Datong Boya Business Hotel

Very nice hotel, convenient position to reach Datong old town. The room was very spacious, warm and extremely clean. Wide bathroom. Equipped with all the necessary items. Helpful and kind staff at reception counter. Excellent value for money. I recommend choosing this hotel for your trip to Datong.

Location of the hotel is right at the heart of the city, within walking distance (~2 kms) to the Ancient City Wall, and about 20 minutes drive from the train station (Datongnan). The staff are very polite and courteous, and did allow us for an early check-in and a late check-out. 30 minutes drive to the Yungang Grotto, and about 90 minutes to the Hanging Temple (Xuankong Si). 5/5 recommend to anyone traveling to Datong.

Excellent. Done in the traditional hotel style but with very modern in-room amenities. Bathroom is clean and private, with nice shower including good quality—free flow—shampoo and bodywash, clean toilet and a proper door (no glass bathrooms here!). It’s so hard to find a hotel room like this these days. Most importantly, all the staff were totally amazing, and the manager is so friendly and keen to help and can speak some English which makes things all the easier. There are quite a few shaokao and noodle places around the hotel, and importantly, the snowman drink place (蜜雪冰城) is not too far away! The hotel is just a couple of Ks south of the most popular entrance to the amazing ancient wall (大同古城), and in the other direction, about five hundred metres to another nice park called Mingtan Park where I flew my new drone for the first time ever while a local man practiced perfectly his Taoist meditation completely undeterred by the annoying whirring sound of the drone! My only regret is not planning more than a single night here. There’s so much more to Datong than just the Yungang Grottoes and the Hengshan Hanging Temple (though they are both totally spectacular!), so stay a couple of nights at least if you can.