• It is China's answer to the Maldives, with a very European feel. All photos by Lintao Zhang /Getty Images
    It is China's answer to the Maldives, with a very European feel. All photos by Lintao Zhang /Getty Images
  • There's hundreds of Dutch-style cabins on Yue Tuo Island Resort near Laoting in Tangshan, China.
    There's hundreds of Dutch-style cabins on Yue Tuo Island Resort near Laoting in Tangshan, China.
  • Tuo Island is about 200km south-east of Beijing.
    Tuo Island is about 200km south-east of Beijing.
  • The resort scores 3.5 out of 5 on Tripadvisor
    The resort scores 3.5 out of 5 on Tripadvisor
  • Most Tripadvisor users note that the huts are very small, but very clean.
    Most Tripadvisor users note that the huts are very small, but very clean.
  • But despite their individual size, they combine to create quite the spectacle.
    But despite their individual size, they combine to create quite the spectacle.
  • Sadly, they don't list the prices for a night.
    Sadly, they don't list the prices for a night.
  • Would you spend a night here?
    Would you spend a night here?

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Hundreds of cabins form China's answer to a Maldives resort - in pictures

Yue Tuo Island Resort is 200km south-east of Beijing.

The National

September 19, 2017

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It might not have the splendour of a 5-star Indian Ocean resort, but collectively, these Dutch-style cabins in north-east China form quite the vista.

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