The best hotels Pekin 北京

Located close to the airport but in a very pleasant setting, Sino-Swiss is the ideal stopover for your arrival or departure on Beijing. The infrastructure available to you even allows you to extend your stay as in a holiday club: Indoor and outdoor swimming pool, gym, three restaurants including Mongolian interlude… The environment lends itself to walks, while remaining close to the main centres of interest in the region.

A large glass building with no special charm but situated south of Qianmen and close to the west door of the Temple of Heaven. The rooms are bright and spacious. This is undoubtedly due to the fact that the building dates back to 1918 and that, at the time, these interior balconies had to rage with guests. It is a delightful atmosphere.

The Yu Yang Hotel is an elegant 4-star hotel in Beijing's Chaoyang district. It offers an ideal location, just 7 km from the Forbidden City and 10 km from the Temple of Heaven. Rooms are elegantly furnished and equipped with free Wi-Fi, flat-screen TVs, mini-fridges and tea and coffee-making facilities. Suites also include a living room with sofa. The hotel features a chic Chinese restaurant with a wine cellar overlooking the Liangma River, as well as a café with a fountain, a reception bar with a lounge area, an indoor pool, a spa, a conference area and a lively lounge. Massages are also available. Yu Yang Hotel offers room service, breakfast, free parking, disabled access and air conditioning.

The Schonbrunn Hotel is a 2-star hotel located in Beijing's shopping district. Inspired by the Baroque Schönbrunn Palace, it is 2 km from a metro station, 5 km from the famous Central Radio and Television Tower, and 8 km from the Summer Lake Palace. Rooms are warmly furnished and feature flat-screen TVs, Internet access and minibars. Superior rooms also include a sitting area, while suites feature a living room. The hotel offers a refined seafood restaurant, a friendly bar at reception and a café serving French, Italian and Southeast Asian dishes. It also features a gym, pool tables, 11 meeting rooms and a spa using natural hot spring water. The hotel is air-conditioned, child-friendly and pet-friendly.

A very nice hotel - owned by a Chinese hotel chain - just a few steps from Houhai and the many lakes in the city centre. The decoration is spartan but the rooms are spacious and clean. His membership in a powerful Chinese hotel chain guarantees quality in terms of staff training; unfortunately they are not at all Anglophones.