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Known as "City of Abundance" since the ancient time, the capital city of Sichuan Province, Chengdu is a megacity in southwest China, the gateway to Tibet and the hometown of Giant Pandas. Besides Chengdu Panda Base, From the ancient historical sites like Wuhou Memorial Temple and Du Fu Cottage to the modern skyscrapers and shopping malls around Chunxi Road and Global Center, for travelers to Chengdu, the city offers a large section of hotels to select, from the top deluxe international brand hotels, Hilton, Shangri-La, 5 star to 3-star hotels, high-quality boutique hotels to budget hostels.
Each tourist has different needs and preferences, such as a good location, convenient transportation, nice, clean and tidy room, excellent hotel facilities and services, decent price, good breakfast, English speaking staff, family-friendly, etc. Whether you are looking for a best-located hotel for one night stay or stuck in finding the best area to spend a few days’ holiday with friends or family, with our recommendation and helpful suggestions here, you will quickly sort out and decide the best place to stay in Chengdu.
The major downtown Chengdu can be generally divided by 3 ring roads with Tianfu Square marking its center, and most of the attractions and nice hotels are located inside the first ring road. Outside the 1st ring road, some other accommodation areas around the airport, train stations as well as attractions in the city's outskirts are also sorted out for your preference.
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Map of Major Accommodation Areas in Chengdu
Except for Chengdu Panda Base and Jinsha Site Museum, most of the attractions in Chengdu are located inside the ist ring road of Chengdu. With the developed metro networks, you can easily get to one another by public transportation or taxi. There are 5 accommodation areas inside the first ring road of Chengdu, including the east area (near Chunxi Road, TaikooLi, IFS, and the Anshun Bridge), the southwest area (near Wuhou Memorial Temple and Jinli Pedestrian Street), the central area (near Tianfu Square, Chengdu Museum, Renmin Park, and Kuanzhai Alley), the west area (near Dufu Cottage, Sichuan Museum, and Qingyang Palace), and the north area (near Wenshu Yuan Monastery).
Among the five accommodation areas, the east area is the most recommendable choice for the beautiful cityscape along the river at night, shopping malls, accessible walking distance to the attractions and metro station, as well as the most plentiful choices on nice hotels.
Top Chengdu Attractions in this area: Chunxi Road, Taikoo Li, Anshun Bridge
Shangri-La Hotel Chengdu 成都香格里拉大酒店 (★★★★★)
Grand Hyatt Chengdu 成都群光君悦酒店 (★★★★★)
Sofitel Chengdu Taihe 成都泰合索菲特大饭店 (★★★★★)
Crowne Plaza Chengdu City Center 成都总府皇冠假日酒店 (★★★★★)
The Temple House 成都博舍 (Popular & Chinese Style)
Yinhe Dynasty Hotel 成都银河王朝大酒店 (★★★★)
Xinhua International Hotel 四川新华国际酒店 (★★★★)
Niccolo Hotel 成都尼依格罗酒店 (Popular)
Nearby Metro Station: Chunxi Road Station 春熙路站 (Metro Line 2)
Check in: after 2:00 pm; Check out: before 12:00 pm
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Shangri-La Hotel Chengdu
Grand Hyatt Chengdu
Sofitel Chengdu Taihe
Crowne Plaza Chengdu City Center
The Temple House
Top Chengdu Attractions in this area: Wuhou Memorial Temple, Jinli Ancient Street
Galaxy Minyoun Chengdu Hotel 成都明宇尚雅饭店 (★★★★★)
Minshan Lhasa Grand Hotel 岷山拉萨大酒店 (★★★★)
Chengdu Jinli Hotel 成都锦里客栈 (Popular & Chinese Style)
Dreams Hostel 梦之旅国际青年旅舍客栈 (Economical & Popular Hostel)
Nearby Metro Station: Gaoshengqiao Station 高升桥站 (Metro Line 3/5)
Check in: after 2:00 pm; Check out: before 12:00 pm
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Galaxy Minyoun Chengdu Hotel
Minshan Lhasa Grand Hotel
Chengdu Jinli Hotel
Top Chengdu Attractions in this area: Kuanzhai Alley, Renmin Park, Tianfu Square, Chengdu Museum
Minshan Hotel 四川岷山饭店 (★★★★★)
Jinjiang Hotel (East Building) 四川锦江宾馆东楼 (★★★★★)
Celebrity City Hotel 成都城市名人酒店 (★★★★★)
Diaoyutai Boutique Hotel Chengdu 成都钓鱼台精品酒店 (Popular & Chinese Style)
Wutongli International Youth Hostel 成都吾桐里国际青年旅舍 (Economical & Popular Hostel)
Nearby Metro Station: Tianfu Square 天府广场站 (Metro Line 1/2)； Jinjiang Hotel 锦江宾馆站 (Metro Line 1)； Renmin Park 人民公园站 (Metro Line 2)
Check in: after 2:00 pm; Check out: before 12:00 pm
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Minshan Hotel
Jinjiang Hotel (East Building)
Celebrity City Hotel
Diaoyutai Boutique Hotel Chengdu
Top Chengdu Attractions in this area: Du Fu Cottage, Qingyang Palace, Sichuan Museum
Huanhua Hongtai Hotel 成都浣花黉台酒店 (Popular & Chinese Style)
Jing Chuan Hotel 成都京川宾馆 (★★★★)
Nearby Metro Station: Qingyang Taoist Temple 青羊宫站 (Metro Line 5)； Caotang Road North 草堂北路站 (Metro Line 4)
Check in: after 2:00 pm; Check out: before 12:00 pm
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Huanhua Hongtai Hotel
Jing Chuan Hotel
Top Chengdu Attractions in this area: Wenshu Monastery
Chengdu Courtyard Hotel 成都院子酒店 (★★★★★)
Tianfu Sunshine Hotel 成都天府阳光酒店 (★★★★)
Tibet Hotel Chengdu 成都西藏饭店 (★★★★★)
Youhao Romance Hotel 成都友豪罗曼酒店 (★★★★)
Nearby Metro Station:Wenshu Yuan Monastery 文殊院站 (Metro Line 1)； Renmin Rd North 人民北路站 (Metro Line 1)
Check in: after 2:00 pm; Check out: before 12:00 pm
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Chengdu Courtyard Hotel
Tianfu Sunshine Hotel
Tibet Hotel Chengdu
Currently, Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport is the major operating airline hub for this city and one more mega airport, Chengdu Tianfu International Airport is supposed to be put into use by 2021 serving most of the international flights. Passengers can stay in the city center and take metro line 10 to get to Shuangliu Airport or choose to stay in the hotel around the airport like Chengdu Airport Hotel.
There are 4 train stations in Chengdu, named by the directions they located. Among the four stations, Chengdu East Railway Station is the major high-speed train station and Chengdu North Railway Station serves both high-speed trains and normal trains, while Chengdu South Railway Station and Chengdu West Railway Station are for the intercity trains, and another two stations, namely Tianfu New Station and Shiling Station are to be built to cooperate with the new airport. All of these train stations are or will be reachable by the metro.
For the hotel options are limited around the airport and train stations, the quality, facilities, and food may not be as good as the hotels inside the first ring road area. There are also 5 to 3-star hotels. Certainly, the hotel rates are not cheap. Some hotels arrange pick-up and drop-off service for guests. Check with the hotel staff when booking, if you need such a service.
Useful Links: Chengdu Shuangliu Airport, Chengdu Tianfu Airport
Chengdu Airport Hotel 成都空港大酒店 (Nearest Hotel)
Homeland Hotel 成都家园国际酒店 (★★★★★)
Haotian Guotai Hotel 皓天国泰大饭店 (★★★★)
Nearby Metro Station: T1 of Shuangliu Airport 双流机场1航站楼 (Metro Line 10); T2 of Shuangliu Airport 双流机场2航站楼 (Metro Line 10)
Check in: after 2:00 pm; Check out: before 12:00 pm
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Chengdu Airport Hotel
Homeland Hotel
Useful Link: Chengdu Train Stations
The Longemont Chengdu 成都龙之梦大酒店 (Near Chengdu East Railway Station)
Spring Downtown Hotel 成都春天酒店 (★★★★ Near Chengdu North Railway Station)
Chengdu Grand Hotel 成都大酒店 (★★★ Near Chengdu North Railway Station)
Kempinski Hotel Chengdu 成都凯宾斯基饭店 (★★★★★ Near Chengdu South Railway Station)
Check in: after 2:00 pm; Check out: before 12:00 pm
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The Longemont Chengdu
Spring Downtown Hotel
Chengdu Grand Hotel
Apart from the attractions in the downtown and transportation hubs, there are also some attractive sites like Chengdu Panda Base, the Global Center, Dujiangyan & Mt Qingcheng, and Ancient Towns that are located outside the city center and even outskirts of Chengdu. Except the bustling Global Center area, most of the accommodation choices in other of these areas are limited with higher prices, fancy 5-starred hotels near Chengdu Pandu Base, Dujiangyan and Qingcheng Mountain can still be found and may need to be booked in advance during the peak season, while for Huanglong ancient town and Luodai ancient town, the serving standard may not be as good as downtown ones.
Useful Link: Chengdu Panda Base
Crowne Plaza Chengdu Panda Garden 成都保利公园皇冠假日酒店 (★★★★★)
Check in: after 2:00 pm; Check out: before 12:00 pm
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Crowne Plaza Chengdu Panda Garden
Useful Link: Chengdu Global Center
InterContinental Chengdu Global Center 成都环球中心天堂洲际大饭店 (★★★★★)
InterContinental Century City Chengdu 成都世纪城天堂洲际大饭店 (★★★★★)
Nearby Metro Station: Century City 世纪城 (Metro Line 1)
Check in: after 2:00 pm; Check out: before 12:00 pm
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InterContinental Chengdu Global Center
InterContinental Century City Chengdu
Useful Links: Dujiangyan, Mt. Qingcheng
Howard Johnson Conference Resort Chengdu 都江堰青城豪生国际酒店 (★★★★★)
XHYEE Uvilla Resort Culture 都江堰新华海颐·御垒山居酒店 (Near Dujiangyan Scenic Area)
Dujiangyan Holiday Inn Center 都江堰中心假日酒店
Check in: after 2:00 pm; Check out: before 12:00 pm
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Howard Johnson Conference Resort
Dujiangyan Holiday Inn Center
Useful Links: Huanglongxi Ancient Town, Luodai Ancient Town
Caston Huanglong Hotel 成都凯斯顿黄龙大酒店 (Near Huanglong Ancient Town)
9 Hotel 成都九点艺库酒店 (Near Luodai Ancient Town)
Check in: after 2:00 pm; Check out: before 12:00 pm
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Caston Huanglong Hotel
Many travelers come to Chengdu for Giant Pandas. Besides the panda, there are many other must-sees, like Jinli Old Street, Wenshu Temple, Renmin Park and Jinsha Site Museum. You can add more fun and leisure experience into your trip, like enjoy a cup of tea in local traditional tea house and watch Sichuan opera in Shufengyayun Opera House. It’s better to spend 2 to 3 days in Chengdu. Based in China, China Discovery guarantees you the local way to explore authentic Chengdu.
To travel out of Chengdu, you can take side trips to the World Heritage Sites - Leshan Giant Buddha & Mount Emei for 2 days, Dujiangyan & Mount Qingcheng for 1-2 days, Jiuzhaigou Valley & Huanglong Valley for 3 days. You can feel free to contact our professional travel consultants to customize your own itineraries which would perfectly suit for your likes and requirements.
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Chengdu Attractions
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