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Xingping This Old Place Int'l Youth Hostel

No.5 Rongtan Road, Xingping Town, Yangshuo County 541906, China
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7 reviews 7 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 31 March 2013 via mobile

We loved staying here. The staff were so friendly and helpful. The pizzas were very nice especially the Hawaiian. The room was was comfortable and clean. There wasn't really any hot water for the shower which was bad since it was quite cold at this time of year. There was lots of Mosquitos but they provided repellent which was very... More

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thisoldplace, Manager at Xingping This Old Place Int'l Youth Hostel, responded to this review
5 April 2013

Dear friend, thank you for your feedback and we appreciate you chose to visit xingping and stay with us. Xingping is a town with lots of trees and water, and there are lots of mosquitos around. Till now we can only use the herb-repellent coils, and don't really know how could we deal with them. But , thank u for... More

Zurich, Switzerland
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 March 2013

We really liked this Old Place! Travelling through China since more than 9 weeks this one is our favourite! The staff is doing a great job especially Maya! She is a really unique person with a crazy sense of humour! :-) They have the most beautiful rooftop with a stunning view over the li-river and the carstmountains! Great to watch... More

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Gwangju, South Korea
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 February 2013

An underwhelming welcome at reception, an outdoor sink and poorly maintained rental bikes were the negatives. Movie show, quality pizza (at a price), other nice guests in the common area were the positives.

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 February 2013

We stayed here for three nights in February. Location: Great, about 10 minutes max walk from the bus staion, very close to the river. Staff: Super helpful with heaps of tips about walks, bike rides and transport, also great english. Room: We had a 'mountain view room' (110RMB with YHA card) which had a lovely balcony, comfortable (by china standards)... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 February 2013

One of my favourite hostels in China - has a great vibe and atmosphere. The room is value for money, although as another reviewer mentioned, shared bathrooms at the rooftop in the middle of January was quite...interesting. If I had any complains at all it was the directions provided by the hostel. It says walk about 500m on the road... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 February 2013

Our bus arrived in Xingping at night but the hostel was signposted from bus stop. We walked a while and started to think we'd missed it! The hostel is great, the staff were very friendly. They a different film every night which was fun, and there are beautiful views from the rooftop, in warmer weather it would be a great... More

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Singapore, Singapore
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 February 2013

probably at the point of checkin period was abit too busy for the staffs to handle, as i check in a unprepared bed, leaving my bag and went out for the day. upon returning back to my bed in the evening, to find my bed is still unprepared. so i informed the staff about it, and they sincerely apologize and... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 February 2013

I stayed here a couple of weeks ago while travelling along through China. The girls who ran the place were lovely and very helpful. They upgraded my room and I was luckily next to the router on the 4th floor so I had pretty good Internet, It had great views especially from the roof and the stone wood oven was... More

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Panzhihua, China
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 January 2013

This is a brilliant hostel in an amazing setting. The staff are friendly, personable and pro-active to your needs. We stayed in a twin room which had a floor to ceiling window looking out over the mountains. In the morning we would open the curtains and, still in bed, gaze out at the captivating view. It also had a balcony... More

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thisoldplace, Manager at Xingping This Old Place Int'l Youth Hostel, responded to this review
12 January 2013

谢谢你们,我们也很高兴认识你们俩。 Good to know that you like xingping and you enjoy your stay here with us. We had been looking forward to see you guys since the first few emails!!! But it is pity that the weather, adding with the “new year” stuff, did not allow us to do rock climbing as we talked before. Anyway, you said you will... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 December 2012

It's a beautiful old fashin chineese building. my single room was big,very clean,had big window with a beautiful view of the Li river and the mountains.there was a good heating of the room and a good hot shower.The staf was very nice,polite,friendly,halpful,and spoke good Inglish.They even organised a nice party for Christmas.There is a beautiful vieu from the roof top... More

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thisoldplace, Manager at Xingping This Old Place Int'l Youth Hostel, responded to this review
31 December 2012

Shana tova(I think that's the way to say happy new year in your language, which we learnt from other guys earlier in your new year). and how are you doing? back home right? warm there? We got some cool pictures of the games we played at Xmas Eve and there are plenty funny ones of you guys running around with... More

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Address: No.5 Rongtan Road, Xingping Town, Yangshuo County 541906, China
Region: China > Guangxi Zhuang > Yangshuo County
Amenities:
Free High-Speed Internet Free Parking Restaurant Room Service Wheelchair access
Hotel Style:
Ranked #3 of 32 Speciality lodging in Yangshuo County
Price Range: $
Official Description (provided by the hotel):
Why stay in the city.... when the riverside is SO AMAZING!Just 27 km outside of touristhotspot Yangshuo you will find the 'This Old Place Int’l Youth Hostel', a very unique youth hostel. We live in a small town named Xingping which has 1740 years old. It has the most beautiful riverview of the whole li-river erea. For this reason the riverside of Xingping is printed on the picture of the back the Chinese 20 yuan note. Our hostel is just located 50 meters away from Xingping port. So from some rooms’ balcony you may see the amazing riverview just the picture on the back the Chinese 20 yuan note. ... more   less 
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