good 3 star hotel in beijing PLEASE !!!!!!

[xtenhome]

I am stranded.

Can anyone recommend a good 3 star hotel in beijing near the forbidden city around 300 RMB a night ? I need this right away.

I would really appreciate it.

Thanks.

arch

[sky888]

Yue Xiu. Its within walking distance. Just outside you will find little street vendors selling yummy Beijing pancakes. You can look out your window and see an old Catholic cathedral.

Nice hotel. I will tell you something funny though. We were out of toilet paper. The bell hop brought us up a half a roll. We had quite a laugh!

[roddy]

And it is where?

I"m not sure if it's 3 star, but there's a decent hotel I know in quite a nice location, maybe a 20 minute walk from Qianmen.

Name is the Far East Hotel. There's a map on this page. Basically if you get to Dazhalan and walk down the street with all the shops, keep going, and bear left when you reach a fork, you'll reach it eventually. If you reach a main road, you've missed it.

If you are taking a taxi, or want to take a less direct, less crowded route, head south from Hepingli Subway and turn left onto Tieshu Xiejie - keep your eyes open though.

I only ever stayed at the attached youth hostel, but heard good things about the hotel, and it's in a decent location. At the very least it'll be good enough for one night while you sort things out. Good luck.

Roddy

[roddy]

Ok, that's a two star hotel. If that's a major problem, I'd just pick somewhere off Sinohotel.com, but if it was me I'd just go for the Far East which I know to be reliable.

[xtenhome]

Thanks for all your replies

If anyone knows any apartment for rent near beijing culture and language university please let me know. I will need this in the next week or so.

[sky888]

And it is where?

Anyone can simply google Yue Xiu and it comes up as the first item. However, attached is a map.

[johnd]

I'd recommend the Home Inns chain. They are "no star" fixed price motel style (RMB200 to 300), but normally good standard. I've had really good experience in Shanghai, Ningbo and Xiamen. However Beijing QianMen was not so good, maybe because it's in an old building. There are a lot in Beijing though, so you could check out others.

[roddy]

I've been wondering about those new budget hotels, there are two near me (which makes them handy for Beishida). One is a Homes Inn, not sure about the other one.

Roddy