Chapter 837: The Most Expensive in the World
The hotel faces east, with a canyon below, facing the hot spring town below the mountain, which is dozens of meters higher than the ancient city of Machu Picchu on the ridge on the north side.
At an altitude of about 2,500 meters, it is already within the scenic area, and a small walking path into the ruins of the ancient city of Machu Picchu passes in front of the hotel.
"Machu Picchu closes at 17 p.m., but this one is not valid for those staying at the Belmond Haven Hotel. "This is what the tour guide said, walk a few dozen meters north from the path in front of the hotel, and Machu Picchu on the top of the mountain is in front of you!
If you continue 30 meters, you will immediately see the spectacular scenery on both sides!
Here, with cliffs on both sides and a view of the vertical cliffs that drop almost 600 meters to the valley of the Urubamba River to the west, the landscape is spectacular, even a little thrilling.
The ancient city of Machu Picchu was no ordinary city, but was supposed to be a rural retreat for the Inca aristocracy 500 years ago, with a sprawling palace and temple dedicated to the Inca gods built around the courtyard, as well as other houses for the maintainers.
While in the car, Tia told Zhang Nan that the Inca kingdom chose to establish a city here probably due to its unique geographical and geological characteristics.
"It is said that the silhouettes of the mountains behind Machu Picchu represent the faces of the Incas looking up at the sky, and the highest peak in this area, 'Vanna Picchu', represents the nose of the Incas.
In addition, the Incas believed that stone should not be cut from the earth, and according to research, the stones used to build the ancient city were scattered stones collected from the surrounding area.
Many of the stone buildings are useless and are built entirely by precise cuts, and the gaps between the stones in the walls are less than 1 millimeter wide..."
Zhang Nan really didn't know these before, he just came to see the scenery, and by the way, he studied "feng shui" again, and didn't care about those issues.
At the entrance of the hotel, Zhang Nan did not enter the hotel after getting off the car, but walked to the north, and the ancient city was in front.
There were a few people with hiking bags on their backs who passed by face to face on the road, and these people were planning to go down the mountain, and if there was no audition, Tia would be one of them in a few days.
Tia saw these backpacker guys and said to Zhang Nan: "In order to save money, many young people who come here to travel take an early bus from Cusco to come here, and then take a late bus back, just like a war. You can live with a tent, but you can't stay overnight in the scenic area, and the management is very strict..."
When Zhang Nan heard this, he smiled and said, "Hehe, we are also young people." ”
At this time, Xiang Weirong, Guan Xingquan, Alyosha and Mark also followed, and Karimi and Xia Mili were still hanging far behind, and as for Liu Wendong and Lin Man, they all ran to the front.
The boss travels, and the pomp and procedures are indispensable, which can be regarded as an eye-opener for the little actor Tia Rioni.
Then, a very interesting scene appeared: when Machu Picchu appeared in front ...of everyone's eyes, Tia unconsciously exclaimed: "It's magnificent!
On the other side, Xiang Weirong said to Alyosha: "What are the new seven wonders? That's it, it's bigger than those watchtowers in Tibet, and it's not as long as those watchtowers." ”
A few people who can understand on both sides don't have a smile on their faces, at least they have a knowing smile in their hearts.
Tiana was amazed, it was because she had not seen the magnificence of a real plateau, the mountains and valleys, and the difficulty of flying birds!
As for Xiang Weirong, because of his previous career of shuttling on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for many years, this kind of landscape with a drop of five or six hundred meters really can't bring him much visual impact.
Not to mention the others, when entering Erlang Mountain, the first pass in Tibet, the tunnel will not start construction until 6 years later, from the top of the old national highway over the roadbed, under the roadbed is the roaring Dadu River!
The slope of the cliff is nearly 80 degrees, and the drop can be compared with this side casually, and half a car wheel has to be opened outside the cliff.
That kind of scene has come over, and the terrain and environment of the ancient city of Machu Picchu can be considered good if Xiang Weirong can come out of Xiang Weirong's mouth.
Others don't laugh, but Zhang Nan laughed.
Tia immediately felt that she had said something wrong, looked at Zhang Nan, and felt a little upset in her heart: "Accompany Mr. Allen to see the scenery, what kind of emotion! Isn't it better to be a harmless kitten..."
A little bit of regret.
Zhang Nan saw the girl's reaction and said with a smile: "It's okay, I thought of something funny." ”
It's good to be able to explain it to you, so let's go around it, Tiana doesn't feel emotional, like a cautious cat, aiming at the cliff on the side of the road.
I didn't plan to go down the steps to Machu Picchu in front, but after more than three hours of driving, Zhang Nan turned around and went back to see what the most expensive hotel in the world was like!
The most expensive in the world?
Yes!
No. 1 in the world!
Dubaiites are still playing in the sand, and this little Belmond Haven hotel on the edge of the ancient city of Machu Picchu is "in a league of its own", starting at $1,000 a night in a standard room for two!
As for the suite where Zhang Nan lives, the price of about $3,000 a night is not comparable to the presidential suite of some top hotels in Europe and the United States, but if calculated according to the unit area, this small Belmond Haven Hotel properly ranks first in the world!
Its most luxurious room is the family suite, which is not available in the game.
In the lobby of the hotel, which was too small to be smaller, the giant Jacob saw Zhang Nan come in and said, "Boss, the luggage is ready." ”
Zhang Nan saw that the big man's habitual bodyguard face was a little strange, so he asked, "Is there a problem?"
"Uh... Boss, the room here is about the size of a car. ”
Rest assured, it's not a bus, it's a car!
Starting at $1,000, the most expensive in the world!
Soon, everyone felt that the service here was top-notch, but the hotel rooms were really smaller than the express hotels. To add insult to injury, the bed was not long enough, and the two big brothers needed to use an extra bench, but then they couldn't walk: the aisle was too narrow to cross over the bed.
Similarly, because the hotel is too small, the layout is very distinctive, and some rooms have a small semi-enclosed courtyard as soon as they open the door, overlooking the valley and distant mountains on the east side.
Zhang Nan's suite is on the second floor with a narrow terrace.
Or because the hotel is too small, Zhang Nan didn't bring all the bodyguards, otherwise he wouldn't be able to stay. This would have made Tia an extra one, so she had to be assigned a small room in her suite, where Alyosha originally lived.
As for Alyosha, the hotel got an extra bed in the living room of the next suite, and went with Xiang Weirong and Guan Xingquan as companions.
There are still more than two hours before the closure of Surprise, and the ancient city has been dug three feet away with the tour guide, and the thousands of cultural relics that can be removed are hidden at Yale University in the United States.
People called it "borrowing", and they didn't plan to return it.
Others listened to the story, and Zhang Nan and his group looked at the terrain: not the terrain of the ancient city, but the terrain nearby.