50+ Married American Couple Traveling from US to Beijing

You might try Red Lantern East yard. The older hostel is more atmospheric but has shared bathrooms and you eat your breakfast there anyway. They are both in old still residential hutongs with a night market around the corner, food stalls and a local soup shop and a good Xinjiang restaurant. You can walk from there to Houhai lake or further to Beihai park amd there are a number of useful metro stations nearby. Although it's quite close to some tourist sites, it's not a touristy area at all. You get better rates if you book direct through the hostel.redlanternhouse.com

Yes, based on your latest post, I was also going to mention Red Lantern House which has different kinds of rooms including private. The newer annex might have the nicer rooms. Also add Chinese Box Courtyard Hostel to the list.

Thank you for this information!

By 50+ I meant that we are a couple 50+ years old... I wasn't sure if that was clear in my post.

As a 54 year old about to travel to china with 65 yo partner I'm curious as to why your age is such an important factor in choosing a hostel/hotel? Just avoid anything that mentions a noisy bar downstairs in the reviews - China attracts all ages of travellers - it's not Thailand or Cancun with a super young party crowd

Though it is politically incorrect to view people by age in the western world. However, in China, it is advantageous to be treated as a senior, most of the time.
Little kids usually would address anyone older than their parents as ye-ye and nai-nai. Don’t take it as an offence.

Good point. You are right.

Thank you for this information.

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