Guangzhou Travel Forum

I am planning to visit Guangzhou in April - May this year. Places that I would love to visit is Beijing Lu, Xiang Xhia Lu and other well known shopping areas. I am know thinking of where to stay. As this is a budget trip, I am trying to choose between 7 Days Inn or Hai Tao Hotel.

Can anyone please comment on either of this hotel in terms of cleaniness, safety, convenience, worthness etc? Thanks for your contribution.

7 Days inn is a large chain. They are good value for money, comfortable and clean. I don't know anything about Hai Tao, but most Chinese hotels are adequate in cleanliness and amenity. Be aware though that Chinese beds are phenomenally hard, but that's just about everywhere. If you stay more than three nights at 7 Days, you get the special group price, as well as a drink of milk before bed!

Beijing Lu is a pedestrian street with lots of designer label stores. And prices. Shang Xia 9 Lu is also a pedestrian stret (mostly) and prices are very low. So it is very popular = crowded.

Shang Xia 9 lu (or as I call it, Up-and-Down Street) runs from the southern end of Beijing Lu towards Chaoshoulu metro station.

At the very south end of Beijing Lu is Haizhu square, which has several shopping malls. Metro station is haizhu guangchang. Near there are several places where you can take an evening river trip, from about 30RMB without meal.

Another shopping areas popular shopping area is around Tianhe. There are big department stores there, with western prices. Metro station is tiyu xilu.

Hi thanks for your valuable information.

By the way, do anyone know if there is a English web for 7days inn? I can only see a chinese one.

I doubt if there's an English web site. I usually get one of my Chinese students to book that sort of thing for me.

I tried to book and looks like they don't accept credit cards i.e. Visa or master card. They only accept Banker's payment. So, how to pay them if I have no bank account in a China bank? Please help.

Also which outlet is the best to stay in?

Paying in advance is a very western thing. You can make a reservation, and they will hold the room for you until a set time, such as 6pm or 8pm - whatever you tell them up to a point. After that time they may sell your room, if they need to. That is highly unlikely. I don't think occupancy rates in these hotels is particularly high.

I don't really know ehere the hotels are located, and as long as they're near the underground, it doesn't really matter, especially if you're going to wander about anyway.

Just get the hotel card before you set out, so you can show it to taxi driver etc if need be.

By the way, metro station for Shang Xia 9 lu is Changshoulu.