Chosen China's Leading Boutique Hotel in 2015, Le Passage Mohkan Shan is part luxurious French county house and part Chinese hill station. On a tea plantation in mountains that were an escape from Shanghai summers in Concession days, it is now a year around destination within two hours of the city. Le Passage's 30 rooms - all with king-sized beds - are in the main house and five bungalows. Owned by a French couple, the hotel features a heated outdoor spring-water pool, Saturday cooking classes, a cozy library, a cigar room and a cave with natural French wines and the house pear brandy. Outdoor activities according to season include bird-watching, hiking in a bamboo forest, cycling and ambling in an antique rose garden. High-speed trains stop at the Hazhou station, a 30-minute drive from Le Passage.

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