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Dongfang Yucai Hotel, Foshan, Guangdong — a vegan-culture hotel with 179 rooms
Three stars, 179 rooms, and a fully plant-based kitchen — no alcohol, no meat, no eggs, no dairy, no five pungent spices.
Mucheng Su Lü, Dali, Yunnan — a plant-based guesthouse on the west shore of Erhai
A guesthouse named for plant-based travel, in Shiling village. Public information is still thin — here is what can be verified.
Yicha Hall, Dali, Yunnan — tea and vegetarian food, with the Three Pagodas from the roof terrace
A tea-hall guesthouse in Sanwenbi village, opened in 2019 — private tea rooms, vegetarian meals, and a steady programme of free public classes.
Qianmu Manor, Dali, Yunnan — a wellbeing courtyard beneath Cangshan, run by vegans
Ten rooms behind white walls in Shangyin village: vegan pastries, music and calligraphy, and an owner who has eaten plant-based for years.
Inward Life Resort, Fuxian Lake, Yunnan — China's first fully vegan resort
Bare, quiet architecture on the shore of Fuxian Lake, with eighteen rooms and a table that serves only plants.
Bolomi Veggie & Tea Courtyard, Jingshan, Hangzhou — a pure-vegan guesthouse in an old village school
Halfway up Jingshan, run by seven vegans — mountain spring water outside the door and the ancient trail right there.
Xiangqu Senba Vegan Retreat, Shangri-La, Yunnan — a Tibetan courtyard inside Dukezong
A Tibetan courtyard on the north gate street — wood, stone, and a few steps to Moonlight Square.
Zili Retreat, Mount Jiuhua, Anhui — a vegan guesthouse below the mountain gates
Below Jiuhua: plain, clean, inexpensive, and the food follows the temple kitchen's way.
Daxiang Baopu Vegetarian Hotel, Dalian, Liaoning — 123 rooms and a 900 m² vegan restaurant
A rare combination in China — vegan, large-scale, banquet-capable — with a roof garden on the seventh floor.
Astral, Xizhou, Dali, Yunnan — fifteen acres, thirteen rooms, one all-vegan kitchen
Fifteen acres and thirteen rooms; the breakfast vegetables come from the house garden.
Zijing Courtyard, Shenzhen, Guangdong — guesthouse, vegan omakase and tea in one Japanese-style garden
A little Kyoto inside a Longgang neighbourhood; the vegan omakase needs booking, and four teas come with millet cakes.
Fenglin Su, Miyun, Beijing — a Zen vegan courtyard rebuilt from old farmhouses
Six courtyards, one meditation room and a five-colour noodle dish; forty to fifty guests at a time.
Vegan-friendly hotels — places that are not vegan-themed but cook a serious plant-based meal
Five hotels worth remembering when you travel for work or change planes.