Hotels in de buurt van Gelukseiland (Qinhuangdao)

'Uitstekend, direct aan de kust gelegen hotel, goed bereikbaar, alhoewel de ingang wat weggestopt was achter hekken. Ruime parkeergarage. De hal was niet echt verwarmd, zodat het een 'koele' entree was en het welkomst-gevoel ontbrak. De dag erna hinegen meerdere mensen met jassen aan in de steoleln, wachtend op een conferentie of een huwelijk - leek meer een stations hal. Vriendelijke staf, vlotte afhandeling bij inchecken en uitchecken. Ruime kamer, met balkon, uitzicht over strand en zee....

'Great hotel from Japan'

'The manager of the hotel spoke good English and ran to intervene when we had trouble communicating. He gave us very useful information about local sites and arranged a taxi for us to go to one of them. The hotel lies on a road that runs near the former location of the Great Wall. Thus, this road runs in a line from the Great Wall at Jiaoshan to the First Pass to the Old Dragon's Head, all along this same road, though a detour is needed near Jiaoshan. Another advantage is the hotel's "family...

'Claimed as non-smoking. Was maybe renovated not too long ago but you can still smell the smoke. Found a cigarette in the sink too. Mold in the shower cabin. Hair on the floor. Wallpaper is already coming off the wall and some shreds are missing. Air conditioning is noisy. A room switch made it only a bit better but added a mirror that turns on and flashes again and again on its own.'