In the heart of China’s bamboo-clad hills, where mist drapes the forests and time moves like water, a new kind of sanctuary is taking shape. Opening in July 2025, SALT of Anji is not merely a resort—it is an invitation to slow down, to look closer, and to experience a place through its textures, stories, and soul.
Brought to life by The Lux Collective—the visionary team behind SALT of Palmar in Mauritius—this new Chinese flagship draws deeply from the brand’s commitment to authenticity, sustainability, and design that resonates. Here, luxury doesn’t speak loudly. It listens. It integrates. It disappears into the land.
Renowned South African architect Peter Rich, celebrated for his organic and context-sensitive works, has imagined a resort that doesn’t sit on the landscape but grows from it. Inspired in part by the flowing forms of Gaudí and grounded in Anji’s own topography, the structures bend with the hills and soften into the forests. Stone walls curve like riverbeds. Bamboo sways just outside your window. Everything breathes.
Across 400,000 square metres of low-slung mountains, lakes, and woodlands, SALT of Anji offers 108 thoughtfully crafted accommodations. Some are spacious studios framed by bamboo forests, others are stone-built villas evoking the quiet grandeur of ancient castles. All share the same essence: natural materials, open light, and a design language that favours rest, not display. The most private among them, the 233-square-metre presidential suite, is a quiet dialogue between interior space and the mountain horizon.
Within these walls, SALT’s values come alive. Nothing is wasted, and nothing is arbitrary. There are no single-use plastics, no buffets, no performative extravagance. Instead, you’re greeted with a refillable water bottle, a personal local guidebook written by the community, and a stay that feels—at every moment—rooted in respect.
Dining follows this same rhythm of thoughtfulness and place. At SALT Bakery, white tea from the region finds its way into house-roasted coffee and fresh pastries. At The Good Kitchen, Chinese ingredients meet global street food ideas—familiar, casual, and deeply satisfying. And at MEDITERANEO, a farm-to-table Mediterranean restaurant, meals unfold either as relaxed tapas at the wine bar or refined à la carte experiences. Everything served tells a story, and often, the ingredients come from no further than the property itself. At the Honey and Tea Lab, even the drinks and desserts are gathered from on-site hives and gardens—adding a literal taste of place to every sip.
Wellbeing here is not prescribed, but offered as space. The SALT Equilibrium Spa is a refuge built around elemental rituals—heat and cold, silence and scent, salt and stone. There are steam rooms, saunas, and Jacuzzis to soak the tension away. Ice fountains and sunrise yoga to return to stillness. The salt room, the first of its kind in the region, offers a quiet inhalation of calm. Each treatment begins and ends with gentle grounding. Nothing rushed. Nothing generic. Just presence.
Yet for all its serenity, SALT of Anji is not about withdrawal from the world—it’s about deeper engagement with it. Beyond the resort, guests are invited to connect with the rhythms of Anji: kayaking along forested rivers, hiking bamboo trails, fishing still waters, even paragliding over rolling hills. Cultural exchange is not an afterthought, but part of the resort’s soul. Guests can meet with local She artisans, take part in workshops, or simply explore the landscape with stories as their compass. No glossy excursions—just real encounters, softly guided.
There is a quiet clarity to this place. From the earthy elegance of the architecture to the warm, open-hearted hospitality, everything feels intentional. Everything flows.
SALT of Anji is not designed to impress in the traditional sense. It doesn’t dazzle—it dissolves. It doesn’t separate you from the land—it brings you closer. It doesn’t overpromise—it simply delivers what’s real, and leaves space for you to discover the rest.
For the thoughtful traveller, the creative soul, the seeker of something quieter and deeper, this mountain retreat offers more than rest. It offers a return—to balance, to beauty, and to being present.
And as the SALT brand expands with future outposts in places like Mount Siguniang, it’s clear this is more than a hotel collection. It’s a way of travelling, and a way of living.
Here in Anji, under the shade of the bamboo, it begins again—with stillness, with stone, with soul.