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Only 2 Hours From Shanghai?! This Place Feels Like a Movie Set 🎥
Anji County: Serene Escape from Shanghai
Is this Zhejiang's Best Kept Secret? Join us this week as we escape our busy daily lives in Shanghai and head to Anji County, just a two hour drive from our home in Shanghai. It's close proximity to Shanghai and Hangzhou make it the BEST weekend trip to get a glimpse at local life in China whilst...
Is this Zhejiang's Best Kept Secret? Join us this week as we escape our busy daily lives in Shanghai and head to Anji County, just a two hour drive from our home in Shanghai. It's close proximity to Shanghai and Hangzhou make it the BEST weekend trip to get a glimpse at local life in China whilst appreciating the fresh mountain air and idyllic rivers. 逃离魔都上海，回归最纯粹的快乐，享受生活，及时行乐。这一次我们又来到了浙江安吉。This was the total relaxation and weekend away we needed to take a step back from our hectic lives in the city.
Where is Anji?
Just 2-3 hours from Shanghai by car/train, Anji is a hidden gem known for its bamboo forests and serene mountain views.
Escape the bustling city of Shanghai and discover the tranquility of Anji County, Zhejiang province. Just a short drive from Shanghai and Hangzhou, Anji offers a refreshing escape into nature, with stunning bamboo forests and picturesque rivers. A perfect weekend getaway to experience authentic Chinese local life and reconnect with nature. This hidden gem provides the ultimate relaxation and rejuvenation, a much-needed break from hectic city life.
Is this Zhejiang's Best Kept Secret? Join us this week as we escape our busy daily lives in Shanghai and head to Anji County, just a two hour drive from our home in Shanghai. It's close proximity to Shanghai and Hangzhou make it the BEST weekend trip to get a glimpse at local life in China whilst appreciating the fresh mountain air and idyllic rivers. 逃离魔都上海，回归最纯粹的快乐，享受生活，及时行乐。这一次我们又来到了浙江安吉。This was the total relaxation and weekend away we needed to take a step back from our hectic lives in the city.
Where is Anji?
Just 2-3 hours from Shanghai by car/train, Anji is a hidden gem known for its bamboo forests and serene mountain views.
The creators say Anji in Zhejiang is their favorite region for a relaxing escape to the mountains, with hotel rooms from as little as £100 a night outside peak season. They say the video is not sponsored and that they loved the hotel and region so much they wanted to share it. At check-in the staff pick them up in a golf buggy and guide them to a room with a bathroom, a spacious bed, robes and a bath looking out onto the mountains, plus a mini bar, a hot water dispenser, tea and coffee. They head down the mountain river for lunch, stop at a roadside river to try to catch baby fish and cannot catch any because the fish are too fast. At a hot pot restaurant the owner tells them there are monkeys in these mountains and that at night you can see all the stars. Back at the hotel they borrow electric bikes for free to explore the quiet mountain roads; the helmet breaks so they go slowly, and later the bike runs out of power. One of them finds a wild monkey. After the ride they relax at the hotel, where the boys play on the swing set, the tea room offers traditional Chinese calligraphy and a very small mini golf course sits by the lake. In the evening the hotel runs a bonfire and movie night on the patio. The next morning they have breakfast at the hotel restaurant and then return to a waterfall cafe in Anji to show their friends. They say the weather is a little warmer than last year and the cafe is quiet; the waterfall is much smaller than on their last visit, which was after rainy season, so they go down to the bottom of the waterfall to drink coffee. On the drive back to Shanghai they find a peaceful little cafe in the countryside and say they could have stayed there forever. They close by asking viewers whether they prefer busy city vacations or relaxing weekends in the country.
Expat Natt and her partner leave Shanghai for a weekend in Anji County, Zhejiang, about a two hour drive from home. They stay at a mountain hotel with a bath that looks out onto the mountains, and they say rooms can cost as little as £100 a night outside peak season. After checking in they try to catch baby fish in a roadside river, eat hot pot and ride the hotel's free electric bikes along quiet mountain roads. The restaurant owner tells them wild monkeys live in these mountains, and one of them spots one. Back at the hotel they use the swing set, calligraphy tea room and mini golf, then watch a movie at a bonfire on the patio. The next morning they have breakfast at the hotel and visit a waterfall cafe, drink coffee at the bottom of the waterfall and stop at a peaceful countryside cafe on the drive back to Shanghai.
A relaxing weekend in Anji, Zhejiang, two hours from Shanghai: a mountain hotel, free e-bikes, hot pot, a waterfall cafe and a countryside cafe.
Anji Weekend Trip from Shanghai: Mountain Hotel and Waterfall Cafe
0:19 The creators visit Anji for a relaxing mountain escape outside peak season and say rooms can cost as little as £100 a night. Prices are from their stay, so check current rates.
1:00 At check-in, the hotel staff picked the couple up in a golf buggy and guided them to their room. The room had a spacious bed, robes, a mini bar, a hot water dispenser, tea and coffee.
3:00 The hot pot restaurant owner told the couple there are monkeys in these mountains and that you can see all the stars at night. The creators say they might see monkeys, stars or nothing.
3:13 The hotel lent the couple electric bikes for free to explore the mountain roads. They say the roads are quite quiet, but their helmet broke and the bike later ran out of power.
4:35 The hotel has a calming tea room where guests can try traditional Chinese calligraphy, plus a swing set and a very small mini golf course. These are ways to relax without leaving the hotel.
5:25 In the evening the hotel ran a bonfire and movie night out on the patio. The creators had breakfast at the hotel restaurant the next morning before leaving.
7:09 The creators say the waterfall at the cafe was quite big after rainy season on their last visit but pretty small this time. They went down to the bottom of the waterfall to drink their coffee.
0:19 The creators visit Anji for a relaxing mountain escape outside peak season and say rooms can cost as little as £100 a night. Prices are from their stay, so check current rates.
1:00 At check-in, the hotel staff picked the couple up in a golf buggy and guided them to their room. The room had a spacious bed, robes, a mini bar, a hot water dispenser, tea and coffee.
3:00 The hot pot restaurant owner told the couple there are monkeys in these mountains and that you can see all the stars at night. The creators say they might see monkeys, stars or nothing.
3:13 The hotel lent the couple electric bikes for free to explore the mountain roads. They say the roads are quite quiet, but their helmet broke and the bike later ran out of power.
4:35 The hotel has a calming tea room where guests can try traditional Chinese calligraphy, plus a swing set and a very small mini golf course. These are ways to relax without leaving the hotel.
5:25 In the evening the hotel ran a bonfire and movie night out on the patio. The creators had breakfast at the hotel restaurant the next morning before leaving.
7:09 The creators say the waterfall at the cafe was quite big after rainy season on their last visit but pretty small this time. They went down to the bottom of the waterfall to drink their coffee.
0:09 Escape to Anji's mountains
0:55 Hotel check-in and room tour
1:47 Lunch and river fish
2:55 Hot pot and monkey tip
3:13 Free electric bikes
4:12 Swings and calligraphy room
4:52 Mini golf by the lake
5:25 Bonfire and movie night
5:44 Hotel breakfast
6:16 Waterfall cafe visit
7:55 Countryside cafe on the drive back
0:09 Escape to Anji's mountains
0:55 Hotel check-in and room tour
1:47 Lunch and river fish
2:55 Hot pot and monkey tip
3:13 Free electric bikes
4:12 Swings and calligraphy room
4:52 Mini golf by the lake
5:25 Bonfire and movie night
5:44 Hotel breakfast
6:16 Waterfall cafe visit
7:55 Countryside cafe on the drive back
How far is Anji from Shanghai?
The description says Anji County is a two hour drive from the creators' home in Shanghai, and also gives a range of 2-3 hours from Shanghai by car or train.
How much did the mountain hotel cost?
The creators say they stayed for as little as £100 a night outside peak season. Check current rates before booking.
What can you do at the hotel besides sleeping?
The creators borrowed electric bikes for free, played on the swing set, tried calligraphy in the tea room, played mini golf and watched a movie at a bonfire on the patio.
Can you see wild monkeys in the Anji mountains?
A hot pot restaurant owner told the creators there are monkeys in these mountains, and one of them found a wild monkey while out on the bikes.
Does the waterfall cafe look the same all year?
No. The creators say the waterfall was quite big after rainy season on their last visit and pretty small on this trip.
