Best Hotels in
Hangzhou

A sacred village on the edge of Lingyin Temple's forest — Aman has preserved 42 ancient peasant dwellings as villas, connected by stone paths under a canopy of camphor trees. Dawn meditation in the bamboo grove, private tea ceremonies in the farm pavilion, and silence of a quality that urban China makes very hard to find.

• Ultra-luxury
• Wellness
• Nature
• Romance

Forty pavilions and villas spread across West Lake's northern shore in a landscape of lotus ponds, bamboo gardens, and moon-gate corridors. The view from a lakeside suite at dawn — mist on the water, a pagoda silhouetted on the far shore — is one of the great hotel experiences in Asia. The Zhi Wei Guan restaurant is a pilgrimage for devotees of traditional Hangzhou cuisine.

• Ultra-luxury
• Views
• Romance
• Heritage

Perched on a hillside above the Fuchun River — the landscape immortalised in the famous Yuan Dynasty scroll — Fuchun Resort offers villas and suites facing tea terraces and water meadows. The resort's Taoist wellness philosophy, its ceramics workshop, and the stunning infinity pool make it one of China's great nature retreats.

• Nature
• Wellness
• Romance
• Views

Villa-style suites on the wetland lagoons of Xixi National Park — each private pool faces a waterway busy with egrets and kingfishers. Banyan Tree's signature spa therapies, a fleet of private boats, and the Rain Flower restaurant serving lakeside Jiangnan cuisine make this an exceptional retreat for couples.

• Ultra-luxury
• Nature
• Spa
• Couples

A lakeside landmark on the Su Causeway embankment — the Hyatt's rooftop pool at night, when the lake is reflected in the lit pagodas, is a genuine spectacle. Rooms are spacious, the Regency Club lounge offers a commanding view, and the position is ideal for walking the causeways at sunrise.

• Views
• Luxury
• Families
• Central

Minimalist white curves on the western shore, close enough to the Su Causeway to hear the willows. The InterContinental's West Lake-facing rooms are among the most photographed hotel interiors in China — floor-to-ceiling glass, a cloud-white bed, and the Leifeng Pagoda perfectly framed.

• Views
• Romance
• Luxury
• Design

Songtsam's Yunnan-born design vocabulary — rough stone, pine, and clay — translates surprisingly well to Zhejiang's mountain landscape. Just 21 rooms amid the cloud forests of Tianmu Mountain, with guided forest-bathing, traditional medicine consultations, and a wood-fire sauna fed by mountain spring water.

• Nature
• Wellness
• Boutique
• Retreat

An efficient luxury choice in the business district — generous rooms, a large indoor pool, and a convenient subway connection to West Lake. The Grand Ballroom is one of the most popular wedding venues in the city, which gives the whole property a well-rehearsed glamour.

• Business
• Families
• Value
• Modern

A converted tea farmer's estate in the Longjing Dragon Well tea gardens — just eight suites amid hectares of terraced green. Mornings are spent hand-picking tea with local farmers; evenings in a cedar soaking tub on your private terrace as the hills turn violet. The most genuinely local luxury experience in the Hangzhou region.

• Heritage
• Nature
• Boutique
• Authentic

Reliable, smartly designed, and well-positioned in the technology corridor south of the river — a favourite with business visitors to Alibaba's headquarters. Rooms are bright with good connectivity, the rooftop bar has mountain views, and the subway puts the lake within twenty minutes.

• Business
• Value
• Modern
• Solo