Xi'an Century Landscape Hotel

I don't know how this hotel got its name: there is no landscaping...perhaps it translates poorly from the Chinese. In any case, this is an apartment hotel - there are two interconnected buildings. One needs to be let into one's room each time - not very accommodating. Bed was HARD. Not suited to this westerner's needs. I needed to stay another day in Xi'an - moved to another hotel across the street rather than extend pre-paid stay. Location is terrific for easy access to the Moslem quarter, outdoor markets, Bell & Drum towers.

This hotel was absolutely awful! Words cannot express our disappointment in the hotel after all the wonderful reviews we read and the nice pictures we saw. DONT GET DECEIVED BY THE PICTURES, THEY WERE TAKEN 20 YEARS AGO! 1. Nobody speaks ANY English at the hotel, so in case you want to communicate with someone or ask for something, please bring your Chinese to English dictionary and some pencils and crayons to draw and make sounds and use your hands to explain an airport 2. Apparently, the whole cleaning staff was either on a vacation for the last 2 years or was laid off because the only thing sort of clean were the bed sheets and the towels. Bath was awful and scary, there were small flies and cockroaches, smelled like a recent poop, and the toilet has not been cleaned for maybe a decade. Also the drainage was full of hair. Oh the scary spots on the walls...Oh the horror 3. Unless you are a Chinese, do not bother to turn on the TV 4. Various choices of condoms displayed in the room/kitchen next to the water boiler 5. Breakfast was absolutely to die for. Literally. 6. Location was very good but absolutely not worth the horror we saw and survived

Booked over the Internet I got a twin room for 220 Yuan inclusive...a bargain! Clean big room, with large beds, modern bathroom, kitchen, plenty of space to store stuff, good LAN Internet, very handy for local attractions (Muslim Street, Bell Tower, shopping malls...noisy from the traffic, but that's why I always travel with ear plugs Highly recommend!