the hotel is in a nice setting and has character,but!, if,as we did your tour company puts you in a traditional room with a brick bed,thats exactly what you get. Even with extra duvets it is just rock hard.

The toilet is the worst in all my years of travel. How can a 5 star hotel does not allow us to put toilet paper into the WC pan? The staff told me a lie that all hotels in Pingyao are the same. I found out from friends that the hotel they stayed (also in Pingyao old town) does not... More

We found this a delightful place to stay for 3 nights. It was very quiet on the first night, and we were probably the only visitors, being at the end of the slow season. The rooms were as we expected - decor and furnishing in renovated Ming style, and clean, warm and comfortable. We really could find nothing of complaint.... More

Although it's called International Financier Club; this is not a business hotel. The name refers to Pingyao's 19th century status as the major banking center of China. If you're charmed by the idea of sleeping in a traditional Chinese room in a Ming and Qing Dynasty courtyard complex, this might be the place for you. But only if you think... More

Just loved the architecture. Service is acceptable too. Conveniently located inside the 'old town'.

I stayed two nights in the International Financier Hotel in Pingyao. It is in the center of the tourist part of Pingyao in a beautiful restored Ming period house with rooms facing small interior courtyards. Elaborate, colorfully decorated architecture provides a Ming immersion experience. My room was divided by a lattice screen into a sleeping area and a sitting area.... More

My husband and I stayed at this hotel in Pingyao recently for 2 nights. It was said to be the most luxurious of all the courtyard guesthouses in the old town and the website photos made the place look magical. Upon first impressions, I have to say that the place looked quite spectacular, very David Tang in it's reception/breakfast area... More