As the third largest island in China, Chongming Island has many homestays, farm stays, and small resorts, among which the largest resort is Shanghai Yiqinyuan Resort. The resort opened in 2002, and since its opening, it has received Jiang Zemin, Wu Bangguo, Xi Jinping, Hui Liangyu, Zhu Rongji and other major central leaders, which shows its level.

Located in the south of Dongping National Forest Park and adjacent to Genbao Football Base, Shanghai Yiqin Garden Resort covers a total area of 33.3 hectares. Surrounded by lush greenery and surrounded by lakes, Yiqin Garden is full of natural wilderness, with rippling lakes, swaying lotus flowers, black swans, wild ducks and other water birds fluttering and frolicking in the lake. Patches of metasequoia forests are straight and towering, a path winds deep into the forest, the air is extremely fresh, accompanied by crisp birdsong, as if entering the natural oxygen bar, no wonder many people say that living in Yiqin Garden, the Dongping Forest Park next to it is not so necessary.

For different landscapes, the resort provides forest view and lake view series of rooms, forest rooms have more than 400 square meters of luxury villas such as Dengying Building, Yueyuan Building, as well as forest villas, forest cabins and other small apartment rooms, close to the metasequoia forest, go out to the trees, wake up in the morning in the birdsong, go to the forest to wake up, can be said to be quite comfortable. Some of the guest rooms in the lake area are built on the shore, facing the artificial lake, and some are built directly on the lake, pushing the window to see the water, which is very fresh. The interior of the guest room is calm and elegant, even a little old-fashioned, and because of the proximity to the woods and artificial lake, the dampness in the guest room is heavier, and there is a certain mosquito problem.

There are three major restaurants in the resort, namely Yingzhou Hall, Xiangxuelan Hall and Yulan Chinese Restaurant, all of which are located in the catering center, among which Yingzhou Hall provides local catering with Chongming flavor, and the price of dishes is also relatively reasonable. If you don't want to dine at the resort, you can also choose to drive to one of the surrounding farmhouses for a meal at one of the surrounding farmhouses. Yiqin Garden is a vast place, guest rooms and villas are scattered everywhere, and there is a certain distance from the room service center, catering center, fitness and entertainment center, and conference center.

You don't need to spend a fortune to stay at one of Chongming's best resorts, but because Yiqin Garden is so popular, it's best to book a month or two in advance during the peak season. The price of Yiqin Garden room is not very high, the price of the cabin on weekdays is 5, 600 yuan / night, the price of the suite is about 1200 yuan / night, the price of the two villas of Yueyuan Building and Dengying Building does not exceed 4000 yuan, and the most expensive is the lakeview business villa, which has reached 5000 yuan / night, and the price will rise a lot in the peak season.