Let's go to Sanya for vacation instead of staying in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai!

As an old-fashioned resort hotel in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, InterContinental Qiandao Lake has a very high occupancy rate during the summer holidays, and it is mainly for parent-child families, which makes the whole hotel very lively. The base room rate is $1,300 and above, but the value for money is relatively low in terms of the current experience. At the same price point, the Sanya Mid-Levels Peninsula Intercontinental and Sanya Grand Hyatt experience twice as good. But it's understandable, after all, it's summer vacation.                  —— The InterContinental Thousand Island Lakes offers a sense of escapism, which goes hand in hand with its unique location. It occupies the Envy Hill Peninsula. There are basically no shops nearby. There are only two small shops, the Envy Mountain Hotel and the Envy Mountain Tavern. About a 45-minute drive from Qiandao Lake Station, the hotel has a shuttle bus to and from the HSR station, but it costs 25 dollars a person. Personally, I don't think the hotel is very generous in this regard. The shuttle bus from Sanya Resort Hotel is free, and the occupancy rate is far lower than the shuttle bus from Qiandao Lake Intercontinental🚌.                  —— The public areas of the hotel are worth a visit, with two outdoor pools and an indoor pool🏊, the holiday feeling is good, but the children dominate. In addition to these, the hotel also has a super large children's playground🎠, really super big, the facilities inside are more complete than the usual children's playground. It's not easy for a hotel to have such a children's playground, no wonder it's a parent-child hotel. What caught my eye was the corridor between the hotel lobby and Area A. The lights were lit up at night, like stars in the sky✨.                  —— This time I stayed in the Premium Executive Lake View Room in Area A. The room has a good view of the lake. Although the fifth floor is on the same floor as the lounge, the floor is still lower. It is recommended to stay in a room on the sixth or seventh floor for a better experience. The view is the biggest highlight, the decor and layout of the room is very average, appearing old but giving the feeling of perching among the trees.                  —— add and the lounge served breakfast, you can imagine the number of diners. The breakfast was very confusing, the variety of dishes as well as the taste was very average, even not as good as the average business hotel, however the onion and oil bibimbap was worth mentioning. Compared to the chaos of add, the production and service of the Chinese restaurant is very good, the fish head soup is very delicious🐟.                  —— There is really no service to speak of, most of the hotels are interns or summer jobs, old employees are really rare. So getting this service-focused resort hotel directly without service, far from the standards of InterContinental, let alone the InterContinental flagship store.                  —— Overall, it is a great view, worth a look, other than this everything else is very average, very low value for money. If you are bringing children, you can consider staying in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai for a vacation. For others, it is recommended to fly directly to Sanya ✈️, now the air tickets to and from Sanya are not expensive. You can get a better experience for the same price in Sanya, or wait for the off-season to stay after September, then you can truly enjoy the unique sense of escapism that is unique to Intercontinental.