Huatianxi · Designer Art Hostel

Food & Amenities: The meals, particularly breakfast, were highly commended for their freshness and local flavors. Facilities such as free parking, EV charging stations, and entertainment options like karaoke and billiards added to the convenience.(based on 129 reviews)

First things first, the Huatianxi Designer Art hostel is not a hostel by any normal use of the term. This is a wonderful boutique hotel with a very high designer finish. Each room is individually themed to a very high specification and finish, with unique fittings and furnishings; most of the rooms have incredible views down the valley of river and fields – as does the terrace with an astonishing mirror catwalk for the perfect selfie! The main reception area is a huge open plan bar, eating and relaxing area. There are unusual and beautiful artefacts everywhere. We visited in the low season and were the only guests in the hotel, so we were lucky enough to have the undivided attention of the owner, Nancy Peng, throughout our stay. Nancy could not have done more to make our stay truly memorable: she cooked fantastic meals, which were real banquets even at breakfast time – and the best food we ate in our entire stay in China. She organised bikes for us to explore the local villages - and then, in addition to running the hotel, Nancy became our guide and driver for three days of sightseeing in the region; we went to waterfalls, (a ski lift took us high into the mountains and we were able to swim in the lagoons of the mountain stream, absolutely glorious), we visited traditional villages and ceramic museums. Nancy was completely indefatigable and determined that we should get the best out of staying at her hotel and what the region had to offer. We had such a good time with her! We can't recommend Huatianxi Designer Art hostel too highly and we would rate it more than 5 stars if we could. It is a spacious, comfortable and totally unique place to stay – in a beautiful and interesting part of China. And, without doubt, Nancy is the most phenomenal host. We arrived as guests and left as friends – what a wonderful and totally memorable experience.

We stayed for 3 days in this lovely hotel, the lady running the place was really nice and helped us organising trips in the Wuyuan area. From the terrace you have a great view of the village and can take great photos. The rooms are spacious and offer everything you need. The lobby/ breakfast area has a lot of charme, since all the furniture is from another era and so the place just feels very original and homey. Even though on 2 of 3 days we were the only guests, we got a full buffet of delicious Chinese food for breakfast, including a good coffee. The organised trips with Mister Yu were such a pleasure, he showed us the best spots in the area and was a really good driver.