Xiangxi Story Inn (Zhangjiajie National Forest Park)

Very good hotel. Staff is amazing! They helped us a lot to get to the hotel from train station. Just text them on wechat.

The male boss provided excellent service. He recommended me the places to visit inside Zhangjiajie National Park given my arrival timing and also the following day. Since I was travelling solo, he provided some safety tips inside the Park and offered to make my next day's breakfast outside the breakfast time if I needed to sleep in. He would come have a small chat with me whenever I was dining alone there too. Besides the service, the location is excellent. It's just about 5min walk to Zhangjiajie National Park's North Entrance. The greatest perk of staying at the mountain top was that I largely avoided the crowd as I was in the opposite direction mostly. Within walking distance are a few restaurants, a foot bath and massage and a supermarket which was really convenient. The room I stayed in was clean except the balcony which had bugs but was understandable since it is in the mountains. The only downside for me was that there was no soundproofing at all so the occasional noise at night and the start of activity in the early morning made it hard for a light sleeper like me.