Budget Hotels & Hostels
Apartments
Guesthouses and B&Bs
The Opposite House
Sānlǐtún & Cháoyáng
Artworks litter the lobby area and rooms are top-drawer chic with American oak bathtubs, open-plan bathrooms, underfloor heating and gorgeous mood lighting; the metal basin swimming pool and fastidiously trendy Mesh bar round out a totally sleek bou...
Peking International Youth Hostel
Drum Tower & Dōngchéng North
The discreet, central alleyway location is the icing on this particular cake, parcelled away off Nanchizi Dajie, a guidebook's throw from the Forbidden City...
Michael's House Beijing
Beihai Park & Xicheng North
Ele-gant, quiet and convivial courtyard-style hotel with grey-brick styling and helpful, traditionally attired staff...
Jianguo Hotel Beijing
Sānlǐtún & Cháoyáng
A recent refit has modestly galvanised an ageing formula, although old touches persist and the hotel finds itself rather like Běijīng: suspended between two eras...
Grand Hotel Beijing
Forbidden City & Dōngchéng Central
The 'grand' in the Grand Hotel surely refers to the view. Truly the most magnificent in Běijīng, it affords a bird's-eye lookout over the entire Forbidden City...
Prime Hotel Beijing Wangfujing
Forbidden City & Dōngchéng Central
With an excellent location at the northern end of Wangfujing Dajie, this hotel (self-advertised as five-star) also has Beijing's largest standard double rooms at 42 sq metres...
The Shangri La Hotel, Beijing
The Summer Palace & Hǎidiàn
The Shangri-La’s air-freshened lobby and muted Chinese motifs may not match the majesty of its sibling China World Hotel, but the rates here are far lower...
Bamboo Garden Hotel
Beihai Park & Xicheng North
Within roaming distance of the Drum and Bell Towers and Houhai Lake, the intimate, leafy courtyard aspect is impaired by the jarring modern block opposite and occasionally the staff are casual, but this place still gets good reviews...
Beijing Chong Wen Men Hotel
Temple of Heaven Park & Dōngchéng South
Clearly designed for the middle-management business traveller, the Chongwenmen has a reasonably full range of facilities, but it's also a good option for the casual visitor. Rooms are bright, clean, well maintained and simply furnished...
Qian Men Jian Guo Hotel
Dashilar & Xicheng South
Elegant in parts and popular with tour groups, this refurbished and choicely located hotel has pushed up its prices to reflect its makeover. Business is brisk so the staff are on their toes, but they grab any chance to switch off...
Raffles Beijing Hotel
Forbidden City & Dōngchéng Central
Sandwiched between two drab edifices (to the east the 1970s lines of the Beijing Hotel, to the west a gawky Soviet-era facade), the seven-storey Raffles oozes cachet and grandeur...
Crowne Plaza Hotel Beijing Wangfujing
Forbidden City & Dōngchéng Central
Refitted and overhauled in 2005, the five-star Crowne Plaza enjoys an excellent central location on Wangfujing Dajie, but has little character or charm with odd-looking sculpture dotted around...
Regent Beijing
Forbidden City & Dōngchéng Central
The lavish 500-room Regent has staked out a precious plot of land on the corner of Jinbao Jie and Dongdan Beidajie to the east of Wangfujing Dajie. Guest rooms are good value – luxuriously styled and up to the minute...
The Peninsula Beijing
Forbidden City & Dōngchéng Central
Owned by the Peninsula Group, this hotel’s dated white-tile exterior increasingly seems a bad choice, but the unflinchingly high standards within remain attractive...
Novotel Beijing Peace
Forbidden City & Dōngchéng Central
An advertisement for this high-rise hotel featuring a radiant cosmopolitan family skipping across the foyer wouldn't actually be off-key. A perceptible atmosphere of superior modern comfort and ease reigns...
Metropark Lido Hotel ( Former Holiday Inn Lido)
On the way to the airport, this hotel – the first Holiday Inn built in China – has virtually everything you may need, with excellent amenities and a well-resourced shopping mall.
Ascott Beijing
Sānlǐtún & Cháoyáng
Located opposite the China World Trade Center in Beijing's business district, the Ascott offers a range of stylish and fully equipped serviced apartments for rent on a daily or monthly basis...
Hotel Kapok Beijing
Forbidden City & Dōngchéng Central
Sticking out like a sore but fashionable thumb on Donghuamen Dajie, this trendy and aspiring hotel is popular with the design set and discounts are healthy. A feature of some of the 'fashion rooms' is the overhead atriums for views of the sky.
Hilton Beijing Wangfujing
Forbidden City & Dōngchéng Central
Muted grey and caramel hues come to the fore at this snazzy new signature hotel off Wangfujing Dajie...
Lu Song Yuan Hotel
Drum Tower & Dōngchéng North
Rooms may be a bit cramped at this hútòng hotel, a courtyard house built by a Mongolian general during the Qing-dynasty era, but the location and setting are big plus points, and guests can sit out quaffing drinks in the courtyard during sp...
Park Plaza Beijing Wangfujing
Forbidden City & Dōngchéng Central
Appealing midrange value with more than a shot of style in the heart of town, the modish Park Plaza has a tip-top location plus a comfortable, modern and well-presented four-star finish...
Beijing Minzu Hotel
Beihai Park & Xicheng North
The huge Chinese-run four-star Minzu has a yesteryear feel, and is located near the huge and distinctive Nationalities Cultural Palace, west of Xidan. The hotel's restaurants have specialities that include hotpot and Chaozhou and Turkish cuisine.