Located in the city center, Four Points by Sheraton Chung Ho is the only international hotel in Taipei County. The hotel is in the heart of the newly developed eastern business district of Taipei.
The Marco Polo Hong Kong Hotel is designed for the pleasure and comfort of the modern day business as well as the holiday traveler with the spectacular view of the neon and architectural lightings of the Victoria Harbor. The hotel is part of Harbor City which is famous for its vast shopping complex, restaurants, shops and landmarks.
In China, the historic city of Suzhou is a place that is well-known and world renowned to be the “City of Gardens”. These classical gardens of Suzhou are the most refined representations of the art of classical garden design with beautiful landscape. Classical Chinese garden design, which seeks to recreate natural landscapes in miniature, is nowhere better illustrated than in the nine gardens in the historic city of Suzhou. They are generally acknowledged to be masterpieces of the genre. Dating from the 11th-19th century, the gardens reflect the profound metaphysical importance of natural beauty in Chinese culture in their meticulous design. The gardens are delicate and were built for private use by aristocrats and rich businessmen. Garden design went through an active period during the Ming Dynasty and by the time of the Qing Dynasty, a large number of classical gardens were spread across Suzhou and its suburbs.
Angkor is a name conventionally applied to the region of Cambodia serving as seat of the Khmer empire in the 9th century to 15th century A.D. The ruins of Angkor are located amid forests and farmland to the north of the Great Lake and south of the Kulen Hills. The temples in Angkor number over a thousand, ranging in scale from nondescript piles of brick rubble which are scattered through rice fields to the magnificent Angkor Wat which is the world’s largest single religious monument. Many of the temples at Angkor have been restored, and together they comprise the most significant site of Khmer architecture.
The Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing dynasties or more commonly known as the Forbidden City is in the heart of Beijing. It is the largest and most complete imperial palace and ancient building complex in China and the world. It was constructed in 1406 and was completed 14 years later and boasting of a history of some 580 years. Twenty-four emperors from the Ming and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties lived and ruled China from there. Most of the buildings in the Forbidden City were rebuilt many times, although they maintained the original architectural style.