Fairfield by Marriott Chongqing Yongchuan

Yongchuan is where Zhang Yimou filmed parts of House of Flying Daggers among the bamboo forests, which gives the district a certain mythological edge the Fairfield by Marriott cheerfully ignores. It's a clean, no-frills business hotel next to Xinglong Lake, a five-minute ride from the East Railway Station. Floor-to-ceiling windows pull in city views, and the location puts you close enough to tea plantations and national park trails to actually use them.