“The skies of Italy, the verdure of Japan, the grandeur of the Rockies”

North China Daily News, 1936

From a vantage point beside the heart of Moganshan Village, enjoy fresh coffee in the snug and stylish bar of the Lodge or a cold drink on the terrace. The Lodge serves good breakfasts, home-cooked western dinners to order, and can point you in the right direction for a hotel, a walk around the village or a hike through the hills.

The Lodge is more than just a coffee shop, bar and restaurant. It's the starting and finishing point for any trip to Moganshan, and the perfect place to start a day on the mountain or relax at the end of one. (It is also an ideal wet weather refuge.) Managed by the wife of the first foreigner to live on the mountain in fifty years, the Lodge recaptures the spirit of the village as it was in the early part of the last century, when it was the exclusive summer retreat of foreign residents in China and well-to-do Chinese.

The Lodge is equipped with games, a library, and movies for rainy days, ideas for walks and hikes on fine ones, wireless Internet access, and possesses a wealth of information about the historic village, including practical help with hotel bookings and transport. It also happens to be the only place within miles that serves fresh coffee.

Moganshan is a cluster of European style villas, built in the 1920s and 30s at a height of 700 metres above the East China Plain. Today it is resurrecting its reputation as the place to escape to from your hectic working life in Shanghai, Hangzhou and Suzhou, or even further afield in China, especially in the hot summer months. There are plenty of hotels and guesthouses, many in original old villas, some newly built, all with basic modcons.

NOTE: There are no cash machines and credit cards are seldom accepted in Moganshan

The Moganshan Lodge, Songliang Shanzhuang, Yin Shan Jie, Moganshan

Tel 0572 8033011 Email joanna@moganshanlodge.com