Hotel Songtsam di Shangri-La

Songtsam Retreat at Shangri-La (Xianggelila Songzan Linka Meijingge Jiudian) is a Tibetan style hotel situated just north of the Womachuka Tibetan Culture Center, the Tibet Tianzhu Exhibition Hall and Longtan Park. A 5-minute drive will take you to the Songzanlin Temple, which is the most popular Tibetan Buddhism temple in Yunnan.This Shangri-La hotel is also just 8 km (5 mi)from the Diqing Shangri-La Airport.Built and decorated in a true Tibetan Buddhist style, complete with Tibetan antiques, carpets and mandalas, the hotel offers spacious, comfortable rooms with spectacular views of the surrounding temple. Rooms are equipped with cable and satellite television, broadband and wireless Internet connection, international and domestic direct-dial phones and an in-room safe.Guests can enjoy a Western breakfast, a variety of international cuisine that has been fused with local flavors, such as pizza with Tibetan cheese and authentic Tibetan cuisine as well. The rooftop is also available for cocktail parties and cook-outs. Tibetan style meeting rooms are also available along with a conference package, which includes group luncheons and tea breaks.

The Songtsam Hotel (Xianggelila Songzan Lvgu Jiudian) is a Tibetan-style hotel with a good location in Shangri-La sitting next door to Ganden Sumtseling Monastery, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery. The quiet environment of this Tibetan hotel offers beautiful vistas of lakes, mountains, temples and Tibetan village life.This hotel houses hardwood-floored guestrooms equipped with humidifiers and independent bathrooms.Tibetan specialties are available for guests to try in the hotel restaurant including yak yoghurt for breakfast, yak meat and highland barely wine. Room service is also available.Guests traveling on business will find a meeting room at their disposal.