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by ivy kamchui
Jul 13, 2025
Come to Qingyuan on the weekend to relax and recharge🔋, and I discovered a niche fairy tale guesthouse! It’s a 2-hour drive straight from the city, where you can lie back, enjoy the lake view, and eat farmhouse dishes to completely wash away work fatigue~~
📍【Taohua No.1 Guesthouse】
Address: No. 18, Niu Jing Village, Longxu Dai Village Committee, Jintan Town
✨ Highlights at a glance: A prime lakeside "Little Erhai Lake" view, mushroom tatami room + panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows, waking up to a watercolor-like Taohua Lake!
🏡 Stay experience:
• Room: Chose the rooftop mushroom tatami room with a 180° unobstructed lake view. On rainy days, the mist makes it feel like living in a landscape painting. The facilities are very thoughtful, even including a charging station!
• Photos: Stone wall courtyard + lakeside terrace are perfect for photos. Wearing a plain-colored dress and snapping pictures looks like scenes from an art film (the guy daydreaming in the café background has such a great vibe~)
• Dining: Highly recommend the freshly stir-fried free-range chicken with scallions and ginger! The sweet potato porridge with side dishes for breakfast is also very comforting.
• Bonus: The host sends a goodnight sweet soup, and on rainy days, they even prepared a shoe dryer for us.
🚗 Nearby activities:
▫️5 minutes to Taohua Lake cycling path (guesthouse offers bike rentals)
▫️15 minutes by car to Jintan rapeseed flower fields
▫️Be sure to watch the sunset on the lakeside corridor in the evening; the pink and purple dusk is stunningly beautiful.
💡 Tips:
• Recommend choosing the 3rd-floor lakeside room for the best view
• Bring mosquito repellent on rainy days; the mosquitoes by the lake are very enthusiastic
• Remember to book the farmhouse dishes at the guesthouse in advance.
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