Guxiang 20 Courtyard

The Beijing Guxiang 20 Club Hotel is an ideal perch from which to reconnoiter Beijing. Located on a hutong, a traditional Beijing alleyway, it puts you right in the thick of things in the heart of a real Beijing neighborhood, far from the skyscrapers. The absence of English spoken is a bit of a challenge, but it's surmountable with a little good will. My wife and I very much looked forward to returning to this cozy nook every evening after a day of wandering. Rooms are comfortable, not luxurious. Breakfast is traditional Chinese.

if you like to hear, at 11pm someone working in a noisy way close to your windows, this is the place. none to listen your complains because they don't speak a single word of english. forget to fix time and menu of your breakfast: it's a waste of time. it's not possible to live in the middle of a capital town without the chance of being understood.

the room i had was nondescrpt w/ single bed of questionable cleanliness shoved in the corner of the room (this room was never in one of their pictures)& a carpet that hasn't seen a vacuum for weeks.I don't know how frommercould say it's a"lovely three-star hotel is smack in the middle of one of old Beijing's gentrifying neighborhoods. It was in a hutong street that the taxi driver wouldn't drive to, so i ended hoofing it to the hotel w/c was hard to find due to no signs. Plus I paid $40 more than what i booked w/ Agonda 'coz the clerk who spoke limited english could not find my reservation despite giving her my confirmation #. And of course she coludn't contact Agonda.