Atour Hotel Olympic Center Beijing

“Stay somewhere else if u can help it...”

My tavel agent put me up at this hotel because it was the only available hotel close enough to the Beijing International Convention Center where I was scheduled to attend a meeting Practically, no one knows abou the hotel existence. My taxi driver at the Beijing Capital Aiport gave me a blank star… Plus

My tavel agent put me up at this hotel because it was the only available hotel close enough to the Beijing International Convention Center where I was scheduled to attend a meeting Practically, no one knows abou the hotel existence. My taxi driver at the Beijing Capital Aiport gave me a blank stare when I told him to drive me to Tu Ha hotel. Luckily, that guy was kind enough to call the hotel and and ask for direction. This happen every time I took a taxi back to the hotel. After my 2nd day, I learned a trick. Tu Ha is located behind Tibet Hotel, a more well-known hotel so if U want to save the trouble of explaining your hotel locaton, just ask them to send u to Tibet Hotel. Another option is to take the subway, which is about 10 minutes walking from the hotel (the station is located next to the hotel tibet). It seems that the hotel is not used to foreign visitors. I was the only non-chinese citizen the entire time I was there (5 days). Among the army of front desk officers (there were 5 - 7 of them!), only one spoke a very basic English. Don't bother about any special request because chances are, they won't understand U, or it will take so long for them to look for an english-speaking person to entertain U. For a slightly more amout of money, better stay at the Days Inn Forbidden City. Officially, they are similarly rated, but Days Inn is wayyy better than this hotel.

Moins