Best Hotel we have visited in China within it’s cost to service ratio. You get real value for your money and this experience is therefore unmatched by any other hotel we have stayed at.From arrival, you are welcomed at your car with a friendly portar that accompanies you to the reception desk with your luggage and after check-in to your room. Check-in was quick and easy with the friendly and efficient staff.We had only told the hotel it is an anniversary stay. Our room was made-up with folded swan-towels on the bed and scattered balloons with rose petals.You can go for a walk throughout the area all the way to the nearest swimming beach built on the lagoon (Ningbo Binhai Thousands of People Sand Beach) entry fee of 30RMB per adult on weekdays and 60RMB on weekends. About 10 to 15 minutes walk from the hotel.The hotel has a bar where you can have cocktails and food professionally made with some of the best ingredients. Don’t get dissuaded by the price tag. (I would however say the service is extremely good but slow during the week at the bar. ) Be patient, relaxed and enjoy the bar. It is worthwhile and great value. Would highly recommend the Burger and Mojito.The staff left us a complementary fruit and cake basket with a bottle of wine and some soup for a night snack.You can visit the Chinese Fishing Village in Xiangshan. It cost about 646RMB to go there and back and the ride takes between 90 and 120 minutes. Entrance is 60RMB per adult. You can rent a tent and chairs at the beach for 100rmb for the first hour and 50rmb for each additional hour. I would highly recommend taking your own towels with some water bottles to wash your feet when leaving the beach. You can pay 25rmb per person at the facilities next to the beach to wash your feet or take a shower(the facilities are not good). There are slow Quad Bikes to ride on the beach and Jet Ski’s on the water. The quad bikes are about 100RMB for 15 minutes. Room service can be sent to your room with the food kept warm in a small oven under the kart for your convenience.When requesting some water or small items at night, the staff can sometimes send the items with a robot to your room.The hotel has a swimming pool that you can use anytime within the schedule. We could use the swimming pool any time between 08:00 in the morning and 21:00 in the evening. You can request a towel at the pool reception desk on the swimming pool floor.I would highly recommend this hotel for a break away from busy life. You can come here to relax with world class service at a...
Read moreAfter our first stay here, in September 2020 (https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g297470-d8322127-r769247004-DoubleTree_by_Hilton_Ningbo_Chunxiao-Ningbo_Zhejiang.html), we were excited to return. Our second stay was just one week later. Again, it was me with my two young sons (5 & 9). We've also had two more stays since then (December 2020 and February 2021) ... and I'm looking forward to staying there again soon.|| ||During the 2nd stay, check-in was again fine. Krace Zheng (I think) was again wonderful --- we remembered her from the previous stay. The chocolate cookie was delicious. ||||For the 2nd stay, the room (1-bedroom suite) was very nice, with a great view over the sea. There was no balcony in this room. For the 3rd and 4th stays, we opted for rooms with balconies.||||The swimming pool is lovely. The Happy Hour was in the Lobby Lounge for all 4 stays, due to Covid-19. Andy was (again) excellent --- he even remembered my preferred drink from the previous stay!.||||Breakfast was very nice. Unlike the first stay, there now seems to be sausages and jam, and may other delicious things.||||The surrounding area is great. I recommend the China Port Museum (don't forget your ID and mask). ||||The Meishan Bay Ice and Snow World is next door to the museum. It is overpriced, but you can save some money by bringing your own winter wear (including clothes, boots, coat, gloves, etc.). It doesn't seem to be fully completed, with several sections still under construction. Still, it is already quite big, and my two boys loved it.||||This hotel is rapidly becoming a favourite spot for our staycations!||||The only downside is the increased number of points to book (from 10k for our first stay to now around 20k). ||||Strongly...
Read moreAfter our first stay here, in September 2020 (https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g297470-d8322127-r769247004-DoubleTree_by_Hilton_Ningbo_Chunxiao-Ningbo_Zhejiang.html), we were excited to return. Our second stay was just one week later. Again, it was me with my two young sons (5 & 9). We've also had two more stays since then (December 2020 and February 2021) ... and I'm looking forward to staying there again soon.|| ||During the 2nd stay, check-in was again fine. Krace Zheng (I think) was again wonderful --- we remembered her from the previous stay. The chocolate cookie was delicious. ||||For the 2nd stay, the room (1-bedroom suite) was very nice, with a great view over the sea. There was no balcony in this room. For the 3rd and 4th stays, we opted for rooms with balconies.||||The swimming pool is lovely. The Happy Hour was in the Lobby Lounge for all 4 stays, due to Covid-19. Andy was (again) excellent --- he even remembered my preferred drink from the previous stay!.||||Breakfast was very nice. Unlike the first stay, there now seems to be sausages and jam, and may other delicious things.||||The surrounding area is great. I recommend the China Port Museum (don't forget your ID and mask). ||||The Meishan Bay Ice and Snow World is next door to the museum. It is overpriced, but you can save some money by bringing your own winter wear (including clothes, boots, coat, gloves, etc.). It doesn't seem to be fully completed, with several sections still under construction. Still, it is already quite big, and my two boys loved it.||||This hotel is rapidly becoming a favourite spot for our staycations!||||The only downside is the increased number of points to book (from 10k for our first stay to now around 20k). ||||Strongly...
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