Shangri-La Qinhuangdao

Moshe Safdie designed the stacked-tower beachfront complex it occupies, modeled on his own Habitat 67 in Montreal, which means you're sleeping inside an architectural argument before you've even unpacked. The hotel runs 323 rooms across 23 floors, plum blossom motifs showing up on carpets, headboards, and light installations throughout. The indoor pool is petal-shaped, which tells you something about the clientele. Qin Xiang Ge covers both Dongbei and Cantonese cooking across fifteen private rooms.