Jin Sha is one of Hangzhou's most celebrated Chinese restaurants and dishes out updated classics like Dongpo pork and Song Sao fish soup for gourmet palates. A boat ride through the private and most scenic stretch of the West Lake for breakfast or tea is not to be missed. The 4 hands massage at the spa is as indulgent as massages come and are delivered in the stillness of sumptuous treatment suites replete with oversized baths and plush swings.

One glides from one activity to the next with the greatest of ease, with staff who are extremely thoughtful and always a step ahead. The service orientation here is top amongst the best in Hangzhou.

Classically Chinese architecture harbour some of the largest accommodations in the city. Granted these are not new rooms but are still extremely comfortable and elegantly bedecked. The stunning garden that connects all the buildings here lends an air of seclusion and connects guests to a bygone age of Jiangnan refinements conveyed through every shrub and pavilion, rock and stream. Planted right at the cultural heart of this ancient city, magic awaits at this luxurious resort quite attuned to its fabled environs.