We stayed at the Hotel Cote Cour, a romantic boutique hotel on what was supposed to be a tiny, isolated hutong. Maybe I have adapted to China too much, but it seemed like one large hutong to me. Amy chose a romantic boutique hotel because she was planning on taking a romantic trip with her boyfriend. I could not help her there, but we both appreciated the distinct decorations in our room and throughout the hotel. It did not look anything like every chain business hotel. Boutique hotels are always better for me, but sometimes it is easier to stay at a business hotel when you go to a new city. The rooftop garden was especially beautiful. I'm sure we would have spent more time there.
Not only was the hotel romantic and quiet, but it was surprisingly close to all the action. It was about a mile from the Forbidden City/Palace Museum and Tiananmen Square and maybe two miles to the Temple of Heaven. Even if it was too humid and/or polluted to walk, the hotel was close to the purple subway line, which goes straight to the Temple of Heaven and connects to the rings that go around the city. The point of our trip was the Great Wall, but after visiting that, we were supposed to have a full day to explore Beijing as much as we could before our flight home. That never happened.
The Great Wall of China part 1
hotel name please?
ReplyDeleteHotel Cote Cour in Dongcheng, between Dongsi and Dengshikou.
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