Hotels in the Area of the Beijing Olympics

Best Location: The Radisson SAS Hotel

The Radisson SAS Hotel in Beijing is located 20 kilometers from Beijing Capital Airport in China. The hotel is next door to the China International Exhibition Center and is a five-minute drive from the Lama Temple and a 15-minute drive from the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square and Silk Market.

A lush garden can be found adjacent to the hotel building and is ideal for special activities, such as barbecues or wedding parties.

For fine dining, guests of the Radisson SAS can enjoy three on-site restaurants, including a grill, Chinese restaurant and Danish-style café. Guests can also relax in the pool and fitness facility or enjoy games of tennis and squash.

Complimentary wireless Internet access is available in the hotel lobby, restaurants and meeting rooms.

The Radisson SAS Hotel's guestrooms are appointed with either a Chinese, Italian or Scandinavian décor and feature complimentary high-speed Internet access, in-room safes, cable television, coffeemakers, minibars, refrigerators, trouser presses and direct-dial telephones.

Swissotel Beijing

The Swissotel Beijing is located at the dividing line between the commercial and diplomatic districts in Beijing, China. The hotel stands three kilometers from the Silk Market six kilometers from the Forbidden City. An underground station is positioned near the hotel.

This stylish property offers international buffets and à la carte menus at the Café Swiss. Happy Valley Restaurant serves Cantonese cuisine, regional dishes and dim sum. KAWA Japanese Restaurant prepares teppanyaki, sushi, tempura and tatami, whereas the Landmark Lounge features cocktails and afternoon tea service, and hosts live band performances.

Flexible function space includes 10 rooms, and the 800-square-meter Grand Ballroom. Function rooms and the business center are equipped with high-speed Internet access, and wireless Internet access is available in the lobby. The Swissotel Beijing houses a fully equipped health club that offers yoga, body-shaping aerobics, hi-low aerobics, Pilates, Tai Chi, Latin aerobics, body dance and step aerobics. Therapeutic treatments include aromatherapy, reflexology, acupressure and sports massage. The health club contains a sauna, a steam room, an indoor pool and a tennis court. The hotel 24-hour concierge assists with on-site bicycle rentals, and can direct guests to scooter vendors located two kilometers away. Hotel conveniences include currency exchange, Limo rentals and ATM banking.

The 17-story Swissotel Beijing offers 430 modern guestrooms that reflect Western décor and feature ergonomic chairs and chaise lounges. Rooms are equipped with electronic in-room safes, high-speed Internet access and satellite television. All rooms contain minibars and coffeemakers. Bathrooms feature bathtubs and separate showers.

The Beijing Asia Hotel

The Beijing Asia Hotel is located one kilometer from the Dong Si Shi Tiao subway station and five kilometers from the Forbidden City.

The Hotel features several restaurants and bars. The Jinjiang Palace Restaurant offers Huaiyang cuisine, and the Cherry Tree Coffee Shop provides a la carte and buffet-style menus all day. Meeting rooms accommodate up to 550 people.

The hotel's 294 guestrooms offer minibars and refrigerators. High-speed Internet access is available in rooms on the 10th floor and up. In-room safes are provided.

Expert Tip. The Beijing Asia hotel is less than one kilometer from the Beijing Workers Stadium, a multi-purpose stadium mostly used for soccer matches. In the summer of 2008, the Beijing Workers Stadium will host the soccer quarter- and semi-finals for the Olympic Games.

Park Plaza Beijing Science Park

Beijing's Park Plaza Hotel is in this city's version of the Silicon Valley and offers business travelers, families and couples easy access to express roads, Tiananmen Square, and the modern Summer Palace and traditional Chinese shopping arcades. Beijing's university and research institutes surround the hotel.

Guests stroll through the hotel's front door into a three-story atrium filled with trees, chairs and couches, and then browse through shops that beckon visitors to enter. They also can enjoy 24-hour room service; Cantonese and Sichuan cuisines, show kitchen, live seafood tanks and karaoke in the hotel's Four Seasons; international cuisine in the Bistro Atrium; Japanese barbecue, sushi and sashimi in Robata-Tei; and live music, billiards and spirits in Rumours Bar.

The hotel also features a fitness facility, steam bath, sauna, massages and complimentary use of a nearby health club; business center; high-speed Internet access; and ballroom, banquet, meeting, wedding and catering services. Hotel staff members are more than happy to help visitors plan their sightseeing itineraries. Guests can restock their room refrigerators by visiting the hotel's grocery and then call upon the hotel for transportation to and from Capital International Airport 45 minutes away.

The 18-story Beijing hotel features 394 guestrooms and 31 suites with modern design and muted chocolate colors, complimentary high-speed Internet, shared bathrooms, cable/satellite TVs, minibars, safes and slippers.

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