Pingyao Hotel

Noisy courtyard-style hotel

Points positifs : The location of the hotel is good and the staff is nice.

Points négatifs : The hotel is set up for tour groups. It is a large courtyard-style hotel. Our room faced the parking lot and the hotel lobby. It was VERY noisy because a tour group showed up to check in late in the evening and was standing in the parking lot and lobby waiting for their rooms. There were also several cars who honked their horns incessantly trying to get others to move their cars. I complained twice about the noise to the front desk, but the staff did nothing. The noise settled down after midnight and started again at 6:00am. If you book at this hotel, make sure to pay for a room that is not in the main courtyard area near the lobby. Also the rooms were musty and had a very limited amount of toilet paper and the beds are platforms with thin cotton futon-style mattress. It is very hard. If you're not used to a very hard bed, you'll find this uncomfortable.