Wildly artfull boutique hotel in Parkview Green — one of Asia's biggest Salvador Dalí collections, plus Warhol and Bacon, and themed suites with their own private heated pools.
Éclat is Beijing's most theatrical luxury stay: occupying the upper floors of the slanted glass-pyramid Parkview Green complex, it houses one of the largest private Salvador Dalí collections in Asia alongside originals by Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon and leading Chinese artists like Zhang Xiaogang — staying here genuinely feels like sleeping inside a contemporary art museum. You reach it through the Parkview Green mall, itself full of sculpture and installations.
With just 100 rooms it stays intimate, and the showstoppers are the 20 themed suites — each styled to a different fantasy, from a Paris boulevard to a Swiss cabin — every one with its own private five-metre heated swimming pool. It's a design-and-art lover's dream and a very gay-friendly, boutique alternative to the big chains, well placed in Chaoyang for the CBD and Sanlitun.