[2024 Aksu City Stay] Travel Guide for UrCove by HYATT AKsu (Updated Dec)
New Discoveries in Aksu, Xinjiang: Stay in a Futuristic Hotel!
Aksu is not only synonymous with fragrant fruits, but also a dazzling pearl on the southern Silk Road. Riding a bicycle through the cobblestone streets of Wensu Ancient City feels like traveling through time and space. In the evening, take a walk by the Duolang River, and feel the breeze on your face. It's so pleasant!
When it comes to summer destinations, I have to mention the Yifei Hotel at Aksu Century Plaza, where I stayed this time. It's like an urban oasis, providing a comfortable resting place for me on my journey!
The hotel is in a prime location. Turn left to find a shopping center, turn right to find a food street, and not far away, you can explore traces of history. Aksu not only offers natural gifts, but also a place that combines convenience and comfort, making it hard to leave.
[Smart Living, the Future is Here]
As soon as you step into the room, it's like walking into a sci-fi movie scene.
Smart toilets, speakers, and TVs are all operated with one click, making it easy to experience a tech-savvy lifestyle. Even the hairdryer is Dyson, with wind power that can style your hair like a professional model before a runway show! The room also has a capsule coffee machine. Wake up in the morning with a cup of homemade rich coffee, and awaken not only your body but also your anticipation for a new day!
[Spacious Family Room, Cozy as Home]
This family room is big enough to host a party! The newly renovated modern design is simple yet cozy, with plenty of space for the whole family. The electric curtains slowly open, sunlight fills the entire room, and a beautiful day begins~
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The first stop on the self-driving Duku Highway, Yitel Hotel in Aksu, Xinjiang
After missing the Duku Highway several times, this year it finally happened. What's even better is that it coincided with the new trend of Xinjiang's international chain hotels. From Aksu to Kuqa, over the Tianshan Mountains back to Urumqi and then to Hami, during this little week-long journey, except for Nalati hidden deep in the Tianshan Mountains which has yet to see international chain involvement, other places all have chain hotels newly opened in the past two years, no longer needing to worry about finding guesthouses. My dream trip on the Duku Highway also became a journey of trying out this string of new hotels.
The first stop was Aksu at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, staying at the Hyatt Yitel Hotel. A 20-minute drive from the airport, the hotel opened last year and is located on top of a high-rise in the city center, which should be the bustling area of the locality.
The reception hall, not very large and slightly less luxurious in decoration, features two square island counters, astronaut-shaped dolls, and a dining table equipped with complimentary drinks, local fruits, and snacks, all highlighting the Yitel genes. After recognizing the membership, breakfast is included, and the room type is slightly upgraded.
The guest room has a simple decoration style and is quite spacious. Facilities such as electric curtains, capsule coffee machines, and electric toilets are ahead of similar hotels by several notches, and even surpass many five-star hotels without feeling inferior. In terms of intelligence, it's also at the forefront, with a voice service system by the bed, and all kinds of needs can be met just by speaking. At night, the bathroom has a sensor light that turns on and off automatically.
The welcome fruit was creative, super sweet local specialty small white apricots. The Mini bar door had a sticker for free drinks and snacks, but opening it revealed only three small packages of Xinjiang-flavored Qiegao similar to those sold at Bestore, which was really modest.
The next day's breakfast was arranged in the restaurant on the seventh floor, of ordinary standard without much novelty, except for the naan, there was no sign of any local features, but there were seven or eight dishes of various stir-fried greens, has the concept of health penetrated so deeply into people's hearts? Only the fresh lychees were surprising, leading to a reflection on the level of logistics in China, unparalleled in the world.
It's understandable that smoking is prohibited in the guest rooms, but the smell of smoke in the shared elevator was very strong, which needs to be improved as soon as possible.
Guest room related information:
Room number: 1417
Official website name: Executive King Room
Area: 29 square meters
Mattress: Elsen
Bedding, fabric, and bathrobe: Canasin
TV: Hisense
Intelligent system: Yitel
Shower and metal parts: Huida
Basin: Huida
Toilet: Electric Huida
Hairdryer: Kinhao
Amenities: Large bottle Seven Plus lemon verbena series
Electric kettle: Tonney
Capsule coffee machine: Nespresso
Capsule coffee: 2 capsules of Nespresso
Tea bags: Tianfu Tea
Bottled water: Nongfu Spring
Mini bar: Free