Boutique Hotels in Lijiang

Great hotel with exceptional staff, stunning views, and a brilliant location. The hotel enjoys a fantastic setting, with private access to the Ancient Town — a huge advantage. It’s surrounded by countless restaurants, bars, and services, yet somehow manages to remain peaceful and calm, offering the best of both worlds. The staff are warm, welcoming, and speak very good English, which made communication easy and pleasant. The building quality is outstanding, and you can feel the attention to detail in its design and maintenance. The hotel’s restaurant is another highlight. While we tried several local restaurants in the area, we always found ourselves coming back to dine at the hotel. The food is fresh, clean, and delicious — simply the best we had in weeks of traveling around Yunnan. Even on rainy days, the hotel keeps guests engaged with a variety of activities, which we really appreciated. There’s also a wonderful kids’ area that kept our little one entertained, making it an excellent choice for families. Another highlight is the setting for photos — the hotel’s design and backdrop make it a perfect spot for photography, adding an extra touch to the experience.

Beautiful place that is clean and comfortable. More than the outward appearance the place is cosy, and owners were very warm and friendly. The restaurant they recommended was the best meal of the entire trip! Great hearty homecooked breakfast, one of the mornings when we had to leave early for photoshoot appointment, the owners specially gave us packed breakfast :)

First of all, Julia - the manager of the Inn, is exceptionally friendly, helpful, and attentive, including her small Team of staff. Julia started reaching out to us well before we arrive in China via first by Whatsapp and then we communicate on WeChat. She arranged someone to pick us up from the Train Station, and later also send us back when we left. Julia also made full arrangement for us for a day trip to the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, including a Driver and tickets, with not extra charges, and also discounted ticket to The Legend of Romance show. The Inn is very nice - clean, comfortable, and very quiet - BIG room with ensuite with a BIG bathtub. The whole property just make us feel relax and welcoming. It is located about 500m from the Carpark, with lots of restaurants just 20-50m away (ask Julia, she has a good list of suggestion). It is a bit out of the busy area in the Old Town, but that's exactly what we wanted. Best of all, it is behind the Police Station of the Old Town - so probably the safest place around :) Cannot thanks enough for Julia and her Team hospitality - the fantastic tea and fruits served when we reach "home", the chatting sharing of local info (Julia is very informative), and the small menu breakfast with fantastic coffee that's good enough for the start of the day. I have no knowledge of other accommodations in Lijiang Old Town, but if I ever go back Lijiang and Julia is there, I will certainly stay at Artistic Suite again.

Thoroughly enjoyed our stay at The Bivou for its location - very conveniently located in Shuhe old town (steps away from main gate where you can get a car ride). Not forgetting the warm and personable hospitality and service by the small team. While the room may understandably be slightly dated, it served well for rest. Property itself is a respite from the busyness outside - we felt so comfortable we stayed in for an entire day, having wine, affogato, pizza and snacks while playing card games available at their restaurant. Next to the restaurant is a cool video lounge / loft where our child enjoyed some special DVD screen time. Can also borrow DVDs for in-room watching. Breakfast was very good too - a choice of western / chinese noodles + a semi-buffet of fruits, homemade banana bread, kefir (!!!), toast, etc. Simple but better than the usual hotel long buffet lines. Overall a very memorable and unique stay, thanks to the amazing team - from the owner who was always present + aunty May + all the helpful ladies. Highly recommended!