Xi'an, a city with a thousand-year-old capital, a national historical and cultural city, and one of the four major ancient capitals of China. It is the starting point of the famous Silk Road and the best tourist destination in China.

This is the place where King Wu established the Zhou Dynasty after destroying the Shang Dynasty; it is the place where Ying Zheng, the king of Qin, unified the world; it is the place where Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu and proclaimed himself emperor; and it is also the place where Li Bai wrote the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Today, it has become an Internet celebrity city in China, and tourists from all over the country are going there for vacations.

There are countless luxury hotels in the city of Xi'an. In addition to enjoying travel and vacations, there are also many hotel owners who simply want to check in on Xi'an's major luxury hotels. This time, we came to this "private mansion in the Tang Dynasty."

Intercontinental brand hotels were once synonymous with high-end business in my heart. The hotel won out with its superior location, efficient service and stable hardware until I met this newly unveiled Intercontinental hotel.

Hotel design reveals everything senior senseFrom the moment you walk into the hotel lobby, even a senior hotel fan will continue to marvel.

Various works of art and decorations seem to be randomly matched, but they are just right. Xi'an customs and fashion elementsPerfect mix and match.
This wonderful hotel is the first hotel of IHG's Intercontinental Hotels and Resorts brand in Northwest China and the brand's flagship store in Northwest China. Don't let it go Intercontinental Xi'an Economic Development HotelThe name is misleading. In my opinion, this is not a hotel. It is clearly a "private courtyard" dressed in modern clothes but with the heart of the Tang Dynasty! 01

mistakenly entered Peach Blossom Garden


In my opinion, walking into this hotel, You have to go through the "three gates" and have a strong sense of ceremony。To enter it, you must follow the "city wall" hidden by bamboo forest to the only arrival entrance on the north side. Only when you see the hotel's big sign can you enter the "first door".
The "city wall" hidden by bamboo forest
Walking through the gentle slope upward carriageway, you will see an ancient welcoming pine tree standing on a pool of water. This is a clever design. The overall building of the hotel is lifted up and is not on the same level as the surrounding road. It is like the foundation of an ancient palace. The feeling of looking up step by step into the hall is perfectly reproduced here. What's even more clever is that the circle close to the building is built into a landscape wading pool, like a moat of a palace.

Under the welcome canopy, the "Second Gate" is presented in a thick way. It is taken from the shape of the ancient Chang 'an gate and uses a contrasting color different from the light tones of the city wall elements to reflect the majestic appearance of Guanzhong. Step into this door and pass through the winding glass foyer before you truly enter the interior of the hotel building.

Step into this door and you will find the hotel's welcoming lobby. The most eye-catching thing here is the screen. This 3D printed template art work shows a three-dimensional map of the Qinling Mountains. But what's even more clever is that two buildings representing Xi'an are also hidden: the Bell Tower and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda!

Turning his eyes, the "third door" appeared in front of him. This is a gate composed of six gates. In Xi'an's long historical years, they have witnessed the change of dynasties and the development of ancient capitals. Each gate has its own historical story. This door is open, representing the open-arm welcome of Intercontinental Xi'an Economic Development Hotel to all guests.

This third door is the hotel's front desk, where you can pick up your room card and welcome your own private mansion.

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Juting Private Mansion

Get out of the elevator, walk through the corridor like the stone road of ancient Chang 'an Street, and come to the door of the guest room. Before I even entered the door, I was already attracted by the "chimes" at the door. The tradition of "twilight drums and morning bells" is a scenic spot in the ancient city of Xi'an. Is it a good idea to choose chimes as the "doorbell" inspired by this?

Open with a specially customized room card (Tips: If guests booking through the official website have special needs such as anniversaries, they can inform the hotel in advance to customize their exclusive room card) Another door, this guest room in Chang 'an City is gradually lifting its veil.

Facing him was a foyer, and behind the foyer was a second door. Slowly pulling it open, the whole picture of the entire guest room suddenly appeared in front of you.

|Full view of the guest room|
The second entry is the bathing space, and the central island-style design of the sink can be said to be invincible in innovation. The bathtub and wardrobe stand on each side, like two ceremonial ceremonies.

followed See the third door again。Through this door, you will reach the final bedroom. This "three-entry" design inherits the traditional Chinese family etiquette sequence. One enters the door of the house; the second enters the courtyard; and the third enters the hall; it cleverly separates the space and also ensures the privacy of the stay.

This room integrates ancient and modern aesthetics. It not only retains contemporary living and working habits in the layout, but also incorporates the Qin, Tang and Han styles in the details. The color of the entire bedroom is warm and soft, and the green of "Chinese jade" is heavily used on the walls, showing dignity while calm.

The decoration "Chang 'an under the Moon" similar to a bronze mirror at the bedside looks more like a round fan in the hands of a lady in the Tang Dynasty. The hollow part looks like the texture of the moon surface. You can also see the shadow of the Bell Tower and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which means that every guest who stays in can have a good dream under the moonlight of Chang' an.
In this room, the clever placement of various lamps and lanterns, the organic combination of solid wood beds and fabric sofas, and even the choice of minibar glass cabinets and kettles all reflect extraordinary ingenuity.
In this garden-view room, the most must-miss thing is the full-scale floor-to-ceiling window with an extremely wide view of the city sports park. Whether you are sitting on the writing desk by the window to work or lying on the couch in a daze, it has become a particularly poetic scene.

If you want a more spacious room, the Mobile Suite is an excellent choice. The 27 suites at Intercontinental Xi'an Economic Development Hotel are also breaking through the tradition. They are no longer designed with one living room and one room, but connect the two and even organically integrated into the bathroom space to form a unique luxury suite enjoyment.

All the surprising elements in the standard room are preserved here, and some unique uniqueness is added. For example, in terms of the overall color, in addition to jade green, there is also an amber collision. In addition to the right lacquerware container, more leather elements are used, which also shows a sense of honor.

I really like the casual sofa chairs by the window of this suite, which makes it extremely comfortable to lie down and watch the scenery.

Moreover, the suite not only has more space, but also has more improvements in software and hardware. Not only can I take a comfortable bath in the landscape bathtub, but I also see the Dyson hair dryer that is both beautiful and practical, and I also discovered the toiletries of my favorite Spanish national treasure skin care brand Rebisi.

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The restaurant is beautiful and delicious


Modern people have long passed the era of "eating for eating's sake" when eating. An attractive restaurant must not only be delicious, but also be good-looking. The higher the appearance of the restaurant, the more popular it is. Every dining venue in the Intercontinental Hotel Xi'an Economic Development is beautiful and interesting. The most eye-catching thing is Char on the 25th floor on the top floor.

|| Cha Restaurant and Bar
As a high-end steak restaurant brand promoted by IHG Group in recent years,"Cha Restaurant and Bar" only appears in a small number of carefully selected luxury hotels. As the only Chaa restaurant in the Northwest, it not only occupies an excellent landscape, but also becomes an in-house restaurant. The most ceremonial restaurant。

Char's restaurant area has floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the green of the city sports park. It has a strong American decoration style, rough and attitude, and an open kitchen design that allows guests to appreciate the chef's cooking skills while tasting the dishes on the table. Delicious food.

As a steak restaurant, you must try Robin Island pure blood and beef recommended by the chef. This is difficult to find in other places in Xi'an. Moreover, the entire process of enjoying the steak is a ritual enjoyment process. After ordering the ripeness of the steak and waiting for the meal to be served, the waiter will hold a knife box containing 6 knives, each with a name and origin. After listening to the waiter's complete introduction, choose the one you like most. This is One of the rituals。

After selecting the knife, the waiter will hand over a set of 6 sea salts, each with a name and effect, adding more flavor to the steak. The second sense of ceremony。
The steaks are served in the form of iron plates, which can always maintain the temperature of the steaks and make the bottom have a burnt aroma. The plate has a high appearance and has never stopped taking photos since it is served on the table!

Other dishes are not inferior. The red cabbage head in the starter is served with cumin sorbet. The sorbet taste is really amazing, too northwest, and it's delicious! The beef broth is extremely sweet, and the beef is also very tender and smooth. The grilled scallops are full of meat, with just the right seasoning, and you can taste the taste of the sea. Even pre-meal bread has a strong aroma of wheat and a good texture.

Across the long table of the box in the restaurant, there is an outdoor high-altitude terrace, which is very suitable for holding receptions and parties. Through the uniquely designed flip door, you will arrive at Char's bar area, which seems to be a paradise in the sky.
Cha Bar continues the American design style and is more casual and comfortable, providing a new choice for Xi'an's fashionable nightlife. As night falls, professional DJs make their debut. It is appropriate to pick a cup of selected global wines or handmade cocktails. It is the best choice.

|| Caifeng Building Chinese Restaurant

If you like Chinese food, you can choose Caifeng Lou Chinese Restaurant on the second floor of the hotel. This is also the Chinese restaurant brand promoted by IHG Group in recent years. The design of the restaurant continues the group's brand standards, with "bird" as the theme element to create a dining space full of Chinese aesthetics.

The restaurant is dominated by Chinese red, with feathers and bird cages as design elements. It is inspired by China's thousand-year-old love of birds. The red bricks and Chinese cabinets in the restaurant are actually very nostalgic and classic, but the atmosphere created by using light and shadow spotlights is also Very fashionable and luxurious, and feels very different.

The products of Caifeng Tower never disappoint. The menu here is based on Cantonese cuisine and integrates local Shaanxi cuisine, which is still very distinctive. The traditional hand-rolled hairtail and truffle fubao tofu in the cold dishes make the dishes very good in appearance and taste. In the hot dishes, the royal chicken wings and braised abalone and the sizzling mutton on the iron plate are all down-to-earth ingredients and flavors that make people reminisce.

|| Yuan·Coffee
What attracted me first about this full-time restaurant located on the south side of the first floor of the hotel was its appearance. When passing outside the hotel at night, the light and shadow of the restaurant is reflected on the "moat", like a modern palace.

The design inspiration of the restaurant comes from Xi'an's historical palaces and is reinterpreted with modern design techniques. The neat and uniform ceilings that imitate the pattern of Li Fang evolved from the ancient buildings that crisscrossed and superimposed layers of cross-beams, arches and flying eaves of painted buildings.

The restaurant is divided into two flexible sections. Before entering the dining area, they will pass through a dessert area. Even guests who are not using the buffet can choose to have a glass of juice and a dessert here. Just this atmosphere full of market atmosphere will also make people feel particularly comfortable.
As an all-day restaurant, the hotel enjoys three buffets every day here. The variety is rich and the products are very exquisite. For breakfast, you can have local specialties such as roujiamo and minced noodles. The dinner is mainly composed of seafood and barbecue. The ingredients and taste are very reassuring. The hotel also carefully prepares local food stalls for guests in the "pasta capital", and all kinds of pasta are not a problem.

|| lobby lounge

This Intercontinental Hotel really takes the sense of ceremony to the extreme. Even going to the lobby lounge requires a few more steps "ritually" before you can sit down. Even if it is integrated into the design of the entire lobby area, it still deliberately creates an independent and private atmosphere.

There is a conspicuous wooden sculpture "link" in front of the lounge, which symbolizes the intersection of East and West brought by the Silk Road, as well as the intersection of ancient and modern history here, which perfectly highlights the design ideas of the entire hotel.
The overall color of the lounge is soft and atmospheric, and the bright yellow seats are colorful, adding to the lively atmosphere. It is very suitable for enjoying afternoon tea here. The cherry afternoon tea currently being promoted uses cherries as the main ingredient to make a variety of desserts such as macarons, cheesecake, mousse, custard cups, etc., and are placed on a "colorful" tray. It is really beautiful and invincible! After ordering one, the guests around them all cast envious looks...

It is worth mentioning that the independent space adjacent to the lobby lounge is an intercontinental concierge service area. The lake blue sofas are eye-catching in color. Guests can communicate with the intercontinental concierge here, which fully reflects the brand connotation of "intercontinental life knows the world".
The art hidden under the stairs is also inspired by horses, but it is more artistic.
|| Intercontinental Executive Club
Guests staying in Executive Rooms and Suites should not miss the Intercontinental Executive Club located on the 23rd floor, which is the study room in the palace! The 8-meter-high bookcase wall on the front is a modern interpretation of the ancient Sutra Depository, and the side wall is like the stacked scriptures on the bookshelf of the Sutra Depository, which is extremely "elegant".

You can enjoy daily afternoon tea and happy cocktail hour here, or use it as a private study room for private business discussions.

After staying at the hotel for 2 nights, I already regard this Intercontinental as a travel destination in my heart, fully fulfilling the concept of contemporary staycation. A comfortable stay and a happy meal are of course important aspects, but the other is the relaxation and pleasure that the hotel brings me. I like swimming. The six-floor swimming pool has natural lighting, and there is also a large open-air platform on the side. It is extremely open. Swimming here 10 times a day is a compulsory course.
The gym is also on this floor. It is also divided into two areas: aerobic and strength. The best thing is its environment. There is a whole area of green outside the window, making it feel better when you exercise.
Of course, the best place to exercise is of course the City Sports Park directly opposite the hotel! The hotel has such a unique location, how can you not make good use of it.

As the largest sports park in Xi'an, it has complete jogging trails and four exclusive venues for those who like ball sports. More importantly, it is shaded by trees and surrounded by lake water. No wonder it becomes a paradise for surrounding residents every night. How can I miss such benefits?

So, would you not like this kind of intercontinental?!

Hotel address: No. 120, Fengcheng Eighth Road, Economic Development Zone, Xi'an

Consultation telephone: 029-87238888

When visiting Xi'an, in addition to good hotels, there are many places worth checking in, such as Hui Street, Bell Tower and Drum Tower, and the lively Tang Dynasty City that never sleeps.

Huimin Street👆

Bell Tower

Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Tang Dynasty Sleepless City