Unique selling points
A lakeside retreat featuring exotic flora and fauna, we offer stunning views of the Dianchi area, quiet luxury and a world-class cuisine sure to make your visit to Kunming a welcome escape. We are 40 km from Kunming Airport and close to attractions such as Dianchi and Xishan. We offer 541 luxury guest rooms and suites with panoramic views of Dianchi. Our flexible 9 function spaces, including a 1,500-plus seat grand ballroom, will cater to your every meeting and banquet need.
Meeting facilities
The hotel features versatile meeting spaces,
including one spacious Ballroom and eight individual meeting rooms.
Whatever your needs
are, our professional conference and wedding service team is at the ready to
meet all of them.
With an area of 1,600 square meters, Yunnan Grand Ballroom is currently the
largest ballroom of 5-star hotel in Yunnan, accommodating 1,500 guests.
The hotel has an additional eight meeting rooms that
offer flexible layouts that satisfy a broad range of meeting needs.The hotel offers the spacious ballroom and elegant
French event room for guests to choose their wedding venues. What’s more, the dazzling outdoor garden serves as
an ideal choice for romantic weddings
Restaurants and bars
Spread throughout the hotel are five Food & Beverage
outlets:
- The Market is our
show kitchen buffet restaurant, with the theme of Organic food from a Global
Market;
- Shang Tao has 12
private dining rooms and a bright lobby, at there, you will enjoy feasts of
delicious Cantonese dishes and authentic Yunnan flavors;
- Chambord is a noble
and elegant dining room and function room. Top chefs select the finest
ingredients in the world to prepare a range of authentic French cuisine;
- Butterfly Bar
offers both indoor and outdoor space for guests to enjoy the drinks and
different views of hotel throughout a day;
- Lotus Lounge has a
relaxing and appealing design.
Access and location
The InterContinental Kunming is located at the center of
National Tourism Area of Dianchi, next to Dianchi Lake, just 20 minutes drive to the city center and 40
minutes to Kunming Changshui International Airport.
The hotel is surrounded by several scenic venues and
attractions, it is in the best location for both business and leisure.
Surroundings
Kunming is China's
first state-level historical and cultural city. It serves as Yunnan's
political, economic, cultural and technological center, and is an important
transportation hub for travel in far southwest China. With its location along a
south-facing mountain slope, Kunming enjoys a generally mild climate as the
“City of Eternal Spring,” beloved by both locals and visitors. Kunming is the
home for a number of places of interest and scenic spots, such as the Stone Forest, Yunnan Ethnic Village, West
Mountain Forest Park etc.
- West Mountain:
Located by the west shore of Dianchi Lake, 15 km away
from downtown, it was called the “Jade Rooster” mountain in the past. There are
various kinds of plants on the mountain, making it “The Most Beautiful Land in
Middle of Dian”. The scenic zone mainly consists of three areas: Huating Temple, Taihua Temple and the
Dragon Gate and Sanqing Pavilion. Once standing on the top of West Mountain,
the whole Dianchi Lake is beneath your eyes.
The West Mountain is less than 8 km away from the hotel,
and it takes only 15 mins’ drive to get there.
- Yunnan Ethnic Village:
A 4A-grade national tourist attraction
situated on the shore of Dianchi Lake, the park is a window to show the different
cultures and traditions of the 25 minorities in Yunnan, with well ranged ethnic
architectures and lake-land ecotone. Tourists could not only experience the unique features
of each minority’s architecture, costume and culture but can also taste
authentic ethnic cuisines. There is a
cableway in the park linked directly to the Dragon Gate of the West Mountain.
The distance between the hotel and the
village is 2.4 km, and it takes 7 mins by car and 15 mins on foot to get
there.
- Ancient Guandu Town:
Situated at
southeast Kunming, the Ancient Guandu Town has a very long history and has been considered as
the origin of the Dian Culture. It has already been an important transportation
hub and market since Nanzhao Period. A number of scenic points from Tang, Song,
Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties are all gathered within this area. Besides, tourists can enjoy delicious local snacks
there.
The town is around 12 km from the hotel, and a drive of
15 – 20 mins
is needed to get there.
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Dounan Flower Market
:
Located in Dounan Village of Chenggong,
Kunming, Dounan Flower Market shares a big fame around the country. It is the heart of
domestic flower trading as well as one of the biggest flower markets in the
world. Tourists will find an amazing sea of flowers in the trading hall.
The distance between the hotel and the market is about
19 km, it takes 30 mins to get there by car.
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Stone Forest
:
The stone Forest in
Kunming is famous for its styled stones. It is one of the “Four Natural
Wonders” in China. Moreover, it is the only karst landform at subtropical plateau and is also named the
“Museum of Stones” in the world.
It is 94 km far
from hotel, and it takes 1.5 hours to drive there.
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Jiuxiang
:
Jiuxiang karst caves is a 4A grade tourism area that combines the
caves and ethnic scenic spots. It is 22 km from the Stone Forest, which makes
them a vertical karst landscape as a whole. Moreover, as one of the biggest karst cave systems in
China, Jiuxiang has more than hundreds of karst caves.
The distance
between the hotel and Jiuxiang is around 105 km, and 2 hours driving is needed.
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Lakeview Golf Club
:
Designed by
Sir Nick Faldo, one of the top rated golf courses in China, located in the
National Tourism Area of Dianchi. The golf club is 3.5 km away from the hotel, and it only
takes 8 mins’
drive to get there.
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Spring City Golf Club
:
No.1 golf
course in China, designed by Jack Nicklaus, 38 km away from the downtown,
located by the shore of Yangzong Lake, with surroundings of mountains and clear water,
Spring City Golf complex is regarded as a paradise for golfers in Asia. The
golf club is 62 km from the hotel and it takes
around 1 hour and 15 mins’ drive to get there.
Room accommodation
The hotel has 541
uniquely designed guest rooms with operable
windows for guests to enjoy the clean air of the Spring City. Almost half of
the rooms are equipped with a balcony and some rooms enjoy a spacious terrace
with a beautiful Dianchi lake view or the hotel’s garden view. Free Wi-Fi access
for all rooms and public areas of the hotel.
- 350
InterContinental Superior Rooms
- 94
InterContinental Deluxe Rooms
- 68 Club
InterContinental Rooms
- 12
InterContinental Superior Suites
- 13 Hot Spring
Rooms
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1 Presidential Suite
Activities and leisure
InterContinental
Kunming has a spacious outdoor space for our guests to enjoy their leisure
time.
No matter it is
badminton, yoga, flying a kite or other activities, our fresh air, beautiful
gardens and relaxing environment will create a leisure paradise for you and
your family.
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ZEST fitness
center offers an extensive world-class
fitness equipment, as well as an indoor swimming pool with the constant
temperature of 28 degree Celsius, and a 35 degree Celsius Jacuzzi.
ZEST creates a comfortable, energetic exercising
environment. Moreover, guests can also enjoy steam room in female locker room
and the Sauna in male locker room.
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Bicycles can be
rented at ZEST for guests to enjoy the pleasant wind of the “Spring City” and
to have a relaxing time beside Dianchi Lake, where in winter guests can feed the famous
Siberian seagulls who fly south for the warm weather and blue sky in Kunming.
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InterContinental
Kunming offers a broad range of leisure
activities such as football, table tennis and badminton. All in-house guests
and our ZEST members could enjoy those interesting programs.
Each program has a fixed schedule for guests to arrange
their time and make the reservation. Both the fresh air and relaxing
environment will help our guests to fully grasp the charming of “Urban Resort”.
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For those families with children, we also arranged a set
of kids activities such as cap DIY, kite DIY and cake class. Family members are
also welcomed to join the kids to enjoy those programs.