang langka adalah bak mandi, dan meskipun tekanan airnya bagus, butuh setidaknya 5 menit untuk memanaskannya di musim dingin. Terdapat lebih dari 20 lantai dan tiga lift, jadi cocok untuk liburan berturut-turut, tetapi Anda mungkin harus menunggu untuk sarapan, terutama antara pukul 8 dan 9 pagi saat sangat ramai. Fasilitas kamar agak kuno, tetapi lampu, cermin, dan meja sangat bersih. Kasur dan bantal nyaman. Ada kafe di lantai dua, dan di lantai enam, tampaknya ada tempat untuk mencoba dan berfoto dengan Hanfu (pakaian tradisional Han); saya melihat sekelompok turis, sebagian besar pria dan wanita lanjut usia berusia 70-an, bersenang-senang mengambil foto! Ada juga pusat kebugaran, tetapi saya tidak menggunakannya. Ada juga spa, tetapi itu dikenakan biaya tambahan. Proses check-in dan check-out cepat dan mudah. Satu-satunya kekurangannya adalah sebaiknya Anda membawa sandal sendiri, karena hotel menyediakan sandal putih sederhana yang bisa licin saat lantai kamar mandi basah.