Travelers to Beijing suffer an embarrassment of riches when it comes to accommodations. There is everything from huge ostentatious American, European, Japanese and Chinese hotels to scruffy hostels. The Xinyancheng hotel strikes a balance which gives you a slice of the real China.
The Xinyancheng is a clean and comfortable small (117 rooms) hotel that caters to both the local Chinese population and tourists. It opened only a year ago and the rooms are modern and simple. The bathrooms are western and have large parisian style, wet-room showers with excellent water pressure and lots of hot water at all hours. There are good amenities like a lobby bar (with good coffee!), cable television, free broadband internet. There is a business center on the second floor. Although on a busy street, the insulation is good and it is quiet. The staff is very helpful although their English is about as bad as my Mandarin! They tried very hard to be helpful and gave great support to our trip. At $31 US including breakfast, it's a great deal.
Although the hotel itself is lovely, its most significant attribute may be its location. It is in the southeastern corner of the city by the third ring road. It is far from the airport - 35 km but not far from the railway station. It is not far from tourist sites like the Temple of Heaven and the Hongchaio market. It is only three blocks from the Liujiayao station on the new #5 line on the Beijing subway - and if you've never experienced Beijing traffic you will learn that the subway is the best way to go. The other great thing about the location is that it is not in a hotel infested tourist area but in a Beijing residential neighborhood with great street life. There are numerous small neighborhood mom and pop shops as well as a large supermarket in a courtyard directly across from the hotel. There is a great farmers' market just behind the hotel. There are dozens of small food stands, including a nice outdoor restaurant in the court in front of the hotel. Staying in this hotel is staying in a typical urban community in Beijing and it has a great feel to it - friendly and helpful in a very personal kind of way. Although Beijing seemed as foreign as any place I'd ever been, after a few days at the Xinyancheng, I felt genuinely at home here.
I would recommend this hotel to anyone who wanted to really experience urban life in Beijing without sacrificing amenities.
酒店名称:北京温馨学生绿色公寓
酒店地址:北京朝阳区北京朝阳区双井九龙花园1号楼
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2017-01-16 17:55:33