Csa International

This hotel, although clean, has seen better days and is overdue for renovations. The hotel is over heated so if you prefer cooler sleeping, request a window opening room rather than the Red Hill view rooms. There are no Western options for breakfast, the coffee is dreadful and the watery fruit juice drink is no substitute. However, breakfast hours are 0630 to 1100 which can be handy. No English is spoken in the hotel.

I had a reservation at a different hotel that rudely turned me away upon arrival. Only a few hotels in Urumqi accept foreigners, so I had to book into the five-star China Southern Airlines hotel -- where the staff did not speak much English. It's comfortable, if dated. There were all the expected hotel amenities (not only toothbrushes and shampoo but also condoms, which seems to be typical of Chinese hotels). There was even a personal computer, but I had my own laptop and can't say whether it worked or not. Unlike a more modern hotel, there were too few electric outlets and no USB ports. Good, free WiFi (but beware the Chinese firewall). At $75 US/night, this was by far the most pricey hotel I stayed at in Central Asia, but I really had no choice.

Went to Urumqi by Southern Airline, choose Pearl Intl. hotel cost they said there is shuttle service from Urumqi airport to hotel. When we arr , we call hotel and they relied that no more free shuttle since 2017. They can provide transfer with contracted car company with CNY20 per person or CNY140 for a private transfer. Anyway we don't mind and paid for transfer. Hotel claimed it's a 5 star, in fact from lobby to room, everything is ageing and room is so run down, we did not expect much in Urumqi's hotels. In general, it was clean but I won't choose this hotel again.