Sunworld Hotel Wangfujing

There's a particular kind of property that travellers keep coming back to in Beijing: Sunworld Hotel Wangfujing, a four-star in Dongcheng, fits that bill. What gives the place its edge is the address itself: a short ride from the main sights, a detail that consistently shows up in what guests write afterwards. Inside,…

There's a particular kind of property that travellers keep coming back to in Beijing: Sunworld Hotel Wangfujing, a four-star in Dongcheng, fits that bill. What gives the place its edge is the address itself: a short ride from the main sights, a detail that consistently shows up in what guests write afterwards. Inside, the rooms are well-appointed, and guests pick out reliable wi-fi, an in-house restaurant and a small spa as the small things that add up over a stay. There's a particular atmosphere to the place, neither overdesigned nor neglected. Pull the review pages apart and you find well over 2,200 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 €77 a night and the value score puts it in a fair-value bracket compared with similar properties. All told, Sunworld Hotel Wangfujing reads as one of those Beijing addresses worth lining up against the obvious choices before booking.