Z Hotel Supreme
A hand-picked boutique retreat
Z Hotel Supreme (Z Hotel Supreme · Feilai Si) sits at the Feilai Si viewpoint above Deqin in Diqing, facing the full sweep of the Meili Snow Mountain range across the valley. Pale-plastered blocks in a contemporary Tibetan idiom rise around a stone courtyard, threaded with bands of coloured glass brick; inside, the corridors and rooms open through large angular picture windows framed squarely on the peaks. The point of the place is simple — the dawn alpenglow on Kawagarbo, watched from your own room without stepping outside.
Highlights
- At the Feilai Si viewpoint above Deqin, facing the full sweep of the Meili Snow Mountain range across the valley
- In-room picture windows framed squarely on Kawagarbo — the dawn alpenglow watched from your own room without stepping outside
- Contemporary Tibetan design — pale-plastered blocks threaded with bands of coloured glass brick, around a stone courtyard
- Corridors and rooms open through large angular picture windows set on the peaks
- High alpine Tibetan-borderland country, opposite one of the great snow ranges — dress warm and take the altitude gently
- Built for one thing above all waking to the sunrise on the Meili peaks
Inside Z Hotel Supreme
Staying at Z Hotel Supreme
01 Where is Z Hotel Supreme and what does it face?
It sits at the Feilai Si viewpoint above Deqin, in Diqing in far northwest Yunnan, facing the full sweep of the Meili Snow Mountain range across the valley. Feilai Si is the classic vantage point for the range, and the hotel is built squarely around that view.
02 How high is it — will altitude be an issue?
Feilai Si and Deqin sit high in the alpine Tibetan borderlands, opposite the snow peaks of the Meili range, so the air is thin and cold. Take your first evening gently, keep warm and hydrated, and let yourself acclimatise — most guests settle in fine, and the reward is the mountains right outside the glass.
03 What's the best time to see Kawagarbo, and can I watch it from my room?
The whole point of the place is the dawn alpenglow on Kawagarbo, watched from your own room without stepping outside — in-room picture windows are framed squarely on the peaks. Clear mornings show the range best, and skies are often clearest in the drier, colder months, though the peaks can hide in cloud any time of year.
