Taizhou Huangyan Yaoda Hotel
Five-star pool hotel seven minutes from the Huangyan Grottoes
About this hotel
Taizhou Huangyan Yaoda Hotel puts a five-star indoor pool in Huangyan district, the quieter, orchard-lined side of the city best known for its honey oranges and the ancient stone quarries at the Huangyan Grottoes, roughly seven minutes away by taxi. Sleek rooms and suites sit inside a chic high-rise alongside a restaurant, bar and fitness center, giving the property a different feel from the more business-focused hotels back in Jiaojiang. Kid-friendly rooms make it workable for a family trip built around the orchards and grottoes, with the indoor pool as the evening wind-down after a day spent outdoors. At roughly an hour and forty-six minutes from the airport, the transfer sits in the middle of the range for hotels on this list.
- Indoor pool
- Restaurant and bar
- Fitness center
- Kid-friendly rooms
Our take
This is the clearest base for travellers spending a day among Huangyan's orange orchards and the Huangyan Grottoes, with the indoor pool as a genuine reward at the end of it. Families do well here given the kid-friendly rooms and high-rise setting. Travellers whose priority is Jiaojiang's restaurant density or Jiufeng Park should stay closer to the city center instead, since Huangyan sits apart from that cluster.
- ✓Visit the Huangyan Grottoes in the morning, then use the seven-minute taxi ride back for an afternoon swim.
- ✓Book during autumn for the orange harvest around Huangyan district, it's the most photogenic season locally.
- ✓Ask for a higher floor in the high-rise if a view matters, room levels vary noticeably.
Why we love it
- Seven minutes from the Huangyan Grottoes
- Sleek rooms in a chic high-rise
- Restaurant, bar and indoor pool together
- Kid-friendly rooms for family trips
Why guests love itA day spent walking the orchards around Huangyan district and the stone quarries at the Huangyan Grottoes ended with a short taxi ride back to Taizhou Huangyan Yaoda Hotel and straight into the indoor pool. The high-rise setting and sleek rooms felt a step up from what the price suggested, and the kid-friendly rooms meant the whole day, orchards through pool, worked as a family plan rather than needing to split into separate outings for adults and children.