原山饭店(The Grand Hotel)

from the freeway you will see the beautiful looking buildings set high on the on the green mountain in the suburb of taipei. the chinese-style architecture of the grand hotel is very colorful; it has been ranked as one of the world’s top ten.

the lobby is very large, and the roof has hand- carved wooden panels; the supporting columns are colorfully painted. the most impressive item in the lobby is the large, beautiful, all-marble staircase that comes down from the second floor on two sides of the lobby; a huge bronze wall painting separates the two staircases.

standing in the lobby you feel as if you have walked into a king’s palace because of so many beautiful things around you.