Pusen Lanting Shaoxing
Shaoxing's one outdoor pool, open right through winter
About this hotel
Most Shaoxing hotels build indoor because an outdoor pool sits unused for months once the humid summer breaks, which makes this property's year-round outdoor pool a genuinely deliberate choice rather than a default. The pool sits inside a broader outdoor layout, a sun terrace, an open-air bath, and yoga classes, and rooms are described with mountain, garden, inner-courtyard, and pool views rather than the city-view rooms typical of Keqiao's business towers. The restaurant runs Chinese, French, and local cuisine across traditional and romantic settings, and the property sits close enough to the Former Residence of Lu Xun, around six kilometres, to combine a pool morning with an old-town afternoon. It's a smaller property by review count so far, but the layout and amenities point toward a considered, resort-style stay rather than a business stopover.
- Year-round outdoor pool
- Open-air bath
- Sun terrace
- Yoga classes
Our take
This suits travellers who want unhurried outdoor time, sun terrace, open-air bath, yoga, alongside a pool that's actually open whenever they visit, and less so anyone on a tight one-night business trip who'd rather have Keqiao's efficiency. The year-round outdoor pool is a genuine point of difference in Shaoxing, worth the trade-off of being further from the textile district. With only seven reviews on record, it's worth checking recent guest feedback given the smaller sample.
- ✓Book a pool-view or garden-view room specifically, the outdoor layout is the property's main draw over a standard city-view room.
- ✓Combine a stay with the Former Residence of Lu Xun, it's close enough at around six kilometres for an easy pairing.
- ✓Check current guest reviews before booking given the smaller review count relative to Shaoxing's larger Keqiao hotels.
Why we love it
- Shaoxing's only outdoor pool open year-round
- A sun terrace and open-air bath alongside the pool
- Yoga classes as part of the wellness offer
- A few kilometres from the Former Residence of Lu Xun
Why guests love itTravellers staying here in the cooler months find the year-round outdoor pool a genuine surprise, still usable when a Keqiao hotel's indoor pool would have been the safer bet. Mornings by the pool and sun terrace ran into afternoons at the Former Residence of Lu Xun without much of a trek between the two. The garden-view room felt worlds away from the business-hotel energy of Keqiao, better suited to actually slowing down for a few days.