Xi’an Garden Expo Hotel is a luxury boutique hotel situated in the ancient city of Xi’an between the Chan and Ba river banks. With some 20,000 square meters of facilities, on nearly 94,000 square meters of site area, this is a secluded sanctuary, with clusters of small pavilions organized in the shape of a flower, the kind of place that only exists in story books. The design is confident and bold, the crisp modern pavilions pressing right up against the water’s edge, the private villas unfolding throughout the compound. Accomodations, divided between the main building and the more remote villas within each individual pedal, are swank in design, the interiors equal part contemporary-luxe and classic Chinese – rooms and bathrooms are equally spacious, all amenities plentiful, warm and inviting, and some villas come with individual gardens and fireplaces.