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Experience Beijing's Siheyuan hotels

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Updated: 2007-03-07 09:55



Touring around Beijing, you'll see lots of modern hotels. Have you
thought of staying in Siheyuans? Hiding in Hutongs, the Siheyuan hotels
have red walls, old chairs and embroidered pillows, all those reminding
you that here is Beijing, a modern city with long history as well.



It is normal for a Siheyuan (courtyard) has four rooms positioned along
the north-south, east-west axes. The room positioned to the north and
facing the south is considered the main house and would traditionally
have accommodated the head of the family. The rooms adjoining the main
house are called " side houses" and were the quarters of the younger
generations or less important members of the family.

Those Siheyuan hotels listing below make experience old Beijing life
style.

Haoyuan Hotel

Having a big front yard and quiet back yard, Haoyuan is a typical
Siheyuan. In the front yard there is stone chair under a giant tree.
Sitting there in the sun, you'll feel warm thought it's still winter.

There are single rooms, double rooms and suits in Haoyuan. Every room has
wooden chairs and the wooden windows are decorated with paper-cut. In the
afternoon, sunshine will penetrate into the room through the window.

Haoyuan has started receiving foreign guests ever since the early 1990s
and part of the hotel's annual turnover has been contributed to charity
organizations.

The dining department at Haoyuan serves both Chinese and Western
breakfasts and also provides courtyard barbeque.

Location: No.53, Shijia hutong, Dongcheng District
Tel: 010-65125557
Price: Chinese luxury suite (RMB1,960 per night)
Chinese feature room (RMB680 per night)
Standard room (RMB550 per night)


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