Amanfayun

Rather simple old houses positioned amidst bamboo forest and tea plantages. Go for the calm and serenity. Rooms are simple but beautiful. Service amazing, super friendly with very good English. Visit the Hanghzou House which is a one star Michelin on the property but not part of the Aman, beautiful place with excellent food. The western restaurant of the Aman is also excellent. General manager extremely friendly and very helpful and flexible. For your excursions ask for Tony as a guide, he is a bit talkative but has his own opinion on everything which is very refreshing. Again what stands out here and at par with the Amandayan is the quality of the people: friendly, proud to serve, competent. A place well run and joy to visit.

Very ordinary experience which would probably not even suit a decent three star hotel. Yes it is a restored village converted to a hotel, but it is still an "Aman" and priced like one. Very poor on details of things in room and restaurants. A person came to knock on our room past midnight just to ask for the car number of our pick up the next morning which was not even an early hours check our. Lizard lounging on a the room sofa freaked my wife out, hand to close luggage and avoid sitting on furniture. No hand lotion in common bathrooms. No signage to reach one's rooms at night. Most people Very poor on language, which should be in a luxury hotel charging over a thousand dollars a night for a room!

It was a stay that left me wanting to stay longer. First location that really helped me to relax my active mind. Simply ZEN on earth. The sound of waterways and the michelin restaurants near by activities made sure this was a magical stay. Property is simply heaven on earth.