The Castle Hotel in Dalian, Liaoning, seeks to recreate a genuine Bavarian experience, replete with a beer hall and German food. (Starwood Hotels)

On the exterior, tall tower spires pierce the air as ramparts encircle the castle. On the interior, craft beer flows in the “Royal Cellar” amid sprawling stone work, wood furnishings, and high ceilings. But this isn’t a Bavarian castle, as its appearance would like you to believe—in fact, this a “castle hotel” built some 5,025 miles east of the German region. Luxury hotel chain Starwood Hotels unveiled the upcoming opening of The Castle Hotel in Dalian, a major seaport city in China’s northeastern Liaoning province. This makes it one of the various examples of European-inspired architecture sprouting across China in recent years.

Starwood Hotels announced in a press release of the opening of The Castle Hotel later this year, when it is done with its final stages of interior renovation. Built in 2002, it will be open with 292 guest rooms and 67 apartments. Apart from its German-inspired beer-and-grub “Royal Cellar,” The Castle Hotel also offers Chinese and Western restaurant options, as well as a “Lobby Lounge,” a cocktail lounge that it describes as “a place for the rich and famous to see and be seen, an elegant space which is verysalonfähig,” the German word for “suitable for polite company.”...Continue Reading

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