Dining aloft

Auntie Yao's noodle soup with salty vegetables.[Photo provided to China Daily]

The hotel also recently opened a small casual bar in Yucun, a walking distance from Lost Villa, which fills the nightlife gap in the mountainous town. Guests can enjoy beers and sakes, together with Japanese kebabs in the summer air.

Go deeper into the mountains, and you can have decent homemade Italian pizza at The Prodigy Outdoor Base in Houwu village, a hostel that organizes cycling activities. The big pizza oven was built years ago. Zhang Linyuan, the owner of the club, says proudly that it offers the best pizza in Moganshan. Just imagine, after a day of energy-consuming cycling in the mountains, having a huge slice of pizza with local flavors from the garden.

Don't worry about gaining weight after enjoying so much nice food. You will have enough things to do: The mountain is here to keep you active.