Hotels in Beijing - Prices and Reviews

På lørdag rejser jeg sydpå, og det glæder jeg mig meget til. Jeg er ret træt af det kolde vejr i Beijing - selvfølgelig er jeg ikke træt af selve byen, det vil jeg vist aldrig kunne blive. Beijing er verdens fedeste by og overgår selv New York. Jeg ville bestemt ikke have noget imod en dag at få et job som inkluderede et års udstationering i Bei...

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We arrived in Beijing at the civilised time of 2:30 pm and found our hostel with no trouble whatsoever. The hostel was within 5 minutes walk of Tianmen Square so after a celebratory beer we headed out to explore. The square itself is enormous and is surrounded by Chinese Army officers who keep an eye on all the visitors. Apparently there are als...

QUOTE(Incrediblelife @ Jun 13 2006, 10:52 AM) * Anyone have any places they would recommend to stay at in Beijing/Xi'an/Shanghai? We like places that are fairly central to places to see, and is clean. We aren't really particular about if it is a hostel or hotel. Thanks for any suggestions! smile.gif I Stayed in a place called "The Red Lantern" i...

So, after a lengthy and tiring flight and layover in tokyo, i finally made it to beijing late last night. i'm exhausted. the taxi driver couldn't find the place, was totally lost and i ended up having to pay him more because the meter ran up while he was wandering around and i couldn't tell him in chinese to turn the thing off. riding in taxis h...

Arrived via overnight train from Nanjing. Good trip, get on at 9pm and arrive at 6.30pm. Took a soft sleeper as no hard sleepers were available so had marginally more room. Found my hostel with littel fuss. About time after Nanjing! First day spend walking around Tian'anmen Square and The Forbidden City. Tian'anmen is a monstrously huge place wi...