Guilin's landscapes lure travelers looking for luxury

[Photo by Zhan Weike/China Daily]

Filling a different segment－think fake palm trees－Club Med also moved in, claiming to be China's first all-inclusive.

The floral forgeries aren't part of the resort's nearly 19-hectare Guilin Yuzi Paradise sculpture park, which is scattered with over 100 statues.

Monster in Paradise is a demonic stack of stones meant to portray the child-devouring Chinese ghoul Nianshou, who stomps into settlements during the Spring Festival.

A New Story for the Reading of Eden stands as an apple sliced in half. It aspires to creatively reinterpret the biblical tale of temptation.

Dots features flowers blooming out of the palm of a humungous hand.

Public restrooms are shaped like caves, replete with stalactites that dribble from the ceilings and clusters of crystals that sparkle near the sinks.

Club Med provides classes in tai chi, archery, golf, yoga, zumba and hip-hop dancing.

It offers a Circus School with daytime outdoor trapeze lessons for guests older than 4, plus professional performances indoors at night.

It also hosts a wine tasting school and rock-climbing courses－perhaps best not taken in that order.

Guests pay 1,600 yuan per person per night.