The hotel is set in gorgeous grounds. The pictures I took from the room look like they were painted by Monet! If you walk down the hotel's short drive, you are on the Yang Causeway, quite close to the Zhiweiguan Restaurant, and a short stroll up to the corner of the lake, which is visible through the trees in along the causeway. There was a cosmetics company conference going on at the hotel while we were there and it appeared to be full. This might have been the only hotel in China that didn’t provide bottled water. It is true that hotels generally provide free bottled water, but you should check first.