While there are plenty of hotels to choose from in Guguan, the HOSHINOYA Guguan certainly stands out among the crowd, both physically (the building towers over the other hotels from a hilltop plateau) and in terms of the level of luxury on offer.
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Developed by the resort company Hoshino Resorts Inc. from Japan, the HOSHINOYA Guguan is the company’s first luxury hot-spring resort hotel outside of Japan. The hotel offers 50 spacious and tastefully decorated rooms, most of which are laid out in a maisonette style.
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All come with a private hot-spring bath with views over Guguan’s wooded mountain scenery.
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The hotel’s crowning glory, however, is its water garden – a serene forest grove threaded by a babbling stream – which also contains the hotel pool and several half-hidden gazebos tucked into the pine canopy.
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And at the far end of the pool you’ll find the indoor and outdoor hot springs, designed in a wabi-sabi style that mimics the natural textures of rock and wood, with plenty of private nooks in which self-conscious bathers (like many Japanese baths, no clothing is allowed while bathing) can enjoy some alone time.
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HOSHINOYA Guguan (虹夕諾雅)
Add: No.16, Wenquan Ln., Sec. 1, Dongguan Rd., Heping Dist., Taichung City
(台中市和平區東關路一段溫泉巷16號)
Tel: (04) 2595-0008
Website: hoshinoya.com/guguan/en/
Room Rates: Rates begin at NT$ 18,000 per night.
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