Sino Trade Center

This hotel located in Guangzhou near museum, mosque and shrine of sahabi Saad bin Abi Waqas. Also nearby train station and metro station. Mostly hotel nearby train stations are not very clean but this hotel is clean comparatively others station hotels. And the best thing or you can say the gift for Pakistan, Indian and Arab regions travelers that the washrooms installed with jet showers with toilets. Hopefully this review will help you.

I chose this hotel for meeting the people I went to the city of Guangzhou for, and it is relatively easy to access, the cab driver had no problem finding it. It is a couple of blocks away from the nearest subway line, but the building is nicely located with convenient stores nearby. The staffs were helpful, I will stay there again if my visit calls for near vicinity visit.

After my horrid experience at Chungking Mansions in Hong Kong/Kowloon, I was delighted to find a good hotel with lots of room, a huge bed and good bathroom. The staff was mixed. The morning staff, in particular Kevin, was great and spoke good English. The afternoon staff spoke hardly any and it was very difficult to communicate. One of them actually called one of the morning staffers to speak with me. I suggested later that they ought to have one of the morning staff work the afternoon shift so that those who use English as a travel language (like almost everyone in the world -- Europe, South America, Africa and other parts of Asia) can be better served. The area was okay, not really central, but near a major park and a few restaurants and sightseeing highlights, e.g. an emperor's tomb and Sun Yat-Sen memorial. Taxis were cheap and I was able to go to the lively Beijing Lu street promenade easily. Naturally, this being China, no Facebook or Google, but you can get a VPN to bypass all this. TV had no major channels, but CGTN (China English Network) was surprisingly balanced and provided good world news. When I left (very early at 6 a.m. to catch a flight) the overnight staff quickly checked me out of the hotel and helped get me a taxi. All in all, except for the afternoon staff English shortcomings, a good hotel.