Queli

The hotel is comfortable but had seen better days and needs updating. Carpet needs cleaning and our fridge did not work. Despite this the room was comfortable , clean, comfortable bed staff friendly and helpful. Not many Western tourists come here so they are not as used to speaking English as in the big Chinese cities. But a good place to practice your Chinese. Qufu it’s self is delightful as a city and the centre around The temple for Confucius and the city walls are very interesting. Worth visiting Confucius tomb. Nice and quiet in July, very hot and not too many crowds. Local food is lovely.

During this school trip we went to Qufu to visit different places including mount Tai. We took the fast train and once we arrived, we visited the Confucius cemetery. When we walked back to our hotel, we were exhausted. We walked into an old ancient Chinese styled building with pointed roofs which seems like it is coated with a thick layer of dust. Walking in we entered a large and quite decent lobby. After entering our rooms I realized that the hotel isn’t that bad after all. That night after lights out, I went onto my bed and realized that there were holes on my pillow that seems like insects had infested it. Instead I had to use the smaller pillow which hurts my neck. The next morning, I realized that there was a snake skin lying around under my bed and I freaked out.

Our trip to Shandong began with a 4 hour high speed train ride from Hong qiao train station to qufu train station along with a half hour bus ride to the queli hotel. We arrived at the queli hotel at around 5pm and My initial reaction on the lobby was that it was very small but pretty welcoming to say the least. As we walked to our room our guid informed us that there would be a common area to hang out. It turned out there where elderly people smoking and where also fairly loud so we ended up not using it. As we entered our room it felt humid and it had a vintage, old feel. The bathroom toilet was behind the door and there was some mold growing on the wall by the showers however they supplied us with free toothbrushes, combs, toothpaste, earbuds, and cotton pads. Although we where there for educational purposes we did not expect to hear the people in the room next to us. The breakfast was not the best because I expect some fruit or cereal but I ended up with toast that tasted dry and when you bit into it it crumbled apart like a cracker. They also provided butter and jam. I ended up picking the jam that ended up just being honey. If you do end up staying at the queli hotel which I would not recommend keep in mind it is cold, dark, unhygienic, not the best food and paper thin walls as well as smokers