Beautiful old Chinese mansion in the old town. Nice staff (Helen)

Stayed in April 2025

Everything was perfect

This hotel is absolutely fascinating! The hotel is in a traditional building with amazing and gorgeous courtyard. One of the staff speaks english and helped us with direction, taxi and anything we needed. The bed is super comfy and the room warm. There is west breakfast. I highly recommend this gorgeous hotel.

Stayed in April 2025

Nice old traditional Chinese building with a courtyard. The rooms are clean. The bathroom is modern and good. The staff is very helpful and friendly

Stayed in April 2025

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It’s like traveling back in time. I can’t describe how beautiful it is. The staff is just amazing, friendly and helpful. They have Chinese traditional clothes and you can try them on and make pictures. One of a kind experience. Bed seemed first hard, but I slept like a baby.

Stayed in March 2025

Breakfast could be local food rather than western style

Alice the manager and her staff were very attentive and went above and beyond to make our stay a memorable one!

Stayed in March 2025

Beds could be a little softer... almost all hotels during our China trip had hard beds, so probably reflects the local taste, but this one had the hardest ones. For us westerners, we had literally some "hard" nights.

Hotel location is exceptional, inside the walls and very close to all attractions, in a renovated old house, really charming! Breakfast was good.

Stayed in February 2025

Location is an ancient structure and is very well preserved. Fantastic

Stayed in February 2025

The staff went above and beyond to make sure we could make the most of our short stay, even driving us with their scooters to the nearby tourist attractions to get there in time before they closed!

Stayed in November 2024

Location was great, inside the ancient city walls, and the staff were excellent, very friendly and super helpful! The beds are super firm but I slept so well!

Stayed in October 2024

The bed was rather hard, but this is understandable considering that it was a Chinese hotel. (Traditionally, Chinese sleep on a fairly firm bed, with a shallow mattress.

The Chinese breakfast for my friends was excellent, and a good effort was made to provide me with an English breakfast. The room was a typical Chinese style bedroom, and had all the necessary facilities.

Stayed in October 2024

Amazing place to stay. The location is excellent. This is a beautiful traditional Chinese hotel. The staff was very friendly and attentive, specially Alice, ensuring our comfort all the time. Upon our arrival we had a welcome gift. The continental breakfast was good. The hotel also offers you transfer service from the train station. Nice experience.

Stayed in September 2024

Bed is large but a little hard.

Beautiful traditional style hotel with relax atmosphere and very helpful personnel, especially the manager Alice was very kind and helpful. Historic building, nice quiet location.

Stayed in September 2024

We loved everything.

The hotel building is a historical building with a long history. It is a beautiful and well maintained old building. Our hotel room was spacious and very comfortable with all the modern necessities, We were also given yummy treats of cookies and black vinegar (a speciality of Datong and Pingyao). Breakfast was very good and the serving was big. The location of hotel is very good cos it is near the West Gate and the historical buildings and restaurants are all within walking distance in the old city. The staff at the hotel are just excellent. Alice the manager is such a vibrant, knowledgeable and helpful lady who speaks very good english.

Stayed in September 2024

Location was perfect and it really is a boutique hotel, historical building, very well taken care of. Staff were super nice and welcoming, they gave us gifts and helped us with everything. We only stayed one night but wish we had had more time to spent at the hotel, it was really special.

Stayed in August 2024

The hotel is simply beautiful, you really have the chance the immerse yourself into the city spirit. A real hidden gem! The staff is warm and caring. We love them!

Stayed in August 2024

Although the hotel makes an effort to adapt to Western taste, breakfast could be better.

The hotel is the ancient residence of a Pingyao banker and it is beautiful and atmospheric, especially at night when the lamps are lit. The staff is very friendly and helpful. Alice, the manager, speaks English very well and was very welcoming. She gave us some welcome gifts and gave us tips on how to visit the highlights of the town in a short period of time.

Stayed in August 2024

Everything was good

Very nice location inside the city wall and not for the entrance. Very beautiful hotel, with a great traditional courtyard. Staff eager to help. Amazing bed if you like that kind of bed (which is our case).

Stayed in August 2024

Pingyao, historically, is a very special city. Elsewhere Leifu Hotel is meticulously renovated and decorated, reflecting that special atmosphere of the city. We loved and enjoyed our stay there. and appreciated the great hospitality. Alice and her colleagues were very kind, thoughtful and helpful. Even before our arrival we were provided with great help as some things in China, like buying a train ticket, can be more complicated than anticipated. Thanks again for the lovely stay!

Stayed in July 2024

Nothing

Staying in this hotel was one of the best experiences in China 🇨🇳. The manager did an absolutely fantastic job, taking us from the railway station and providing us with warm welcome. The quality of service in China is one of the best in the world and this place is a role model. We received gifts and bathroom equipment. We were showed how to visit the city and how to manage. The big advantage for this hotel is the place itself. It looks like a historic traditional Chinese style, and it makes the stay an adventure where you can go back in a time. It is a good mix between modern standard of living and traditional climate The last thing worth to mention, I forgot to take my cosmetic and the manager sent it to my hotel in Beijing immediately. About the city, people say that it is a touristic open-air museum and it is not an actual china. It is true, but this is why it is worth visiting this place as it is inspiring and climatic. It is not touristic in terms of Turkish or Egipt scams place, but it is touristic because of its history and buildings that the government decided to keep in unchanged shape. 2 nights would be perfect to go around in rest mode, before going to more crowded and noisy cities. Beware Alipay is necessary to buy tickets online and visit all museums.

Stayed in July 2024

All good

Many many thanks to Alice and her team for being so welcoming and for helping me get the tickets to visit Pingyao’s main historical monuments. The place is clean, very quiet and ideally located. A moment out of time in an old house of the imperial era. +++ for the great breakfast!

Stayed in July 2024

Hotel people are very nice and Hospitable, very generous and helpful. Alice is super with her perfect English

breakfast is customized, you can tell them the night before what would you like to have for breakfast and they will prapre for you. location is inside the old city with no cars or sounds around.

Stayed in June 2024

We had an amazing time at Elsewhere Hotel. The hotel is located in the old city centre of Pingyao, and it is an old building in Chinese style. When we arrived, we had a warm welcome with a cup of tea. The staff is really friendly, and they speak English very well. I don’t think I’ve ever encountered a hotel with greater hospitality! The staff helped us with tickets for several attractions in the old city. We really recommend to stay at this hotel!

Stayed in May 2024

The Elsewhere hotel was a little gem: it felt like were were staying at one of the ancient buildings we saw around town, while still having the comfort of a modern hotel room. I would recommend accepting the pick up service offered from the train station, since it's quite far from the hotel: we were greeted by Alice, who spoke excellent English and who went above and beyond to make our stay comfortable, even booking the tickets for the city's attractions with her own phone and account when mine didn't want to cooperate. We went to Ping Yao to experience ancient China, and came away with the experience of a lifetime.

Stayed in February 2024

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Stayed in October 2024