Le Passage Mohkan Shan

Top choice in Zhejiang


Le Passage evokes the glamorous cosmopolitan history of Moganshan perhaps better than the actual historic villas do. Ensconced within an organic tea plantation, the main house and five bungalows were designed by owners Christophe Peres and Pauline Lee to look like a classic colonial-era hill station, with high ceilings, a wood-burning stove in the salon and a spring-fed swimming pool.

The menu at the swank restaurant includes ham and saucisson cured in-house; the wine cellar is stocked with French bio wines.


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