3 Star Hotels in Chiayi County

Staff were friendly and helped with our requests but the rooms were cold. Sound insulation was bad. Location was good. You would need to walk out to another restaurant to take your breakfast.

It feels like this is the most beautiful and newest hotel in the area, but there is no elevator. It happened that my suitcase was heavy and the time to enter was up, and the staff would move the luggage to my top floor room in advance; When I checked out, I went down the stairs myself. The service counter lady heard me ”bang bang” and she also went up to help me move down (she had amazing arm strength). Finally, she drove me to the station. The staff worked hard. I would recommend this hotel to friends.

It is the facilities of a three-star hotel. It is a simple and simple hotel. It is square and regular. There is nothing special. There are not many parking spaces. You have to park in the second building. In addition, the breakfast is too monotonous. It is not far from the South Courtyard of the Forbidden City.

This is my first stay at this hotel but I love it. At the first sight, I didn’t think this is a hotel as it is packed with people enjoying their railroad bento boxes. In fact, it is a gem for many reasons. First, it is conveniently located on the “old street”, where souvenir shopping, train station and restaurants are all within walking distance. Secondly, the rooms are very unique. There are two wings for the hotel. Wing A has all the rooms in the Japanese style, even with the wooden bath tub, Japanese style bedding, tea table etc. The hotel is so environmental conscious that the interior design of the rooms use a lot of wood and bamboo. Though there is water boiler in the room, it is better to go to the front desk to get the boiling spring water to make tea. Thirdly, the hotel has complimentary tour guide services. The tour guide is a local lady who proudly lives in Fengqihu and knows the town in and out. I ventured out to see the forest, bamboo and firefly. In fact she also works as a volunteer at the local tourist information center. She really loves the nature and passionate to share stories while reminding us to appreciate but not destroy the beautiful nature. Fourthly, the hotel offers a lot of freebies such as a bento box as lunch, dinner in the basement and breakfast coupon from Seven Eleven on the 2nd Floor. It also has great Taiwan tea and fast internet. With all these, how don’t I fall in love with this hotel?

In the middle of the tea garden, the scenery is excellent, the room facilities are novel, heating, and the breakfast is good, it is worth the night!

The village is a place for leisure and vacation with pool table, sports equipment and swimming pool. There is a parking lot in the village and parking is very convenient. The European suite design, the bathroom and toilet are separated, and it feels more comfortable. The bed is spacious and comfortable, but the toilet is not an exempt toilet, and it feels a little weak. TV only provides digital TV, there should be room for improvement. Breakfast is acceptable in the motel shopping mode.

There is a tour bus group accommodation on the day of check-in, and the hotel has separated the guests. I feel that this is very good, avoiding the group too noisy to affect our rest, so the place we live is quite quiet. Breakfast is good, compared with many restaurants, the dishes are more. The accommodation is moderate, not expensive, but not cheap. Next time you have to go to Jiayi, you can still consider staying.

The equipment is a bit old, and children living in a camper are more novel. In summer, you can play in the pool to cool off the heat. The barbecue ingredients are sufficient. It is recommended to bring more abundant ingredients. There must be anti-mosquito measures. Family travel is okay as a whole.

The room cannot be compared with the city, but it is OK and clean. The location is more difficult to find, especially at night. It is best to drive to the day. The boss is very good, the service is not bad, it is still a little distance from Alishan!

Absolutely incredible mountain view room (無憂時光) - like being in heaven! It's even better in person and difficult to capture just how magical it is since the mountain mist comes and goes like Chinese watercolor art... probably more dramatic than other sights you go out of your way to visit in the vicinity. The room itself is spacious and well appointed... washlet toilet too! There are 3 buildings, one for breakfast with panoramic views, one for regular rooms (十方) and the other one a level lower for unobstructed mountain view rooms (無憂) which cost a bit more but are well worth the money - can see the sunrise from the room's balcony! Alternatively, there's a viewing platform outside for everyone. Took the iconic 2.5-hr Alishan Train from Chiayi 嘉義 to Fenqihu 奮起湖 (book tickets online 2 weeks in advance at 6 am, pickup at 711) then it's 30 min by taxi (300 NTD) from Fenqihu or there's an infrequent bus 7322D which came really late 'cause of cherry blossom traffic. Can easily spend a couple of hours there, with trails and shops - check out 山嵐小築 for mountain-view patio tea/dessert. Staff very responsive via email, recommending a couple of drivers, one of whom we booked for 8 hours for 3000 NTD (+300/hr if over 8 hrs), including going to a local hotpot restaurant nearby they suggested with light and fresh ingredients 龍舞雲海阿里山現採高山蔬菜火鍋 (make sure you call to book in advance). Also managed to see Alishan National Forest Recreation Area 阿里山國家森林遊樂區 (200 NTD to enter)'s 姊妹潭 ponds and 神木 forest (well-known but not as spectacular as you might imagine) in addition to 石棹's 櫻之道 with bright pink sakura trees and beautiful tiered tea fields - all quite busy in the midst of cherry blossom season mid March. It's lovely but probably better to come a different time of the year to avoid the crowd if you've already experienced more densely planted clusters of cherry blossom trees in Japan and are less likely to find it that impressive. Transport a bit tricky without a car so do make arrangements ahead of time (an hour up to Alishan Station) although infrequent 台灣好行 buses stop nearby downhill at Xiding 隙頂, also going to High Speed Rail Chaiyi Station (taxi 1500 NTD). Trails within walking distance for sunset with tiered tea fields and sakura (隙頂二延平步道 100-min loop - helpful hand drawn map at reception... lots of steps but not too bad and totally worthwhile). Sunrise from 茶霧之道's gazebo 涼亭 20-min walk away was insane (part of the loop)! Restaurant onsite only serves breakfast from 7-9 am so make sure you make lunch/dinner arrangements - the first night we got railway bentos from Fenqihu. The nearest convenient store is Hi-Life 萊爾富 that's 750 m away, adjacent to the above mentioned hotpot restaurant.