The new top hotel in the Greater Bay Area, a complete guide for a three-day, two-night immersive experience!
🏨 Hotel Name: Courtyard by Marriott Zhuhai
✨ Opening Date: September 8, 2025
📍 Location: No. 268 Yinwan Road, Phase II, Huafa Mall, Shizimen, Zhuhai (5-minute walk to Hengqin Port)
As an experienced hotel reviewer, I stayed early at this highly anticipated new landmark in the Greater Bay Area! After testing it out, this is definitely the must-visit hidden gem hotel of 2025, bar none! Here is my carefully compiled guide 👇
🌟【Key Highlights at a Glance】
✅ Dual-city panoramic views: All 188 rooms feature floor-to-ceiling windows, with half facing the neon-lit Macau Tower and the other half overlooking Hengqin’s mountain scenery. The 26th-floor high sea view rooms offer simultaneous views of Macau’s city skyline and Zhuhai’s coastline!
✅ Pearl-inspired aesthetic space: The lobby is inspired by “pearls,” featuring diamond-cut architecture, shell-textured walls, and a mother-of-pearl dome. The interplay of light and shadow makes you feel like you’re in an art museum, and every photo looks like a magazine cover!
✅ Land and sea culinary feast:
The all-day dining restaurant specializes in “modern Cantonese + global cuisine,” with must-try dishes like “Hengqin fresh oyster sashimi” and “Macau Portuguese egg tarts.” The chef’s live oyster shucking is truly impressive!
The lobby bar’s trendy afternoon tea and signature cocktails are favorites among young guests!
Seamlessly connected to Huafa Mall downstairs, with over 50 restaurants to choose from, and a 3-minute walk to Wanzai Seafood Street for seafood freedom!
✅ Ideal for both business and leisure:
Four meeting rooms equipped with smart conference systems, with sea views outside the floor-to-ceiling windows serving as an inspiration board!
The 24-hour gym features panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows facing the mountains, making running while enjoying the view a healing experience!
📸【Must-visit photo spots】
1. Lobby pearl art installation:
Morning natural light streams through the diamond-cut glass curtain wall onto the shell wall, creating stunning layers of light and shadow! Recommended to wear a light-colored long dress and take backlit silhouette photos on the spiral staircase.
2. 26th-floor high sea view room:
Between 4-5 PM when the sunlight slants, sit on the window-side sofa to capture the full view of Macau Tower, paired with the welcome fruit gift from the hotel for a perfect atmosphere!
3. All-day dining restaurant’s fishing port-themed area:
With fishing net textured ceiling and reed screens, wear blue-toned clothes to shoot “pretending to be at a fishing port” photos!
4. Shizimen Light Rail Station rainbow walkway:
A 3-minute walk from the hotel, perfect for evening shots of the light rail passing through buildings with Macau Tower in the frame, creating a cinematic movie poster vibe!
🚗【Transportation and Nearby Activities】
🚇 Metro: Exit C at Shizimen Station leads directly to the hotel, 15 minutes to Zhuhai Station, 30 minutes to Guangzhou South.
🚕 Taxi:
Zhuhai Jinwan Airport → Hotel: about 40 minutes / 80 RMB
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom → Hotel: about 15 minutes / 30 RMB
🚌 Free shuttle bus: The hotel offers scheduled shuttles to Sun and Moon Bay and Zhuhai Fisher Girl, reservation at the front desk required in advance!
💡【Practical Tips】
1. The hotel breakfast is crowded during peak hours; it’s recommended to dine before 7:30 AM or after 9:30 AM to avoid the rush;
5. There are few shared bikes nearby, so for short trips, taking a taxi (starting fare 10 RMB) is recommended.