The Commune by the Great Wall has won several architectural prizes and international recognition. It is now an avant-garde styled hotel open to the public thereby ensuring its place as a ‘museum of contemporary architecture’ and enabling more people to appreciate its beauty.
Every guest at the Commune Boutique Hotel receives outstanding service with each of the houses retaining a butler.
And as an architectural museum, the Commune still impresses. The hotel is made up of 11 modernist villas and a club house, all poised at daring angles in luscious forest, each with a different designer from the ranks of Asia's most interesting contemporary architects. It's immediately obvious why it bagged a special prize at the 2002 Biennale di Venezia. If you can't afford to stay there (and prices start at £660 a night) you can always visit - tours cost around £10.
Of course, nothing can detract from the fact that it possesses one of the ultimate heritage selling points - a private path that leads on to the Great Wall of China - and views of the wall from several of the villas. Photo Gallery
