Women-Friendly Travel in Beijing
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St. Regis Beijing
This hotel is located in Chaoyang district. It has a wonderful ambience; the hotel staff is extremely helpful. Rooms and bathrooms are spacious with lovely furnishings. The restaurants serve fantastic quality food. In room facilities include a mini-bar, a hair dryer, a safe, an AC, a DVD Player and a TV. Hotel facilities include restaurants, swimming pool, a gym, squash courts, billiard rooms, a health spa, a salon, laundry service, 24 hour room service, dry cleaning and a shopping mall.
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Novotel Beijing Sanyuan
This hotel seeks to accommodate both business travelers and tourists. The hotel is located nearly ten kilometers from the city center, but conveniently located next to some of Beijing’s bigger tourist draws, including the Beijing Aquarium and Underground City. Furthermore, the hotel is just across from the nearest metro station, which makes navigating the city fairly reasonable. The 305 guestrooms in this establishment each come furnished with cable television, a mini bar, and a safe. The hotel comes with a number of recreational facilities, among them a swimming pool, fitness room, golf course and tennis courts. You will also find a sauna and a beauty center within the hotel. The hotel has one restaurant that serves excellent fare, which comes in addition to the lobby bar. High-speed internet throughout the building, as well as a useful business center, helps make this an attractive location for business travelers as well.
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Sofitel Wanda Beijing
This luxury hotel deserves its five star label. The hotel is located in the heart of the city, a short distance from many of Beijing’s most popular attractions, including Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. Each of the 417 rooms comes with the latest high-tech amenities and 24-hour room service. A range of options for room type and size allows you to customize your stay to your needs. The hotel has a number of restaurants and lounges that serve all types of cuisine; Traditional Chinese, Japanese and French cuisine among them. The hotel also has a spa, fitness center, and an indoor pool for your comfort and relaxation. Business travelers will find that the hotel has many seminar rooms, which, like everything else here, are decorated beautifully in Sofitel’s artistic manner. Business travelers will also have access to the business center, which provides for basic printing needs and is serviced with high-speed internet. Large ballrooms can fit over one thousand guests, making this an excellent location for large gatherings and events. A stay here will certainly be convenient and luxurious.
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Feiying Binguan
This hotel cum hostel has extremely reasonable rates, whilst guests have to help themselves to most things the rooms and bathrooms are quite comfortable. The hotel's proximity to the metro station and bus stops is a huge advantage as well. In room facilities include the TV and AC. Hotel facilities include a bar, laundry facilities [self-service] and internet access.
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Oriental Plaza
This massive shopping center is arguably the most famous of Beijing's shopping centers. There are several clothes and shoe shops and many designer labels are housed under this roof. A huge Sony shop is also located here.
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Novotel Peace Beijing Hotel
This hotel enjoys a central location being situated in the Dongcheng District. Prices are more than reasonable and the rooms and bathrooms are comfortable. In room facilities include a mini-bar, a hair dryer, a safe, an AC Satellite TV. Hotel facilities include restaurants, a bakery a pool and Jacuzzi, a gym, a sauna, laundry service, dry cleaning and 24 hour room service.
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Haoyuan Binguan
This hotel has a good location. It is a renovated house belonging to the Qing Period. The décor keeps in mind the style of that time- lanterns, statues of lions, canopies and courtyards are all to be found. Rooms are quite comfortable. In room facilities include a fridge, AC and satellite TV and a hair dryer. Hotel facilities include a restaurant, internet access, laundry service and dry cleaning.
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The Peninsula Palace Beijing
This hotel is arguably the best in town- it is both extravagant and luxurious. The location is perfect - it is situated in Dongcheng, the centre of the city. The service is impeccable as the facilities available here. In room facilities include satellite TV, AC, 42 inch Plasma TV, DVD player, wireless internet, a mini-bar, a hair dryer and a safe. Hotel facilities include babysitting services, car rental service, restaurants, a swimming pool and Jacuzzi, a health spa, massage services, laundry service, 24 hour room service and dry cleaning, saunas, and a shopping arcade.
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China World Hotel
This hotel is located in the Choayang District. The location is excellent. The rooms and bathrooms are tastefully furnished and more than comfortable and the service is outstanding. In room facilities include a mini-bar, a hair dryer, a safe, an AC and a TV along with broadband internet. Hotel facilities include restaurants, swimming pool, tennis courts, a health spa, a salon, laundry service, 24 hour room service, dry cleaning, and a shopping mall.
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Hilton Beijing
This hotel is located in northeast Chaoyang. Hilton is famous worldwide for its service which fails to disappoint. The décor of the rooms and bathrooms is both chic and stylish. In room facilities include a mini-bar, a hair dryer, a safe, an AC and satellite TV. Hotel facilities include restaurants, swimming pool and Jacuzzi, squash courts, a tennis court, a health spa, massage services, a salon, laundry service, 24 hour room service, dry cleaning, babysitting services and a car rental service.
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Grand Hotel
This hotel was built in 1990. The location is excellent and rooms look out on to the Forbidden City. Rooms and bathrooms are spacious enough with elegant furnishings. In room facilities include a mini-bar, a hair dryer, a safe, an AC and Satellite TV along with broadband internet. Hotel facilities include restaurants, swimming pool and Jacuzzi, a health spa, a gym, massage services, a shopping mall, 24 hour room service, laundry service and dry cleaning.
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Lusong Yuan Binguan
This small hotel has been erected on the site of the house of a senior military officer belonging to the Qing Dynasty. The decor is fantastic- the detailing is intricate and Chinese culture, traditions and styles are paid tribute to. Room facilities include an AC and TV and hotel facilities include restaurants, internet access and laundry service.
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Red Capital Residence
This hotel is located in the Dongcheng District. The interior of this restaurant is both quirky and at the same time interesting. As the name suggests communist China features strongly as far as the décor goes. The hotel has some beautiful courtyards as well furnished in styles characterizing the Qing Dynasty Period. In room facilities include a safe, an AC and satellite TV. Hotel facilities include laundry services, a bar and a cigar lounge.
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Bamboo Garden Hotel
This is a famous courtyard hotel of Beijing popular amongst tourists. It has a very good location being situated in the Dongcheng District. The décor is very traditional with traditional Chinese furniture, lanterns, courtyards, bamboo shades etc being made use of for decorating the place. Rumor has it that this was the house of an important eunuch during the rule of the Qing dynasty. In room facilities include a fridge, an AC and satellite TV. Hotel facilities include a restaurant, bar, salon, laundry service and dry cleaning.
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Far East Youth Hostel
Homely best describes the ambience of this hostel/ hotel. Rooms and bathrooms are big enough. Charges are more than reasonable especially considering the closeness of this hotel to the metro stations. In room facilities include a TV, AC and fridge. Hotel facilities include a restaurant, laundry service and internet access.
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Sanlitun Youth Hostel
It's clean, the staff is friendly and helpful, the breakfasts are good, and the common area is a pleasant place to hang out and meet other guests. If you're looking for a cheap accommodation, what else is there really? If you're into it, the Sanlitun neighborhood is a hotspot for nightlife in Beijing, and there are no shortage of bars and clubs around. It's also just a short walk from the subway and the airport express train.
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China World Trade Centre
This is another of Beijing's famous shopping malls. A range of international brands have set up shop here including Louis Vuitton. The food court is also very good and there is a Starbucks located here too.
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Lufthansa Youyi Shopping Centre
While much of what is sold here is over priced and readily available in other shopping areas, a few of the Arts and Crafts shops are worth the visit. In addition there are a number of wonderful boutiques that have set up shop here- a look at the clothes is worth it. A bookstore and supermarket is also located here.
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The Pearl Market
This market is famous for the jewelers who have set up stall here exhibiting their pearl and jade pieces which though pricey are a good buy.
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Panjiayuan Jiuhuo Shichang
This is a fantastic market consisting of hundreds of stalls and an array of products ranging from jewelry to ceramics, art to antiques, clothes to shoes and bags, Ming and Qing style furniture and goods to religious icons and statues of Buddha etc.
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Five Colors Earth
For fashion lovers this is definitely the place to head to. Beautiful tops and smart jackets are available here and these clothes reflect a perfect fusion of East meets west. Whilst the cuts are contemporary the look is distinctly Chinese.
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Landao Dasha
This department store is varied in the shops that have set up and the products that are sold. Locally produced good quality clothes and shoes are available here at extremely reasonable prices.
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Silk Street
A lot of knock offs of designer goods are available here. A variety of clothes and shoes are sold here.
