Shangri-La Shenyang

Rooms look out over Youth Park's lake on one side and the neon corridor of Youth Street on the other, so you're picking between serene and electric. This large Shangri-La hotel has 383 rooms dressed in warm timber and silk-embroidered panels that nod to the region's craft traditions. The pool sits at a steady 28°C beside Chi, The Spa, and the in-house Chinese restaurant spans Cantonese, Sichuan, and Northeastern cooking in a single menu.