[2024 Xiangyang Stay] Travel Guide for Crowne Plaza Xiangyang (Updated Dec)

Getting There - bus 543, 532,542,541,10, Attractions - bars , malls Hotels - crown plaza Food & Restaurants - western and Chinese restaurants Shopping - Wanda mall

My friend is good at choosing hotels. Crowne Plaza Xiangyang.

The only IHG hotel in Xiangyang. The hotel is quite old and has a retro style. The towel elephant in the room is cute. The hotel is opposite Zhuge Liang Square. It was taken over by Wanda, so the hotel is next to Gaoxin Wanda Plaza. The bathroom is separated into wet and dry areas. There is a bathtub, but it looks old. Nothing special. There is a lounge on the 21st floor. It is open on weekends. On weekdays, the all-day dining restaurant on the first floor is open instead of the lounge. I went there at 6 pm. The drinks were not worth mentioning. There were two bottles of red wine and a few cans of drinks. There were four hot dishes and one soup, which was enough to fill my stomach. I went upstairs to work overtime. I didn't want to stay longer. Breakfast was good. The fried dough sticks were crispy, and the beef noodles were authentic. The chef was very enthusiastic and spoke warmly. Other services were below average for a CP. There were many vehicles at the entrance. There was no doorman or porter. I had to do everything myself. It was the first time I didn't get a welcome drink voucher with my Diamond membership. I needed to write something and wanted to borrow a black pen. They said they only had ballpoint pens. They sent me a broken one. Finally, the soundproofing was poor. I could hear people walking outside and doors closing in the next room or across the hall. I probably won't come again. I heard that the InterContinental Xiangyang will open soon. I wonder if I can stay there next time I come to Xiangyang. I took a taxi to Deng's Beef Brisket Noodles at the end of Xiangyang Bridge today. The taste was good, but it was not much different from the Xiangyang beef noodles I had in Wuhan. However, the noodle shop didn't provide free napkins. I was surprised that I had to pay CNY 1 per pack. I asked a local, and they said many noodle shops charge for napkins. I guess it's a local feature.

Enjoy a non-crowded life in a non-crowded city

🛏️【Xiangyang RuiLi Crown Holiday Hotel Stay Guide】 📌 Hotel Overview ❶. Comprehensive evaluation: No luggage life (or the luggage always slips away, anyway, it's out of sight), which needs improvement. It takes more than half an hour to drive from the hotel to the Overseas Chinese Town Fantasy Valley and Xiangyang East Station. All 13 InterContinental hotels in Hubei Province have been checked in, and compared to the hotels in the provincial capital, this one offers extremely high cost performance. 🏨 About the Rooms ❶. Room layout: I have stayed at this hotel four times, and this is my fifth stay, a 78-square-meter Crown Suite, which is already big enough for me personally. In addition, there are Club Suites of the same area with executive treatment, 120-square-meter Club Deluxe Suites, and 240-square-meter Presidential Suites. The room colors are rich, highlighting the Jingchu culture, Three Kingdoms culture, and Zhuge Liang culture in the details. There are welcome fruits and children's welcome gifts. ☕️ Dining Snippets ❶. Glimpse of delicacies: The breakfast operating hours are clearly marked as 6:00-10:00, 7:00-10:30 (weekends) on third-party websites like Ctrip, but I was informed on a non-weekend that breakfast would not start until 6:30. If that's the case, it would be best to update the official promotional pages to avoid misleading guests who need to catch early flights or trains. 🏊 Facilities ❶. Hotel environment: There is a check-in spot at the hotel entrance that says 'I'm waiting for you in Xiangyang', similar to the check-in signs at Dalian Haizun Holiday Inn Express, Shandong Tai'an Holiday Inn Express, and Huaguoshan Airport Café, which are very heartwarming. The gym and swimming pool are open from 7:00 to 21:30, which is not friendly to business travelers who need to exercise randomly 24 hours a day, perhaps due to outsourcing. More and more newly opened IHG hotels have set their gyms to be accessible 24 hours a day with a card, with only the swimming pool having limited hours (for safety), which is the big trend and worth learning from. The lobby bar has a pool table and a performance area. 🌟 Unforgettable Moments ❶. Star staff: The night turndown service in the room department is very professional, worthy of a 14-year-old five-star hotel. Special thanks to housekeepers like Leng Youmei, who elevate the class of the entire hotel. The hotel has always been a leader in the same industry in Xiangyang prefecture-level city, so there is a constant stream of enterprises and institutions holding meetings here (some participants like to make loud noises in the elevator, which is of low quality), and it is inevitable that some drunk people will vomit in the elevator and other public areas. Fortunately, the cleaning staff deal with it extremely quickly and neatly, usually resolving the 'battle' within half an hour. 📍 Brief Summary ❶. Wonderful moments: The Xiangyang dialect is a mix of Shaanxi, Henan, and Hubei dialects, so the people here give a refined and profound impression, with elegant manners and speech.