Hoteles en Yanta, Xi'an

Ventajas: Located in a new area at south of the city, close to shopping malls, parks and the arts district. Only 20 minutes walk to the Great Wild Goose Pagoda. The staff is very friendly and the room is spacious and comfortable. Dinner and breakfast (buffet style) are delicious. Very good area for its scenery, jogging and leisure. In the room you can find a cell phone to use during your stay; very useful to make and receive calls, search maps and other things.

Ventajas: I had a problem with the price - the one in the hotel did not match the one I have booked (the price booked was in UD$, the price in the hotel in RMB). The hotel stuff had no idea where it came from. However, no complaint about the behavior of the hotel stuff. It was very correct. Finally they resolved the issue between themselves and booking.com. May be try to list the price in RMB when booking!

Desventajas: The hotel is far away in the middle of the zone that in a few years might become a business city, but at the moment it is rather empty. No shop, no restaurant other than the one in the hotel. To get to the city you need to take taxi or ... a bus number 6 that stops about 200 meters from the hotel (the fair is 1 RMB that you put into the box. The bus might be even faster than driving a car, if you go to the city center (like Bell Tower), since the bus uses bus and bike line. In the hotel and generally in Xi'an it is better to speak at least a little bit Mandarin. The people generally do not speak English - only a few words and have problems to understand spoken English (as we do with Chinese). But the people are quite friendly.

Ventajas: The hotel staff were superb. The facilities are new and fantastic.

Desventajas: The location of the hotel was not well known by the local taxi drivers and is a bit remote. This was over come by easy access to bus routes and knowledgeble taxi drives stationed at the hotel.