Osmanthus Hotel Guilin

... ; The flught once it finally took off was uneventful and we hitched a ride on a very crowded shuttle bus at the Osmanthus Hotel.  Osmanthus is a very small very fragrant flower and is the symbol of Guilin.   After a less than impressive hotel ...

... went back home because there were many foreigners in the street. and nearly all the people could speak good english. As usual, our guilin route for your reference: Li River - West Street - Impression Liu Sanjie - bamboo rafting down the Yu Long River - ...

... air. The shrub grows everywhere in and around the city; the name Guilin, in fact, means "forest of sweet osmanthus." The area around Guilin is dotted with weirdly shaped karst pinnacles that appear to have spring up straight from the ground. They look ...

... area with fresh weather, nice food, nice shopping at the huge night market.  Its name means "forest of sweet osmanthus", owing to the large number of fragrant sweet osmanthus trees located in the city and surrounded by beauty mountains. The ...

... we approached the city how all of the streets and buildings were lit up. Amy told us that we would be staying at the Guilin Bravo Hotel which was right beside one of the four lakes in Guilin. We soon arrived at the hotel which was again very nice indeed ...

... - persuade the guide to do things at a different time to all the others. Not always possible but fruitful when it is! Guilin is named after the Osmanthus trees which are blooming now. They are evergreen and we have similar shrubs int he UK, but these have ...

... RMB 40.  It turned out to be a short flight to Guilin, the capital of China's Guangxi Province.   `Guilin’ means 'forest of osmanthus trees’.  From the airport we took a taxi for RMB 40 to the city and checked into a hotel ...

... he’s in the dog house with his boss) we just went along with it. We checked in to the uninspiring Guilin Osmanthus Hotel, which is located near the river. Shortly thereafter we went for a stroll around Guilin and stopped for some coffee with ...

... out to be a souvenir shop with a section at the back where a man went through an elaborate tea ceremony and we tasted the local osmanthus tea, some real jasmine tea and vintage boleh tea. It was a long process and they used the trick of starting with very ...

... is yellow and muddy and running very high these days. There are scenic lakes in the city and the streets and lined with osmanthus trees. Many of the larger streets have separate lanes for bikes, motorcycles and scooters, so cars are unimpeded, but they ...

... rain and misty weather, we continued to be paparazzi, documenting every mountain peak looming out of the clouds. The cruise offered some osmanthus wine for us to try.  Reactions range from "sweet dessert wine" to "baby cough medicine."   I ...

... then moved into a private room for the tea ceremony where we got to taste four different teas. I particularly liked the Osmanthus tea, which is a Guilin specialty and in fact only available in Guilin, so of course I bought a large tin of it. According ...

... nice and we were happy to buy some even though it was relatively pricey compared to UK tea). We got M some osmanthus tea to try, then walked up to the hotel (our driver had brought our luggage from Guilin for us already) We headed past the stalls to a ...

... Zhuang Autonomous Region of far southern China, sitting on the west bank of the Li River. Its name means "forest of sweet osmanthus", owing to the large number of fragrant Sweet Osmanthus trees located in the city. The city has long been renowned for its ...

... - the finest in the world.  Everything is lush and green, and mountains of unusual shapes. Guilin is a mere hamlet of 800,000 people.  Our hotel is su\ituated along the Li river, and also next to a small lake.  Today, we took a ...

... offre de cirer les chaussures nous poursuit à chaque tournant. C'est un peu harcelant. Ici aussi, il y a des "oliviers odorants" ou osmanthus. Je me suis procurée le vin d'osmanthus que j'avais goûté sur le bateau (rose et très liquoreux). Nathalie ...

... harvested rice fields. It was fun to have a bit of exercise and also to have a look at lush fields of persimmon, oranges and osmanthus. It was also fun to hop onto a bamboo raft with the bikes and relax whilst a guy took us down the river, and dragon ...

... the bridge to Bao Sha where we would pick up a bus back to Yangshuo. While we were there we bought a bottle of the Osmanthus wine that the Shanghainese couple had introduced us to. Back in Yangshuo, we met up again with Margaret, who was returning her ...