This is a high-rise hotel several miles back from the coast, in the Licun area about halfway between the airport and Qingdao proper. I stayed here for two weeks on business and paid about $85 a night.

Since my stays in Qingdao are becoming more frequent, I decided to try this hotel out as a lower-cost alternative to the Shangri-la, (which is nice but costs double this for a bunch of stuff I don't even have the time to enjoy anyhow). The room itself was on a par with an American hotel of the same price range: clean, reasonably spacious, & functional, but not swanky. The furniture was in good shape but the carpet was a bit stained. The bathroom fixtures were modest but kept in perfect working order; when the shower control handle broke it was fixed summarily without even having to ask. The staff was dutiful & courteous.

The common facilities were, similarly, functional but not snazzy. The exercise room & pool were nice enough, but don't open until... more