Fleur de Chine Hotel

The geothermal spring beneath Sun Moon Lake was unknown until renovations here turned it up, and it now feeds the natural hot spring baths in most rooms. This lakeside resort sits above the northern shore, and those wide windows make the lake's shifting light and color hard to ignore from bed. It's been around forever, but feels more restorative than historic, grounded in local presence and sustainability practices that don't announce themselves too loudly.

One honor, in evidence: