Best Newcomer: The Intercontinental Hotels Group usually delivers a safe, bland variety of luxury, but somehow they have produced one of Beijing's best-designed hotels, the Holiday Inn Central Plaza, tucked away in the city's Muslim quarter. It has an elegant minimalist lobby, modern and comfortable furnishings in the guest rooms, rainforest showers in the bathrooms, snappy service, and fine restaurants.

Most Relaxed Atmosphere: The low-rise Jianguo Hotel, the first Sino-foreign joint-venture hotel in Beijing, looks its age from the outside, but has kept itself up-to-date with frequent renovations inside. Its pleasantly bustling lobby has retained the loyalty of long-standing expats, who have meetings over afternoon tea while enjoying the string quartet, or turn up in droves for the Sunday morning string orchestra concert, a Beijing institution. Some ground-floor rooms have French windows opening on to small patios alongside goldfish-stocked pools, providing a level of calm quite astonishing in such a hectic city.

Best Whiff of Old Beijing: The recently refurbished Lusong Yuan Binguan, situated on the site of a former Manchu general's residence in a hutong within walking distance of the Back Lakes, features bright paneled ceilings in the hallways, an inviting teahouse in the lobby, and traditionally furnished rooms that somehow avoid the museum-like feel of rooms in other similar hotels. Certain units have direct access to that most Beijing of architectural features: the private courtyard. Grander but not yet fully renovated, the Hejing Fu Binguan, originally the home of a Qing emperor's daughter, will probably eclipse the Lusong Yuan once work on its impressive courtyards finally finishes.

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. Huguang Guild Hall (Huguang Huiguan Xilou) . Best Hotel Bets 1 . Sanwei Bookstore (Sanwei Shuwu) . Riverside Cafe (Hepan Kafei) . Purple Vine Tea House (Ziteng Lu Chaguan) . Press Club Bar (Jizhe Julebu) . Pass-by Bar (Guoke Jiuba) . Palace View Bar (Guan Jing Jiuba) . New Get Lucky Bar (Xin Haoyun Jiuba) . Tasty Taste (Taidi Daisi) . Lao She¡¯s Teahouse (Lao She Chaguan) . Teahouse of Prince Gong¡¯s Mansion (Gong Wang Fu Ch . First Cafe (Diyi Kafei) . Destination (Mudidi)

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