Excellent hostel. Comfy capsules, hot showers, washing machine (costs to use but I'm not sure how much), excellent value. Easy to get to from train stations as long as you use a bus (use baidu maps 百度地图 to find routes and I swapped a stack of 1 yuan notes to pay for the buses as the Alipay bus card doesnt work for foreigners in Datong). The location is difficult to find but if you get to the rough location then locals are very happy to point you the right direction. You then text the owner who remotely let's you in.
The hotel is a great value for money! It's right in the old city center, close to the main attractions within the city and close to the buses, which will take you to the further ones (Hanging Temple and Yungang Grottoes).
The rooms not only have an ac to keep you warm during the chilly nights, but also a heated mattress on the bed! Wonderfully cozy 😁! The minus of my room was that the toilet was so tiny, that I could barely close the door and I'm rather short (164cm). Currently the window view was not stunning, as it's a big construction place, but well, that's not the hotels fault and will change soon 🙂.
The owners are a lovely elderly couple and there's also a kitty to greet you there 😁!
It might be tricky to find the place: it's on the third floor of a building which you enter by a shop with traditional Chinese clothing for rent. Second floor is a photo studio.
Despite of the few inconveniences, I'd really highly recommend this place if you are travelling to Datong! 😊
ゲゲストExcellent hostel. Comfy capsules, hot showers, washing machine (costs to use but I'm not sure how much), excellent value. Easy to get to from train stations as long as you use a bus (use baidu maps 百度地图 to find routes and I swapped a stack of 1 yuan notes to pay for the buses as the Alipay bus card doesnt work for foreigners in Datong). The location is difficult to find but if you get to the rough location then locals are very happy to point you the right direction. You then text the owner who remotely let's you in.
MMandeleyThe hotel is a great value for money! It's right in the old city center, close to the main attractions within the city and close to the buses, which will take you to the further ones (Hanging Temple and Yungang Grottoes).
The rooms not only have an ac to keep you warm during the chilly nights, but also a heated mattress on the bed! Wonderfully cozy 😁! The minus of my room was that the toilet was so tiny, that I could barely close the door and I'm rather short (164cm). Currently the window view was not stunning, as it's a big construction place, but well, that's not the hotels fault and will change soon 🙂.
The owners are a lovely elderly couple and there's also a kitty to greet you there 😁!
It might be tricky to find the place: it's on the third floor of a building which you enter by a shop with traditional Chinese clothing for rent. Second floor is a photo studio.
Despite of the few inconveniences, I'd really highly recommend this place if you are travelling to Datong! 😊
CCurt 常鹰This is a pretty basic hotel, as one would expect for the price. But the location is very decent, not far at all from the old city, facing the river, and surrounded by bbq restaurants.
Check in was pretty easy, which is not always a given when you're a foreigner staying at a cheap hotel. Staff were very friendly and helpful.
I have to mark it down for the large stain on the bedroom wall, however. And the windows are very thin. My room backed on to a square with people playing games and chatting from the early hours of the morning, and there was no relief from the sound.
My bathroom also had an odd corridor to nowhere. Not a complaint, just a little odd!