old sugar mill

Situated among the dramatic terrain of Yangshuo, China, an otherworldly, lush landscape of winding rivers and limestone hills rises out of the green floodplains, and housed in a century-old sugar mill, Alilia Yangshuo is a new luxury resort that celebrates the rich history of its industrial past while seamlessly blending into its stunning surroundings.

Designed by Dong Gong of Beijing-based Vector Architects, with interiors by Ju Bin of Horizontal Space Design, the once abandoned 1920’s mill is now a retreat that weaves together an unrefined rustic aesthetic of local crafting techniques and materials with a modernist sensibility of brutalist simplicity and design elegance. Combined with Alila Hotels and Resorts’ hallmarks of subtle luxury, design innovation and sustainability, Alilia Yangshuo redefines hospitality as a destination experience.