Beijing Downtown Backpackers Accommodation - Beijing - Reviews & Contact Details

Peking Downtown Backpackers Accomodation can't be beat for a budget place to stay in Beijing! :) I spent 5 days there and I was so sorry to leave, I wish I could've stayed longer. The website tells you everything you need to know about it, but I'll just highlight a few points here... - The hostel is located at 85 Nan Luogu Xiang (NLX), within the 2nd Ring Road in Dongcheng District. This is a preserved hutong area and a stone's throw south from the Drum Tower. - Room prices include a free Chinese/Western breakfast in the adjoining cosy cafe. Western breakfast consists of toast and butter, side salad, jam, fried egg and orange juice. The cafe also has a great selection of books, both travel and otherwise. - They offer free pick-up from the train station if you inform them in advance, and also airport pick-up for a small fee. Look on their website for more details. - For great Peking duck, the nearest branch of Tianwaitian is about 10 mins walk away. Walk south along NLX, turn right (west) into Mao'er Hutong and walk till the hutong intersects with Di'anmenwai Dajie, and the restaurant is just on your left (no need to cross the road). I really loved my Peking duck there! - For film, walk north along NLX until it intersects with the main road and there's a Kodak shop on your left (no need to cross the road again). - A load of washing costs 15 RMB, they provide the washing powder et al, and deliver the dry, clean clothes to your room. - Internet access in the basement costs 10 RMB per hour, printing and burning of CDs is available too. Oh, and if you need help booking train tickets and other travel stuff, the nice travel guy there will help too! - The rooms are clean and tidy, with crisp sheets and heating. Attached washing facilities are sparkly clean and they don't smell at all! Hehe... :P Oh, and there's 24-hour hot water. - The daytrips to the Great Wall (Jinshanling to Simatai) run every other day, IIRC. The cost is 90 RMB for transport (from hostel to Jinshanling, and then from Simatai to hostel), 30 RMB for Jinshanling, 30 RMB for Simatai, 5 RMB for Simatai suspension bridge. - They also offer to take you to evening performances of kungfu, Chinese acrobatics and Chinese opera. Although I didn't go, my 2 travel companions gave the 2-thumbs-up for their choice of performances! Most importantly, the staff is unbelievably friendly and ultra-helpful with anything that you might need. They helped to call up places and answered all kinds of questions from us when we stayed there. Staying there was almost the best choice I've made in Beijing (the decision to go on their Great Wall trip is the best!) and without them, I wouldn't have enjoyed my Beijing stay so much. I'd have regretted it if I stayed anywhere else!

Our BACKPACKERS is located in the center of the ancient capital of YUAN dynasty, and that is why our hotel is called Downtown. This area is now the very famous protected area of old Chinese impasses, called HuTong: In NanLuoGu alley, our Downtown is near the Forbidden grove and just behind BeiHai Park. You can easily go to Tian`anmen Square、The Summer Palace、The Forbidden City, The Temple of Haven, etc. by bus. The subway station is only 20 minutes by foot, and public facilities such as banks、post office、supermarkets are very near. DOWNTOWN is located in the famous protected HuTong area. Staying in DOWNTOWN, you can hear old Beijingnises hubbub, you can chat with real beijingnises, and you can walk to BeiHai Park and enjoy an old Beijing opera. Staying in DOWNTOWN, you are in a presentation of very detailed daily life of Beijing citizens, and DOWNTOWN helps you to share most of their traditional customs. we have 1-8beds, and all the room with an independence washroom, an air-conditioner and 24 hours hot water. They have internet service, mini-shop, laundry room, reading area and backpackers bar; they can rent bicycle here. here has one special counter---ASK-TONY Travel Information. The guy Tony is a good English speaker, he is a know-all person. He is a real backpacker likes to travel on foot. He organizes the activities in DownTown. Like: Peking Opera Show、Acrobatics Show、Chinese GongFu Show and Huanghua Great wall hiking Tour. He can help you booking the hostel in other cities and booking the train ticket. If you have any questions, you can ASK-TONY. our service: free breakfast, climbing tour service, Peking opera performance and acrobatics performance, and if one person live for above two nights or two persons live above one night, they can free pick up from the airport only you pay the highway fee RMB20。 The rates are: 1bed room 120RMB/room 2bed room 80RMB/bed/person/night 3bed room 70RMB/bed/person/night 4bed room 60RMB/bed/person/night 8bed room 50RMB/bed/person/night all rooms including free breakfast. Our principle is to help you to save every cent in your trip, and so, breakfast is included in the room price. Our travel information consulting service is always available, because they are all experimented backpackers. So, don't hesitate to talk to them.