Luoyang Marriott Hotel

Lake views come with the upper floors at this contemporary hotel in Luoyang's new administrative district, where rooms run from the fifteenth floor up and the better categories face water on two sides. The interiors nod to the city's long dynastic past without going full museum about it. Two restaurants cover Cantonese and all-day international, and the Longmen Grottoes are close enough to justify the trip entirely on their own.