Holiday Inn Express Beijing Downtown by IHG

Holiday Inn Express Beijing Downtown by IHG sits in Dongcheng, one of those discreet four-star additions that travellers tend to bookmark before the rest of the city catches on. The setting is part of the appeal, a short ride from the main sights, and the location score sits in fair territory because of it. Inside,…

Holiday Inn Express Beijing Downtown by IHG sits in Dongcheng, one of those discreet four-star additions that travellers tend to bookmark before the rest of the city catches on. The setting is part of the appeal, a short ride from the main sights, and the location score sits in fair territory because of it. Inside, the rooms are well-appointed, and guests pick out reliable wi-fi and an in-house restaurant as the small things that add up over a stay. It feels lived-in rather than staged, which tends to be the difference between a stay you remember and one you don't. Pull the review pages apart and you find around 620 reviews, with a strong consensus that's hard to engineer. Reputation has held up across enough stays to mean something. Pricing has been sitting near €79 a night and the value score puts it in a middle-of-the-road bracket compared with similar properties. All told, Holiday Inn Express Beijing Downtown by IHG reads as one of those Beijing addresses worth lining up against the obvious choices before booking.