Xiangmu Qingyuan Inn

This homestay hotel located not far from north gate of the national park. The owner family of the hotel everyone is super friendly. And the owner himself provided lots of good suggestion and service for our trip. We planned each day in park following his instruction and map. The small town is further away from the city or usual tourists location (east gate) and a bit hard to get too we contacted owner ahead of time who arranged service and picked us up from Tianmenshan. The fee for the ride will be more than those rides within city but much saved compared to the cable car tickets or the elevator. Not too mention the hassle waiting in line for the cable car twice per day. North gate we get in park and attraction points daily by bus. Few points in the lower ground owner arranged another ride to west gate on last day of our visit, and we paid much less if we were have to pay for cable car tickets to go down plus the nice view of 15 min walk from one bus parking to lower bus parking. Owner of hotel also arranged luggage service so we enjoyed our last day in park while luggage sent to next stop waiting for us. Hotel rooms we stayed looked like national park cedar cabin and smell like cedar too which is nice. The air con unit is strong and cool down our rooms in hot summer quickly so we could have good rest for next day. Temperature is also lower compared to east gate option which we stayed next, much hotter there. Hotel also can cook few dishes for dinner, family, kids and us enjoyed the food and it’s cheaper than restaurant in town. And don’t forget to ask owner for park or show tickets. He sells them with discount. Cheaper than elsewhere. We really enjoyed our stay in this hotel. Thank you.

Our room was nice and clean, the location was very close to the entrance of the park, just 600 hundred metres, the host was very friendly and helpful. He didn"t speak English but comunicated with us on wechat using translator , he gave us instructions how to visit the park and very good map in English he did laundry for us and arrange shipping our luggage to the next hotel, he also offered us free lift to the park although it was very close, I reccommend this place.

Really friendly and helpful owner. Treat his guests as friends and help us to book cheaper tickets and give us guidance on how to visit the park etc.

I have read about the host before booking this inn. Still, I wasn't expected them to be this good. The host was trying everything he can to help us with our constantly changing plan due to the weather. It wasn't a straightforward plan, as we always stayed one day/night in a different part of the park hence already did some sightseeing. During our stay here at the inn, it rained a lot so we needed to make a last minute plan change to avoid the mountain top (there's nothing to see due to the fog). My partner doesn't eat the local breakfast which is offered at the inn so the host drove us to a nearby breakfast restaurant. He also arranged drivers for us with better price than if booked ourselves. The host's son was very helpful too: He was keen for us to go to a particular spot for sunset view on our arrival day as he knew there'd be cloud sea at the time and it's not a regular event. Too bad we didn't listen to him :-)