We stayed at the Grand New World Hotel Oct. 2-5, 2009. Our room was an Executive room on the 15th floor, The room was great and our room rate included breakfast. The Western breakfast is very good. The staff really tried hard to serve us. We booked a tour through the hotel to the Terra Cotta Soldiers and a few other sites. The tour is a good value for the price. The hotel location is good but you will have to walk a little further to get to the Bell Tower and some other sites (shopping, etc.) near it. We took the shuttle bus to the hotel from the airport to the Bell Tower and then took a taxi to the hotel. Be careful about what a taxi wants to charge you for the trip to the hotel from the Bell Tower area. The taxi wanted 40 RMB but we offered and he took 30 RMP. Later we took a taxi a furter distance and only paid 12 RMB. We also had the hotel arrange a taxi for us to get to the airport and the cost was 150 RMB plus 10 RMB for the tolls. They use the black taxi cabs and if you take one of the green and gold taxis you will probable get a better price on your own. Overall I would recommend this hotel.
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