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Top 10 Budget Hotels in Beijing, Beijing Cheap Hotels

Plan your Beijing tour? If you don't want to spend lots of money on luxury...

Sep 10, 2010Published

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Plan your Beijing tour? If you don't want to spend lots of money on luxury accommodation, but still hope for a decent and comfy stay in Beijing while visiting Beijing, we've listed the top 10 Beijing budget hotels for you to plan your short trip to Beijing.

This top 10 list is only for your reference. It is our version of Top 10 List. You may check your reviews online before starting your booking. For youth hostels, see: Top 10 Beijing Hostels .

1. Holiday In Express Temple of Heaven Beijing (北京前门富力智选假日酒店) A great hotel with a Western feel. It is located approxi 400 meters to the east of the East Gate of Temple of Heaven (walking distance to the temple of Heaven).

The staff is very friendly, helpful and speak good English and. Breakfast is all right with a mix of western and Chinese enough to fill you up for one day sightseeing.Free wifi/ethernet internet with moderate speed is available for free with decent speeds. HBO/CNN Asia/BBC World are available, so there is something to watch by default as well. Grocery store down the street.

Add: No 36 Nanwei Road, Xuanwu District, 100050 Beijing Tel: 86 10 83157777

2. Days Inn Forbidden City (北京香江戴斯酒店) The hotel is superly located next to Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Wangfujing Street and close to 2 subway stations: Wangfujing and Tiananmen East. Nanwanzi hutong (lane) is not very popular among the taxi drivers, but Nanheyan street where the alley is well known.

The services provided by the staff are good. The staff can speak English are quite helpful. The beds are a little hard like most of Chinese hotels. Free Internet in the room helps a lot. Make sure you always bring the card from the hotel showing the hotel's address in Chinese character.

The room is cleaned up everyday. Not too many stores nearby, but there is a store that is opened till late. Add: No.1 Nanwanzi Bystreet, Dongcheng District, Beijing Tel: 86 10 65127788

3. Orange Hotels Beijing 北京桔子酒亚运村店 Orange Hotel Beijing is a hotel chain with 10 hotels in Beijing - Beijing Zhongguancun, Beijing Guanyuanqiao, Beijing Tianningsi, Beijing Wukesong, Beijing Wanjing, Beijing Xinzhimen, Beijing Jingsong Dong, Beijing Jingsong Xi, Beijing Asia Games Village and Beijing Shuijin Jianguo.

All the ten orange hotels are located in the major areas in Beijing, very convenient both for business and leisure travelers.All hotels are a no frills hotels. People are quite satisfied with the cleanliness of the room and the toilet. The mattress is hard like what you would find in many hotels in China. Most of the chain hotels are cozy and modern.

Add: No. 200 Beiyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing Tel: 400-819-0099 (24 hours)

4. Jade Garden Hotel (北京翠明庄宾馆) The location of the hotel is super for those who want to visit the Forbidden city and Tianamen Square, both are within a ten minute walk.

The night market and Wangfujing are also very close by. The staff at the front desk are always helpful, informative, and willing to try to speak English with you.Rooms are clean, comfortable and the surrounding is all right. Very good western and chinese breakfast buffet. Free internet is very nice. The only drawback is the water flow in the shower.

Add: 1 Nanheyan Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing Tel: 86 10 58580966

5. Tianrui Beijing (天瑞酒店) This hotel has a good location, a good value for the price.it is located in an authentic little hutong (narrow) with fruit sellers, shops and restaurants close to the front door. You can easily walk to Wangfujing, the Forbidden City, and Tienanmen Square.

The room is very big for Chinese, clean and nicely decorated. The staff is friendly and helpful. Buffet breakfast is plain but ok. Free Wi-Fi in the lobby is quite useful. A very good choice for travellers who want a clean and comfortable place to stay in Beijing.

Add: 15 Baishu Hutong, Wangfujing Avenue, Dongcheng District,Beijing Tel: 86 10 6526 6699

6. Homekey Hotel Beijing (北京华凯宾馆) Homeket Hotel is a six floor building with 24 guest rooms. It is centrally located in the hutong areas, 600m from Drum Tower, 800m from Bell Tower, Forbidden City 800m, Tiananmen Square 4 km, Bird's Nest 6km, Wangfujiang Street 4km, Silk Market 5km, Beijing Railway Station 6km and Beijing airport 30.

English friendly speaking staff . Each room is equipped with TV,air-conditioner, private bathroom ,shower, 24hr hot water, wireless access, two beds,big window with lovely view.

Tel: 0086 10 64070268; fax: 0086 10 64013846 Add: No.15,Yu`er Hutong, Nanluoguxiang, Dongcheng District, Beijing

7. Bamboo Garden Hotel (北京竹园宾馆) The location is great within a 10 minute walk from a subway station as well as walking distance of several worthwhile sites in the city. It's in the middle of the hutongs with walking distance to Lake Houhai and surrounding market streets, restaurants and bars.

Only a short taxi ride to Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square. Make sure you have the location of the hotel in Chinese as it is a bit difficult to for some taxi drivers to find. The standard room is very clean, pretty and comfortable.

The bathroom is modern and clean. The large flat screen TV and computer with free internet are an added delight. The hotel has a courtyard surrounding full of greenery, very calm and peaceful.

Add: No.24, Xiaoshiqiao, Jiugulou Street, Xicheng District, Beijing. Tel: 86-10-58520088

8. 7 Days Inn (Beijing Chaoyangmen) 7天连锁店(朝阳门店) It is one of the hotel chains of 7 Days Inn, a leading and fast growing national economy hotel chain based in China. It is an affordable, clean, comfortable, convenient and safe lodging.

It has a good location, 2km from Beijing Railway Station, 25km from Beijing airport, 500m from subway.Within 15-minute drive, you will get to Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Wangfujing Street... There are over about 3o 7Days Inn chain hotels in Beijing.

Add: No.190 Jia, Chaoyangmen Nei ,Main Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100010, China Tel: 010-85112788

9. Jinjiang Inn (Beijing Olympic Village Datun Road) 锦江之星北京奥运村大屯路店 It is located close to the Water Cube and Bird's Nest in the former Asia Games Village, with 5-minute walk to Datun Subway Station of Line 5. The hotel has 192 standard and business rooms, clean and tidy, providing 24-hour hot water, air conditioning, TV, telephone, and complimentary Internet access.

In accordance with the Jinjiang standard services, with high quality special sleep treasure bedding, the whole bathroom...

Add: Datunlu no.02, Andingmenwai, Chaoyang District, Beijing Tel: 010-84835588

10. Shatan Hotel Beijing 北京沙滩宾馆 The Beijing Shatan Hotel is a nice hotel in an interesting side street very close to the Forbidden City. The side street is teemed with local shops, markets and restaurants.

All these combined makes you feel you live as the locals.The room is spacious, really comfy beds, nice flat screen TV, beautiful bathroom.The staff are helpful and the breakfast is ok.

Add: No. 28 Shatan back Street, Dongcheng District Beijing 100009 Tel: 010-84026688

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