The beautiful Silver Lake Villa ( Yinhu shanzhuang ) is located beside the Shigong Hill on Lake Tai 's ( Taihu ) Xishan Island . Distant as it is--50km from the city center, 60km from the railway station and 150km from the airport--the hotel is essentially a resort enjoying a quiet environment among hills and waters that present an attractive landscape. The Chinese have a number of sayings about the lake and one, that "the waters are most beautiful in the sun, the hills are most mysterious in the rain", is a fitting description of the hotels environment. The hotel, a sprawling complex, has 92 rooms in total, and many of them are provided with a lake view. All are equipped with IDD/DDD telephone, colour TV and central air-conditioning. The villa is equipped with complete recreation facilities including bowling alleys, a tennis court, a beauty salon, a gym, a dancing hall, a billiards room, a table tennis room and a chess & mah-jong room. The shopping center provides specialties produced in both the Dongshan Hills and the Xishan Hills (Biluochun green tea, loquat, red bayberry and other fresh fruits and melons). The villa provides various facilities for meeting, conference and business affairs. There are 16 meeting rooms of different sizes that can accommodate from 10 to 280 guests, as well as a lecture hall that can seat 170 people. In the villa, there are also various facilities for business, as well as transportation and pleasure boats for hire. There are seven dining halls and dining rooms in the Silver Lake Villa, which can house up to 300 people. You can taste lake food cooked in different styles, while enjoying the beautiful scenery. No western food is served.