Pearl Gallery Hotel Guiyang: Art and Altitude on the Plateau

Pearl Gallery Hotel Guiyang rises over the capital of Guizhou, one of China's most scenic and least-traveled provinces, a high-rise hotel whose interiors draw on the mountains of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. It is as much an art gallery as a hotel, and a striking base for exploring the region's karst scenery and Miao and Dong villages.

The dining reaches for the heights literally. Aurora Restaurant is the Michelin-starred fine-dining room; the MMM Bar occupies the 25th floor where cocktails become an art form; the Paravent Lobby Bar sits on the 20th floor beneath atrium arches shaped like the plateau's mountains; and the Goldust Bakery turns out artful desserts.

For travelers venturing into Guizhou, it is a rare address of real ambition.

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