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I was teaching in Mile, I took a 4-hour bus to Jianshui to stay for 2 days. Zhu Gardens is also a tourist attraction, but it is even more magical to stay in for the night. What a gorgeous place, and the rooms..well, take a look at the photos! It is considerably more expensive than other hotels in the area but still not overly expensive I suppose in comparison to Western hotels. Yunnan is generally very cheap - It was sometimes only about £4 for a 3-course meal! Jianshui is become more of a Han Chinese tourist attraction, and unfortunately is becoming increasingly tacky, but at the moment it's still alright and preserved a lot of its culture and old buildings. Just don't go to the Zhu Gardens restaurant with the dancers..it's a rip off and not an authentic experience. There's a restaurant aimed at tourists with an English menu but serves really tasty local dishes just opposite the Gardens called Xianmanlou (or something like that). Otherwise it's really about trying the street food, and avoiding restaurants that look like they might give you poisoning! The hotel do make an effort to accommodate Westerners for breakfast, but you can see they're not used to it! Yunnan's main crops are tobacco and rice, so they don't eat much bread (or wheat products basically) apart from this weird sweetened brioche stuff. They eat spicy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! The staff speak little English. The Western tourists there at the moment seem to all be French so maybe they know more French than English, je ne sais pas!

Cette résidence de la famille Zhu a été transformée en hotel, elle est composée de plusieurs pavillons séparées par de jolies cours fleuries. C'est un retour dans le passé. Les chambres ont conservées leur mobilier d'époque, il y a même dans le placard un habit de l'epoque , ce qui permet de faire des photos ..... L'hotel est situé près de la vieille ville, une sortie de l'hotel permet d'avoir accès directement a une petite rue très commerçante Le personnel est accueillant et serviable

这里简直是享受宁静的避风港。这次旅行让我觉得回到了过去，真是一段愉快的经历啊！ 能有机会住在这样一个环境特别的酒店里，我认为有时费力地跟工作人员沟通是值得的。他们也非常努力地去理解我的意思。一旦他们明白了，就会竭力帮你。他们会帮你找公交车的班次，帮你订下一个酒店，在你去元阳旅行的时候，他们会帮你寄存行李。 建水是个好地方，很有气氛，值得一去。 早餐不是特别好，但没人在意这个。附近有很多面馆呢。

The Zhu Family Garden hotel is a Qing dynasty mansion, one of the few that wasn't subdivided during the Cultural Revolution. There are 42 courtyards and many rooms, not to mention countless beautifully restored wood carvings. The room was decorated with traditional furniture including mosquito nets artfully draped over the beds (unfortunately necessary). An absolutely lovely place to spend a few nights.

You are really staying in a museum. The old house is beautifully restored and creates a truly unique experience. Each room looks different. Each courtyard has it's own style. I should mention that the rooms are fairly simple (something else would not match with the overall experience) but functional. Some travel guides mention a restaurant. We found a small bar (beer, coffee, soft drinks) but not a restaurant. This is not really an issue as the Zhu Family Garden is just in the center of (a part) of the old town. Nearby - less than one minute walk - are different good restaurants to eat.