PPaucassoI am a young Englishman on a 20 day solo self-drive road trip across northern Heilongjian and Inner Mongolia. After my stay in Hulun Buir, I decided to drive down to Arxan for 2 nights exploring. I booked this stay based off of the other foreign guests' positive experience.
I arrived in the town late in the evening. The boss was waiting for me and was attentive and welcoming from the start.
The room is very spacious and comfortable, and the temperature was just right. Everything is provided and replaced when needed.
After hiking in the national park, I came back to the boss and his extended family making CNY preparations. Then I was invited to drink Chinese tea (Dian Hong) at their tea table. I was then welcomed to eat with the family, drink beer and eat until I was full. I was welcomed not just as a guest of theirs, but as a family friend.
In mid-winter, Aershan/Arxan is a quiet and cold place. I came as part of a long journey taking my rented 4x4 Tank 300 through the snow and ice on routes apart of the Hulun Buir Snow and Ice Festival. My journey was peaceful, solemn and isolated. The hospitality and warm welcome was exactly what I needed after my long drive alone and it is a memory I will take home to the UK with me.
I highly recommend this guesthouse, especially if you are travelling solo across this wilderness.
Thank you brother. I look forward to returning in the near future with my partner, and when my mandarin is better.
ผผู้เข้าพักThis village home stay is fantastic. The staff / family customer service is excellent and they really made us feel at home. We stayed 6 days and would love to come back. Since we didn't have a car, they gave us 2 bicycles to use. We rode into then mountains and into the town center. A lovely place to stay.
โรงแรมใน Wanda/International Exhibition Center, ฮูฮอต
ราคาต่อคืนเริ่มต้น:€ 9
8.5/10
KKasper KasperIt's an apartment turned into hostel by lining it with bunk beds - a concept popular in China.
The hostel is unstaffed. You have to contact ahead for address and instructions. It takes a while so patience is key. There is a deposit of 100 yuan.
Other reviewers say it's clean. I don't agree. The apartment I strayed at had 4 rooms, 18 beds in total, one bathroom, and a kitchen. One bathroom for 18 people means that sometimes you wait. They call them capsules but they are normal bunk beds with curtains.
It was stuffy, but every bed has a small electric fan. The problem is that there is only one power socket next to the bed, so I had a choice: beat the heat or charge my phone.
The location is good, just two metro stops from the railway station, and walking distance (2-3 km) from the old town area. Downstairs there're a supermarket, several restaurants, shops, which is very convenient.
ผผู้เข้าพักThe room was fairly comfortable and the service was really great. But we kept finding little beetles in our room which made me so itchy at night when sleeping. Also I don’t think they cleaned the floor because we found fake eyelashes and old contact lens on the bathroom floor which was very nasty. They have a washing machine available which was very convenient especially after spending a day in the volcanoes where it’s dusty and all our clothes were dirty. Breakfast was alright…typical inner Mongolian breakfast, nothing special. There’s actually no volcano view but it didn’t really matter much. We were on the second floor and it was nice to be up there. I wish they had better soundproofing windows because every night there’s fireworks and they were so loud and went on until midnight. With a young child, it was impossible to sleep early. Overall, the service was really great!
LLBT2001Fancier than the typical yurt lodging with attractive fittings inside, a private bathroom with shower and a small outdoor sitting area with two chairs. The power was off from 11 pm to 7 am - not sure that’s always the case, it may have been because of heavy rain. It wasn’t a huge deal except you couldn’t flush the toilet because it’s a fancy electronic one. The free breakfast was plentiful and you can order from an extensive menu at other times of the day. It’s across the road from Shangdu Lake, which you can see from the elevated outdoor area outside the dining yurt. It’s about 50 minutes from the Yuanshangdu (Xanadu) historic site and a six-hour drive from Beijing. Not 5-star luxury but a nice place to stay if you want to experience the grasslands.