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Hotels in Beijing currently start at about € 44 per night for two people, with a typical price of € 94 and € 80 for a comfortable 4-star room. Across the 229 properties we can book here, 91% of rooms can be cancelled free of charge; 45% include or offer breakfast; the average guest rating is 8.7/10.
Beijing is enormous and laid out in rings, so a room inside the second ring puts you within reach of the Forbidden City, the hutongs and the main metro lines. Outside it, distances become long quickly. What stands out in our data is flexibility: almost every rate here can still be cancelled free.
Per night for two adults, taxes and fees included where the property reports them. Based on the 229 bookable properties we found for a two-night midweek stay a month ahead.
| Cheapest available | € 26 |
|---|---|
| Typical starting price | € 44 |
| Lower quarter of the market | € 73 |
| Typical (median) price | € 94 |
| Upper quarter | € 128 |
| Typical 3-star | € 70 |
| Typical 4-star | € 80 |
| Typical 5-star | € 134 |
The highest-rated properties with a meaningful number of guest reviews, available for our sample dates.
Rated 8/10 or better and priced at or below the city median — the sweet spot most travellers are actually looking for.
The places travellers here look up most, ranked by how widely they are written about. Most sit within reach of the hotels above.
Ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing, China
15.7 km from the centrefinal resting place of Mao Zedong, former Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, in Beijing, China
1.4 km from the centreopera house in Beijing, China
2.0 km from the centremosque in Beijing
4.7 km from the centreBeijing sits in China at 39.9042° N, 116.4074° E. Every hotel below is plotted on the live map, so you can see straight away which ones are walking distance from what you came for and which are a taxi ride out.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre.
Walk to the Forbidden City and Tiananmen, central.
Courtyard houses and alley life, the most atmospheric.
Embassies, bars and shopping, modern, good restaurants.
Bullet trains to Shanghai and Xi'an, practical.
Each of these has its own page with live prices for that part of town.
Rooms within walking distance of what you actually came for.
Many familiar apps and sites are blocked; arrange access before you travel. Bring your passport — it is needed to buy train tickets and enter many sights.
One of the steadiest markets we measure at 1.03 times between ordinary weeks. September and October have the best weather; winter is bitterly cold and cheap; the Golden Week holiday in early October fills everything. 92% of rates can still be cancelled free, the highest share in this region.
Barely. Across three separate midweek stays the typical price in Beijing stayed within a factor of 1.14, so you can book the dates that suit you without hunting for a cheaper week. How we measure this.
The price you see includes our margin and the taxes the property reports. Nothing is added at checkout.
Every rate states its own deadline, and you cancel yourself without calling anyone.
See what each property costs before you click, and search any neighbourhood by dragging the map.
You get a reference the property can look up directly, and a page to view or cancel your booking.
Inside the second ring road — Dongcheng for walking to the Forbidden City, or a hutong guesthouse around Gulou for atmosphere. Both put you on the metro network that reaches the Great Wall departure points.
Usually. 92% of the rates we can book in Beijing are still refundable at the time of measurement, the highest share of any major Asian city in our data.
Right now the cheapest bookable rooms start around € 44 per night for two people, the typical price is € 94, and the upper quarter of the market begins at € 128. Prices move with the season and the day of the week, so check your own dates.
Yes — about 91% of the rooms available in Beijing can be cancelled free of charge up to a deadline set by the property, usually 24 to 72 hours before check-in. Use the free cancellation filter to see only those rates.
One of the steadiest markets we measure at 1.03 times between ordinary weeks. September and October have the best weather; winter is bitterly cold and cheap; the Golden Week holiday in early October fills everything. 92% of rates can still be cancelled free, the highest share in this region.
The CNY (¥). Mobile payment (Alipay/WeChat Pay) dominates; foreign cards work in hotels but rarely elsewhere. Set up mobile payment before arrival.
Not customary.
The best-known places are Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Temple of Heaven, Beijing National Stadium, Summer Palace. There is more detail in the things-to-do section above.
Barely. Across three separate midweek stays the typical price in Beijing stayed within a factor of 1.14, so you can book the dates that suit you without hunting for a cheaper week.