Shanshui Trends Hotel Shao Yao Ju

The room was very confortable and spacious. The cleaning service in room was very good, cleaning it almost every day and changing the towels and sheets. The air condition in the rooms is a big plus! It would be nearly impossible to sleep in Beijing without it, since the humidity is very high. The stuff at the reception is manly very kind and polite, but unfortunatelly don't speak english. However, using translation tools in the smartphones can (to some extent) overcome this issue. The plus is also a lot of shops and a mall in the area of the hotel, so you can find some usefulls stuff. All in all, the say was nice and I felt good. If the prices would have been a bit lower, the overall impression could be better.

The location of the hotel is bit far away from some of the main city spots (e.g. tianamen square). The closest metro station is around 15 minutes walk, so everywhere you go, you would need 1h to reach the place by public transport and foot. However, the hotel is close to UIBE (Univeristy of International Business and Economics), so it is suitable for attending summer school. I don't not like that the hotel doesn't contain some lobby bar, so it is very hard to get a fast coffe (restaurants nearby usually dont serve coffe) or some other drink. Besides, the breakfast was imposible to try. Reason? - Very bad smell from the restaurant. We really tried 3 times to take a breakfast in the hotel's restaurant, but the smell when you enter the hotel's restaurant was so strong and bad, so we (coming from Europe) couldnt even try.