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Lusongyuan HotelvsBamboo Garden Hotel

Both hotels are rated highly by expert writers. On balance, Lusongyuan Hotel scores marginally better than Bamboo Garden Hotel. Lusongyuan Hotel ranks #32 in Beijing with approval from 9 publications such as Lonely Planet, Insight Guides and Time Out.

Lusongyuan Hotel
7/10
No.22 Banchang Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100009
From $43/night
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Shuttle Bus
  • Laundry Service
  • Restaurant
  • Multilingual
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Concierge Concierge
"The 68 cozy rooms are traditionally furnished, with red-tasseled lamps and dark wood furniture, but they don't feel like museum galleries."
Insight Guides Insight Guides
"This delightful courtyard hotel occupies a former Qing-dynasty residence."
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"Multiple buildings surround a quadrangle in this courtyard-style Dongcheng neighborhood hotel, which is down an ancient alley, or hutong." Full review
Rough Guide Rough Guide
"Converted from a Qing dynasty mansion, this hotel, though it’s aimed at tour groups, has a little more charisma than most such places."
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DK Eyewitness DK Eyewitness
"A more comfy, lived-in atmosphere, although unfortunately over-zealous modernisation has stripped the hotel of some of its charm."
Gayot Gayot
"For a taste of imperial living during the Qing dynasty, this hotel offers authentic decor and a traditional quadrangle courtyard setting."
Time Out Time Out
"Originally built in the Qing Dynasty for General Zeng Ge Ling Qin, his pad now attracts tourists who want to stay somewhere with character." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
"Rooms may be a bit cramped at this hútòng hotel, a courtyard house built by a Mongolian general during the Qing-dynasty era, but the location and setting are big plus points."
Fodor's Fodor's
"This is a classic old-Beijing experience, turned over to tourism, with no attempts at modern updates or fancy design, but, rather, just a good choice for cheap, traditional living." Full review
Bamboo Garden Hotel
7/10
No.24 Xiaoshiqiao Alley, Jiugulou Street Xicheng District, Beijing 100009
From $77/night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Laundry Service
  • Concierge
  • Laundy Room
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Frommer's Frommer's
"Said to be the former residence of the infamous Qing dynasty eunuch, Li Lianying, Bamboo Garden was the first major courtyard-style hotel in Beijing and is among the most beautiful." Full review
Insight Guides Insight Guides
"Simple, clean rooms open onto a classical Chinese garden, with a great location close to the Drum Tower. What it lacks in facilities is more than made up for in atmosphere."
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
"The intimate, leafy courtyard at Bamboo Garden is appealing, even if the rooms, as in many of Běijīng’s courtyard hotels, can’t quite match the elegant, hushed atmosphere." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"The charming hotel is located in a small hutong near the Jiugulou subway stop." Full review
Rough Guide Rough Guide
"This hotel was converted from the residence of a Qing official and today the courtyards and bamboo-filled gardens are by far its best features."
Time Out Time Out
"Eunuchs may have had to go through some occupational discomfort, but there were compensations: they got to live in beautiful courtyards like this one." Full review
National Geographic National Geographic
"Charming and affordable choice within walking distance of the lakes region and Drum and Bell Towers." Full review

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