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Songhuajiang Gloria Inn: Gloria Inn in Harbin    Check Rates
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    • ahoerner
  • By ahoerner on February 2, 2005
    • Gloria Inn in Harbin. - Harbin
    Gloria Inn in Harbin.
    by ahoerner
    Taking in account that our stay in Harbin was only of two days, Gloria Inn was more than I expected.

    This comfortable seven-storey hotel, very well located near downtown, is a good option for a short stay.

    Very good service from the staff. some gift & souvenir shops and a nice coffee shop, where a half-chinese half-western breakfast if offered every morning, complete the "ambiente".

    Its location in Daoli District, with easy access to the main avenue and to the Ice & Snow Festival parks, located near the river banks.

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  • Price: US$20-40    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: less expensive than average
  • Address: 257 Zhongyang Street, Daoli District
  • Phone: (0451)8463-8855
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    Shangri La Hotel Harbin: An Outstanding Hotel    Check Rates
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    • calcaf38
  • By calcaf38 on January 26, 2005
    • Shangri-La lobby - Harbin
    Shangri-La lobby
    by calcaf38
    My Travel Agent booked me at the Shangri-La. I didn't realize it would be so elegant and so comfortable. The price was not so high that I expected superior service.

    The Shangri-La car came to get me at the Airport, on time. My room was not huge but perfectly appointed.

    The staff, especially at the "Business Center" was extremely helpful. The concierges are also super. Some of the staff speaks English.

    The Shangri-La breakfast buffet is outstanding. No matter how cold it is outside, you will be warm inside and able to skip lunch too!

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  • Price: US$80-120    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: less expensive than average
  • Address: 555 You Yi Road Dao Li Distric
  • Phone: 86-451-8485-8888
  • Directions: My only reservation: the Shangri-La is located a bit far from "tourist" areas. It is better located for business I suppose. But taxis are affordable (about $2 a pop). The Gloria and the Moderne seem better located for tourists.
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    Other hotels in Harbin: Other hotels in Harbin
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  • Updated By mke1963 on February 20, 2005
    • Stained glass window at the Shangri-La - Harbin
    Stained glass window at
    the Shangri-La
    by mke1963
    There are three key hotels in the city centre, spread along the main pedestrian street, Zhongyang Lu, which runs north (from the river bank) to the south (at Jingwei Lu).
    At the very northern end, overlooking the river is the 4 star Gloria Inn. Excellent location; seemed deadly quiet in the lobby. Fantastic waterfall sculpture (separate review!).
    Roughly in the middle of Zhongyang Lu (so a little bit inaccessible because taxis have to drive down the pavement to get to and from the entrance!) is the oldest hotel hotel in town the "Modern Hotel".....or Modern Hel" as the neon sign displays at night!
    Then at the south end, actually opposite the entrance to Zhingyang Lu, on the other side of Jingwei Lu is the appallingly designed, but fairly good Holiday Inn (seperate review).
    The excellent Shangri-La is a long way west along the river bank, so a good distance from the old streets and atmosphere. However, the walk through Stalin Park is very enjoyable, even in the depths of winter.

    Note that the Shangri-La has some really nice art-deco style stained glass windows (see photo). While it may be a bit much to expect people to travel long distances to see a few stained glass windows (!), if you are in Harbin, try having lunch at the Shangri La. The stained glass windows and wall-mounted mosaics are very attractive. In the case of the art-deco glass, this is very appropriate for Harbin, given its history, and I was impressed that the designers or the managers of the Shangri-La had given sufficient thought to detail to include these little fixtures in their hotel. It's difficult to describe, but it is precisely this kind of attention to detail that makes the difference.

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    Holiday Inn City Centre Harbin: Holiday Inn    Check Rates
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  • By mke1963 on February 8, 2005
    • Yes. It looks as bad as I said it does. - Harbin
    Yes. It looks as bad as I
    said it does.
    by mke1963
    The Harbin Holiday Inn is one of those hotels that you guess is at the very fringes of an international hotel chain; not exactly the flagship of the brand. It is well-located, albeit on the wrong side of the dangerously busy Jingwei Lu from the pedestrianised main street of Zhongyang Lu. It is housed in possibly the ugliest white-tile-and-blue-glass building in the city, but at least by staying here you don’t have to look at it.
    Overall, the Holiday Inn is not a bad place but it is hot and cramped. Every public area, from the lobby to the lobby bar to the restaurants and Red Lion ‘pub’ feels small and airless. Similarly the rooms, although average in size, have seen better days. The hotel has seen better days, and quite a lot of them, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see this particular hotel lose its franchise. It really feels more like a Chinese 4 star hotel than an international 4 star hotel. It is a far cry from the elegance and class of the Holiday Inn in Hohhot.
    For a few days stay, the Harbin Holiday Inn is a good choice because of its location and it is cheap (if booked over the internet in advance….RMB390 plus tax). It’s not a bad place; it just lacks what one expects from a Holiday Inn hotel.

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  • Price: US$20-40    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: about average
  • Address: 90 Jing Wei Lu, Daoli, Harbin 150010
  • Phone: 0451 8422 6666
  • Directions: At the south end of Zhongyang Lu, the main historical street in Harbin.
  • Website: www.ic-hotels.com
  • Other Contact: Fax: 0451 8422 1661
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    modern hotel: harbin's most famous hotel
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    • yuming
  • Updated By yuming on August 23, 2003
    • Harbin Hotels and Accommodations
    by yuming
    It is my dream. The famous film "harbin in the dark" shows that lots of history come from here. This hotel is built at 1906 by a foreigner, from that time, all imprtant people: politician, rich people, even spy or famous star came here.
    there is also a interesting story about it's name: The owenr of the hotel is a Russia at that time, so he named it Моперн, after the Russia revolution, the owner went to France with his family, when the Japanees invaded in Harbin, he changed the hotel name to French. And now , it is English.

    3 stars hotel
    STANDARD ROOM(Ⅰ) 28 USD NET
    STANDARD ROOM(Ⅱ) 39 USD NET
    STANDARD ROOM(Ⅲ) 52 USD NET
    SUPERIOR TWIN 68 USD NET
    SUITE 66 USD NET
    SUPERIOR SUITE 76 USD NET
    DELUXE(Ⅰ) 158 USD NET
    DELUXE(Ⅱ) 207 USD NET
    APARTMENT 331 USD NET

    * INCLUSIVE OF DAILY BUFFET BREAKFAST　　z88;*ADD 15% SERVICE CHARCE

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  • Address: NO.89 ZhongYang Sterrt HarBin China
  • Phone: 0451 4615846　
  • Directions: in the middle of central street (zhong yang da jie) where
  • Website: http://www.modern.com.cn/madier1.htm
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    The Ice and Snow Hotel Harbin: The Ice and Snow Hotel Harbin
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  • By mke1963 on February 20, 2005
    • In January 2005, the Chinese press announced that an Ice and Snow Hotel had opened, China's first.
    Nowhere did anyone feel it necessary to provide the address or any contact information. The foreign press picked the story up, but still no advertising.
    It is a simply classic, text-book case, of how tourism marketing in China fails. How on earth are people going to book the hotel if no-one knows where it is, the cost, how to get there, etc. It really wouldn't surprise me if it doesn't open next year simply because everyone connected with this venure is disappointed that no-one came when they built it this year.
    In fact the hotel is at the Taiyang Dao (Sun Island) Snow World park on the north bank of the Songhuajiang river, outside Harbin.
    We didn't see the hotel while we were there, but noticed mention of it on their website.

    What little information I have suggests that it is aimed at foreign tourists, yet we are not aware of a single piece of advertising material ANYWHERE providing ANY information. Witless or what?

    Other than the obvious, the most startlingly unique qualities are that they expect people to know about this hotel without them doing any marketing, telling anyone about their hotel, and basically expecting bokings to come in by telepathy.

    This review you are reading now is the sum total of useful information about the Ice Hotel in Harbin, and the only one in the English language that provides a phone number (below). However, as that phone number is for Sun Island, I would place millions of dollars of bets that no-one answering the phone will speak a single word of English, so get a Chinese speaker to phone for you. Even then, don't be surprised if their own staff haven't even heard of the hotel. Yes, things get that bad in China.

    As an additional warning, if you are contemplating staying at the Ice Hotel. It is not uncommon for hotels to be built inside parks or other 'paid entry' venues in China. The problem comes when you want to get to the hotel (taxi can't get in!), so what do you do then? Do you leave your luggage in a taxi while you find someone who understands what you want? What if no-one has any idea what you are talking about (not uncommon even when speaking in Chinese.....what hotel? There's no hotel here! etc)? Then what about when you want to go out. You may have a long walk to where you can get a taxi or a bus. Are you going to have an irritating argument every, single bloody time you want to get back to your hotel? Think carefully about ever booking a hotel that is inside a park or 'venue' of some kind in China. The hotel management never ever think through the practical issues, leaving guests to struggle with the consequences.

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  • Address: Somewhere in Taiyang Dao
  • Phone: 0451-88190536-6628
  • Directions: Note that the park is away from Harbin. You will need to make sure you have a taxi on call when you need it. You cannot walk anywhere from Sun Island in winter.
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    Heilongjiang Kunlun Hotel: Useless Staff    Check Rates
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    • SurfaceTravel
  • By SurfaceTravel on August 29, 2006
    • View from the room - Harbin
    View from the room
    by SurfaceTravel
    The rooms and premises were plain 2-star and the en-suite bathrooms were fine, but the service was horrible. There was no English spoken whatsoever, but this was not the problem, and to be expected because, after all, we were in China. But the staff's stupidity was not language related. For example at the restaurant, if you hold up an empty water glass to the waiter an point at it, he should be able to figure out that you want water. No. I didn't know what to do with the laundry, so I took it down to the front counter in the hotel's own laundry bag, with Chinese writing on it. I tried to leave it with them, but it was like they had never seen such a thing in their entire lives. We should have stayed in the Holiday Inn, closer to the centre of town.

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  • Price: US$20-40    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: about average
  • Address: 8 Tielu Street, Nangang District, Harbin 150006
  • Phone: 86-451-53616688
  • Directions: Right across the street from the train station, but about a 15 minute walk from the central sights of Harbin.
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    Shangri La Hotel Harbin: only 5 star in Harbin    Check Rates
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  • Updated By strollingfish on September 11, 2004
    • Shangri-La Harbin exterior - Harbin
    Shangri-La Harbin exterior
    by strollingfish
    comfortable stay and homelike. the 2nd time i stepped into coffee garden for breakfast the waitress could recognize me as Ms Ge.

    nice scenery from the riverview room where Songhua river,highway bridge and riverside road together with the blue sky combine to a wonderful picture.
    and as really nothing much to do in the city, just lying in the jacuzzi is an enjoyment indeed.

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  • Price: US$80-120    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: most expensive
  • Address: 555 You Yi Road, Dao Li District
  • Phone: 86-451-8485 8888
  • Website: http://www.shangri-la.com/eng/hotel/index.asp?h_location=harbin
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    We stayed at the Holiday Inn...
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  • By fwfwfw on August 24, 2002
    • We stayed at the Holiday Inn (4 stars), which turned out to be a good choice, as everything interesting is within walking distance, and after a long day outside in the cold (up to -30°C during our visit) it feels quite comfortable to return to a nice and warm hotel! Prices were US$ 50 for a double, quite reasonable I think.

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  • Directions: The hotel is centrally located on Jingwei Jie in the Daoli District. Zhaolin Park is within walking distance and even Songhua River and Sun Island can easily be reached by foot.
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    Harbin Friendship Palace...
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  • By PieterB on August 24, 2002
    • Harbin Hotels and Accommodations
    by PieterB
    Harbin Friendship Palace Hotel: This hotel was build by the russians. The chineese later added a Chineese roof. As I understood it, the hotel was build for the use of party officials and later for Chinese part ofiicials. The hotel gives a 'Lost Glory' atmosphere: Large luxurious rooms, where window isolation is enforced with scotch tape, nice bathrooms that serve a trickel of warm water between 7.00 to 8.30 in the morning, rest of the day cold water! It was an experience!
    90 US$ per person a day including breakfast, lunch and dinner.

    It features a large glass covered winter garden hall, where piano concerts are given.

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  • Comparison: more expensive than average
  • Address: Youyi Lu avenue, next to the cable car departure.
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