The Palace Hotel. I've stayed there and in my opinion, it is a great hotel.


Entrance. View is SSE from Novotel across the street, which is also nice. (Camera must have been just where the Placemark-view is, only lower.)


Lobby. Children arrayed up the stairway sing carols at Christmas.


Deluxe rooms. This is the sitting room in the Wangfujing suite.


Nice restaurants. This one is named Jing. Excellent Tandoori Chicken at the Palace.


Handy transportation. Spent a day in this Rolls-Royce Silver Spur (or its twin--they have two.)

Good story about the car: The car has a special emblem and the driver has a special card on the dashboard. The effect of the two in combination is that you can go down closed streets and around "Do Not Enter" signs. It was just the thing for being a tourist.

[Posted this Placemark only because Jumble was concerned about the quality of my hotel in Beijing. If you plan to visit, know that the Novotel across the street is also nice and just half the price. No Rolls-Royces and no Jing, however.]