Lijiang Sina Hotel in Lijiang

A wonderful stay at a very welcoming hotel. Nick is a fantastic host and goes above and beyond to make sure you have a pleasant stay. He will gladly help you with any question you may have. While the hotel can be a bit tricky to find at first, everything else about the hotel would have me staying there again the next time I visit Lijiang.

Right in the heart of Lijiang's Old Town, the Sina hotel is the ideal spot for any and all travelers looking for a comfortable stay at an affordable price. The hotel has a beautiful courtyard area with two large fish ponds and a grandeur tea room making guests feel immediately at home. Look for Nick as soon as you arrive; he speaks English very well and is very friendly and hospitibal towards all his guests. I will definitely be staying here when I return to Lijiang.

The service provided by the hotel manager, Nick, was first class. As no cars are allowed in the old town, the hotel sent a trishaw to pick up our bags from the town gate where the taxi from the airport dropped us off. On our return from Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, because I had altitude sickness and was too weak to walk from the gate to the hotel, Nick came on his motorbike to fetch me all the way to the hotel room. He also brought us to a place where we had good and cheap Hokkien food. The hotel is in a quiet part of the old town so the Christmas revelry in the market square did not affect our sleep at all. Breakfast is easily purchased from little stalls just outside the hotel selling Chinese snacks like pancakes, soya bean milk, deep-fried fritters and tea-infused eggs. The heating system is not too good though and the bathroom's drainage needs improvement. The whole toilet gets wet when one is bathing as there is no separate enclosure for the shower. I understand that they are expanding to a place across the river and the bathrooms there will have separate shower compartments.

The hotel is located in a quiet section of the Old Town, and is close to the busy section by a 20 minute walk. There is no catering service within the hotel and the nearby small restaurants are not suitable for westerners, particularly for breakfast.

Nice hotel .Nick are nice person come out to show us about the direction when we can't get the hotel .overall quite good but feel cold at upstairs because without hot blaket (we staying family room .