Beijing Hotels

• Sally_chen
• Reviews: 69

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ZHAO LONG YOUTH HOTEL: One of the few youth hotel!

Again this recommendation is based on the telephone suvey.
It's quite close to the place where I live .It's located in east part of the city close to SAN LI DUN( diplomatic zone, bar street). Very convenient to take bus to go to the centre.
Just opposit the duck restaurant which I recommended.

Unique Quality: Hotel staff told me most of their clients are European youth traveller, total 40 rooms.
The room rate for 2 person sharing (2 beds up and down) is RMB160, for 4 person sharng is RMB70 per person . Public shower only.

• Opinion of Price: least expensive
• Address: ZHAO LONG HOTEL, SAN LI TUN ROAD
• Phone: 0086-10-65672299
• Written February 23, 2004

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• Sally_chen
• Reviews: 69

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GUANG HUA GUEST HOUSE: Good place for business and leisure!

It's a 2 stars hotel with very good location in CDB aera, right next to WTC. I pass by here every day on my way back to home, It doesn't have great looking from outside , but the hotel staff told me at phone that they do have European guests and they have English-speaking staff .
It's 2 minutes walk way to MTR, easy to reach any destinations . Many business clients stay there for easy access to the major business centres.
If I am a traveller, I would prefer hotel close to MTR to avoid heavy traffic jam.

BTW:close to all the restaurants in my restaurant list

Unique Quality: Again hotel staff told me they have total 60 rooms.All clean ,tiny with hot water shower. The floor are wooden, kind of Japanese style.
They don't miss clients for the good location and relatively cheaper price(Most of the hotel in this area are above 4 stars which cost 3-5 times more than this one)
RMB320 for twin sharing room
RMB292 for single room (very demanding )
All include Chinese breakfast

• Opinion of Price: less expensive than average
• Address: CHAO YANG DISTRICT, GUANG HUA LU
• Phone: 65819966
• Related to: Budget Travel
• Written February 23, 2004

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• lindyz
• Reviews: 536

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Days Inn Forbidden City: Affordable accommodation in the heart of Beijing

We arrived at Beijing Airport at about 5.30am and got to our Hotel about 8am and into our room about 9am. We were pleasantly surprised by this Hotel and I would highly reccomend it, both for its great location and price. This Hotel was booked by our travel agent through octopustravel.com and we paid $49 each per night to stay there, no breakfast included.

The Days Inn is a low-rise Hotel on Nanheyan Street, which is very close to Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Wangfujing Street for shopping. The room was clean and quite large, the shower was HUGE and the beds were very big as well. Staff were friendly and spoke quite good english (most of the time!) The beds were very large, our room had 2 king singles, but they were also very hard, but the pillows were lovely and soft. The room had a very funny and annoying smell for the first few days, but then it was gone, Im guessing the room hadnt been used for a while. Days Inn was our dearest accommodation, but it was probably also our best.

We ate breakfast at the Days Cafe only twice and dinner at the Restaurant only once, all times food was plentiful and delicious.

Only problem we encountered was that not a lot of taxi drivers knew where it was. It is located in a small backstreet (hutong) off a main road, Nanheyan Street, but still many taxi drivers looked at the address with bewilderment!

Unique Quality: Smaller Hotel right in the heart of the city, close to all main attractions.

• Opinion of Price: less expensive than average
• Address: 1 Nanwanzi Bystreet, Nanheyan Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing.
• Phone: 86-10-6512 7788
• Website: www.xjdaysinn.cn
• Written September 30, 2009

Bedroom at Days Inn

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• MickeH
• Reviews: 161

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Leo Hostel 2: Friendly hostel with great location

Just some hundred meters south of Tiananmen square, in the busy shopping streets in the hutongs there, lies Leo Hostel 2.
The "2" is because there are two Leo Hostels, not far from eachother. And even though I have only been in the lobby of Leo Hostel 1 I think I would reccomend that you book hostel 2 as it looks nicer. From the little I saw of hostel 1 anyway.

I liked the atmosphere here, and though the rooms are far from luxurios they are by hostel standard totally ok.

Unique Quality: It has very friendly and helpful staff, and that is it's biggest plus in my book.

They also have tours to places around Beijing that are well worth your money.

Other than that it has free internet for it's guests, as well as a dvd with plenty of chairs around to sit down and realx a bit and talk to the other guests.

They also have some simple food if you want to stay in and eat.

Security boxes for your valubles can be rented for a small fee.

• Opinion of Price: less expensive than average
• Address: Couple of hundred meters south of Tiananmen
• Website: http://www.hostelchina.com/availability.php/HostelNumber.11966
• Related to: Budget Travel, Backpacking
• Written September 1, 2005

Corridor in Leo Hostel 2

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• Confucius
• Reviews: 336

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Jin Tan Bowling Hotel: A hotel for bowlers? Only in Beijing!

This is a 2 star hotel south of Hongqiao Market and east of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing's Chongwen District. It's a typical cheap hotel in China but the service is actually quite good. Hot water is available 24 hours and the rooms have central air conditioning.

A double room is 290 yuan but during the low season you can get rooms for as low as 198 yuan. They also have triple rooms for 382 yuan but that price can go down as low as 248 yuan between November and April.

Unique Quality: Of course the main attraction of this hotel is the large bowling alley next door. If you're a bowler then this is the best hotel in China for you. Right by the bowling alley you'll also find a cheap Internet cafe (hourly rates), which is rare in Chongwen District.

The location is very close to the Temple of Heaven and Hongqiao Market, two of Beijing's popular attractions. You can reach the hotel by taking the subway to Chongwenmen, then transfer to bus 39, 43, 705, 812, or 957. Get off the bus at Yu Ting Bridge and you'll see the building on the right with the big bowling pin on top.

• Opinion of Price: less expensive than average
• Address: No. 31 Tian Tan East Road, Chongwen District
• Phone: 6703-7851, 6702-7101
• Related to: Study Abroad, Budget Travel, Family Travel
• Written December 22, 2005

Look for the building with the bowling pin on top!

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• rui_bijie
• Reviews: 158

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Bei Wei University, International Building: Student long term accomodation

The Bei Wei University (Foreign Language University) offers Chinese Language courses and accomodation for international students.

A room in the International Building includes toilet, bathroom, and a TV; cleanliness was not always satisfying.
We paid "western" prices (way too expensive!) with western money (the university didn't accept Chinese Yuan, only US Dollars - a way to gain some foreign currency).

Unfortunately the locals are not allowed to rent these student rooms (if they could afford it; it's kind of a ghetto of the "rich"); if Chinese students want to visit you, they have to leave their student ID at the reception (control?)!

At least the location was convincing: on campus, situated in an absolutely non-touristic area.

• Opinion of Price: more expensive than average
• Written October 28, 2003

Guojiao Building

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• mafi_moya
• Reviews: 482

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Accomodation for foreigners in Beijing

Beijing is not the cheapest city for a foreigner to visit. I believe the restrictions have now been (or about to be) eased but until recently foreigners could only stay at government approved hotels. The official reasoning behind this was to ensure a tourist's safety and comfort - of course the fact that the approved hotels were the most expensive was nothing to with it! There are a few approved youth hostels and dorm rooms for those with a modest budget, but generally accomodation in Beijing is exorbitantly expensive. As I say, there are plans to change this and allow tourists a greater choice, which should bring costs down and open new alternatives to budget travellers.

As I was there with work, I was booked into a Chinese (ie: non-foreigner approved) hotel by a Chinese national. Apparently I was the first foreigner to stay there and they took a bit of persuading to let me in. But the standard was very good and excellent value for money - a spotlessly clean and comfortable room (TV, fridge etc) for about $20 a night.

Unique Quality: No matter whether you're staying at a five-star or no-star hotel, rooms come with an unlimited supply of Chinese tea. I wasn't a big fan of it beforehand, now I'm an addict!

• Opinion of Price: N/A
• Written November 5, 2003

Outside my hotel - I didn't pay for the view!

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• herzog63
• Reviews: 2254

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Qiao Yuan Hotel or Chaoyuhan Hotel spelling??: Dormitory in a big cold room

I stayed in a dorm room at the Qio Yuan Hotel. It was a fairly big room with a bunch of beds in it. Not bad for the price as Beijing is a pretty expensive city to stay in.I paid 8 FEC (US$2.17) for each night again like most of my money related tips...Things have gone up in price. I had a friend visit Beijing a couple years ago and he couldn't find any affordable accomodation. But I'm pretty good at sniffing out the cheap places...I don't need chocolates on my pillow when I check in. I just like somewhere semi-warm and semi-safe to sleep! I stayed here for 4 nights.

Unique Quality: The only unique qualities was that it was cheap. The building itself was very drab! But you better check into making sure the hotel is still there. I don't have a photo of the hotel so I'm putting a shot of the opera for you to enjoy.

• Opinion of Price: least expensive
• Related to: Backpacking, Family Travel, Budget Travel
• Written September 24, 2003

Opera House

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• melosh
• Reviews: 390

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Shanglin Hostel: 350 year old historic site

A hostel/hotel featuring an historic traditional hutong courtyard. The wood art in the courtyard must be worth tens of thousands of dollars. I loved the authenticity of the place. A great first place to stay in China.

Friendly front desk, free internet, 4 bed "dorm" room at 55 rmb per person. Many regular rooms with showers and toilets.

Unique Quality: This place is historic and somewhat buried in a hutong, but it is certainly worth searching out. You could ask for directions at the better known Leo Hostel because they are both owned by the same people.

Initially, in this area, I only saw the Leo Hostel and further down ZhaLan after the turn off to the Shanglin a modern building containing a modern large hostel, but later wanderings in the neighbor revealed a good number of other hostels. I would be surprised if any had a more authentic Chinese feel than the Shanglin. I will go back.

• Opinion of Price: less expensive than average
• Address: South of Qianmen
• Phone: 86609923
• Related to: Budget Travel, Road Trip
• Written May 31, 2007

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