Sheraton Lanzhou Anning

A lobby wall of metallic relief abstracts the Silk Road's dunes, and that's the hotel's thesis statement from the moment you check in. This Sheraton sits on the Yellow River bank in Anning District, its 354 rooms within reach of the old Zhongshan iron bridge and the Gansu Provincial Museum. The in-house noodle restaurant does Lanzhou's hand-pulled beef noodles, which is the correct thing to eat in this city.