I enjoyed our stay at Shilin Hotel on the mountain top of Huangshan .
Firstly their customer service is good. We were allocated a butler who we didn't make much use of. But she escorted us to our room, show us the amenities, explain about the various peaks and how far they were . And she also rated the climbs for us, which we found useful. Set us up with her we chat account and even sent us photos of sunrise on nearby peaks.
The hotel organises a guide to take u out for sunset or sunrise tour to a nearby peak.
It rained on our 1st day,so no sunset tour for us, but sunrise tour at 5.30am was fantastic.
The craggy mountain tops with pine scattered around was just amazing.the sunrise tour of a peak is not to be missed. When u look at the pictures they look so unreal like as if they were photos hopped.
I promise I took them in my smartphone yesterday.
They had a reasonable spread for breakfast, though the western selection is sp****.
Staying at the mountain tip is the only way to catch sunrise and sunset.
We were here in spring but I eas told autumn is better because there are more rainy days in spring.
The main advantage about Shilin is that it's the closest to the Yunggu cable car.
U might think this a frivolous comment but believe me after u how up and down a few peaks u will appreciate the closeness of the cablecar