Merchant Marco Hotel

Lux rooms, West Lake location, on-site parking

Situated in Hangzhou's vibrant downtown area, the Merchant Marco Hotel (Makeboluo Jiari Jiudian) is within easy reach of Hangzhou's best-known attraction, picturesque West Lake, and offers easy access to the city's commercial shopping centers including Hubin Road and Nanshan Road.

This Hangzhou hotel houses 190 rooms ranging from Standard through Queen to Executive Lake-view Suites and apartment style accommodations. All rooms boast LCD TVs, bathtub and shower and broadband Internet access. Non-smoking rooms are available. For ultimate comfort and West Lake views check into the West Lake Suite where floor-to-ceiling windows illuminate a spacious two-room suite overlooking the scenery that earned Hangzhou the compliment of being "the most beautiful and elegant place in the world" from Marco Polo.

Three restaurants provide a variety of cuisines. For something a little different, check out the Mediterranean Sunshine  Bar on the 17th floor, which serves authentic Western food and a pleasing array of Mediterranean dishes with more of those spectacular lake views.

Guests traveling on business can make use of the hotel business center and have various conference rooms at their disposal.

After a hard day's sightseeing in Hangzhou and the surrounding area, guests can enjoy drinks at the bar, or relax in the beauty salon. For those who still have some energy there is a hotel gym which though small, is equipped with machines from leading Italian brand TechnoGym.

Free underground parking is also available, a boon to those with their own transportation.