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We booked 2 rooms and stayed 5 nights. Everything was over expectation. Hotel is well maintained very clean, excellent breakfast buffet with superb view!! Special thanks to the house keeping staffs who cleaned our rooms. Everyday we come back to clean n nicely made up space. Each lady is responsible to clean the entire floor with 15-20mins per room and does a really am...

it had all the amenities of an international 5-star. located right besides shops and malls and little stalls. we had dinner at the shopping centres every night and walked back to our hotel. staff was wonderful. always trying to help and making an effort to speak in english. only thing which we find weird was that the housekeeping staff entered our bedroom when we left ...

So convenient to eating and souvenir shops. 10 mins walking distance to Kunming Train station. Airport bus shuttles are available at the entrance of the hotel and fare is Yuan 25/pax. The staff is friendly and some speak English. We have a wonderful trip and would highly recommend tourists to stay in this hotel.

Hotel nicely located by Kunming South Railway Station, less than 15 minutes away by taxi cab. Clean, awesome breakfast. My only problem is that there is a shuttle to the railway station in the morning that supposedly leaves at 6:45, 7:15 and 7:30 but you have to make a reservation. It was not said anywhere on the flyer that was posted in the lobby. It was fortunate...

The hotel is located downtown and has one of the best restaurants/bars I have seen in China in my 7 years of living here. The room was clean and comfortable. The staff was friendly although their English was limited. It is located fairly close to all of the limited tourist sites that Kunming has to offer--of not within walking distance than merely a short cab ride a...

The Silver Chest Boutique Hotel has absolutely beautiful grounds and rooms. The location is excellent--it is based in the middle of Kunming's Old Town, close to lovely shops, bars and restaurants. The staff has limited English, but still provided excellent service (e.g., transportation to various local and not so local (i.e., Stone Forest) tourist locations). They purc...

That was a heavy raining day in Kunming so I decided to stay at the Hostel~ The room is comfy and clean although there s a slightly smelly as my room is closed to the garage outside~ I guess it only happens to Room 105~so I jus closed the window and its fine~ and most of the time I spent on reading book at the Western style Cafe~the atmostphere with the soft music th...

we were pleasantly surprised with the excellent customer services upon checking in, without mentioning our special request in our booking, the reception gave us the type of room we asked for. the only downside is that with most china hotels, all rooms at new era are smoking rooms. the room we were in was spacious and clean, the bathroom was clean with a shower in a bat...

We loved this hotel! We ended up staying for 3 nights. The room is small but clean, great views from the 8th floor, huge and tasty chinese breakfast (though they do serve eggs, toast and coffee if you don't like noodles for brkfst) and the staff was super friendly even though they almost never understood what I was saying. Some of the best food in Kunming is right a...

Kind of a confusing place- two different buildings next to each other, two different lobbies, not particularly close to airport, but our room was very nice! Breakfast buffet good, food court on second floor foul and way overpriced. City of Flowers mall crazy overpriced, mostly specialty stores offering stuff you've already seen all over China for about half the pr...

I attend an academic conference at Kunming Golden Eagle Summit Hotel. The service was excellent with very good location where you may easily take a MRT for traveling. Also the famous Zhing-An Temple, lasting for more than 1000 years, is right next to the corner of the hotel. I enjoyed the travel very much and would definitely stay at Kunming Golden Eagle Summit Hotel f...

This hotel was hard to find...the taxi driver dropped us off at the Plateau Pearl Group and when we tried to check in, we were told that was not a hotel. The girl there was very nice and called us an uber using her phone. We paid her cash and she made sure to tell the driver to take us to the hotel. Apparently this happens all the time as there are other businesses wit...

We stayed there for 1 night on a sightseeing trip. The front office was helpful helping us to figure out the right bus station to go to Shilin (which is bit out of town) and spoke English well. However, as for sightseeing in Kunming, we realized that the area around Green lake would have been nicer

This was a great place to stay in Kunming. Rather easy to find and in a location close to public transportation. It was easy to get any where we wanted because the bus stops were just around the corner. The room was very large and clean. The staff were very helpful and nice. They spoke some English, but that has never been a problem for us even though we speak only a t...

I am an American (Retired) and living in Lijiang, China. I took my daughter, her husband and their two children (10yrs and 12yrs) on a trip around various places in China and we stayed in many hotels. The Green Lake Hotel in Kunming has probably the best service that I have experience in my seven years in China. Check was soooo smooth with excellent english spoken a...

I like to stay at Empark Grand Hotel, because the hotel is pretty good. I think this hotel is the best hotel in Kunming. The area is pretty strategic. This place is close to the mall, reastaurant, so we can have good shopping there. When I'm going back to Kunming, I will choose to stay at this hotel again.

I have stayed at Kunming Hotel for 3 nights and I really enjoyed staying there for my business trip. Their staff are very nice and speak good english. Its location is surrounding by street shops and nearby shopping centre, you will find good delective foods around you. In front of the hotel is the walk way area where you can connect with Banks, shopping malls and cl...

If you can't communicate in Chinese, this is the best place for you. The hostel can provide the information for you such as map, bus No,, photos, brochure, and tour booking. We got the all convenience from here, and easy to go to the interesting place.From train station, you can take a bus No.64 and take off at Kunming daily bus stop (about 20 minutes), and then you wa...

Good breakfast spread, guest relation Officer can speak & understand English. Hotel is within walking distance of Kunming Metro station (Jiaosanqiao?). Taxi fare was only 10 Yuan from nearby shopping & pedestrian area (~ 2 km away, West of Hotel). Unfortunately, we were charged 10 Yuan for a “lost” ashtray during check out. Somehow, it went missing & we specifically ...

Good for a short stay if you are in Kunming. Room a little on the small side but i was upgraded on the two occasions I stayed at the hotel to a room facing off the main road so it was quiet and got some good rest. Located pretty much halfway between the Nan Ping Street city centre and Xiao Xi Men where there is a Walmart.

We traveled from Lijiang to Kunming via overnight train. The train arrived at 6am and we arrive at the hotel at 7am. Surprisingly, the hotel allowed us to check-in and we could take a rest before experiencing Kunming. It was very nice. Without that early check-in, we couldn't take a rest and would not have enjoyed Kunming so much. The hotel was conveniently located ...

We stayed here for 5 nights and it was the cleanest and most modern room we have stayed in whilst travelling Asia! Rooms were a bit pricier but definitely worth it! The toiletries we received were lovely and the room was cleaned everyday of our stay! The staff are so lovely too, we couldn't fault them, they helped us so much during our stay, even accompanying us to the...

From the airport in new Kunming, it is far. The hotel which is on the location for about 30 minutes by taxi.In an airport and a hotel, English is not understood mostly. I can't recommend to those who stay by transit. it was a big hotel, nobody was staying except us. And only for two staff. It was a strange hotel.feel like ghost hotel...It is true that other people ar...

One of the cheapest hotels in Kunming. Location is reasonably central and a 20min walk to the Green Lake. Caters for mainly Chinese business men with very few tourists. First night was put in a room which was quite dark and dusty with no hot water. Was moved to a different room which was a little brighter, clean, with hot water and internet access (for 15rmb a day). In...

The room is clean and looks nice. The location is good. However, the maid is very poor. I stayed for 9 nights. For some days, she did not give you two bottles of water which are free. One day she just did not give you soap. One day she did not give me coffee. One day, she did not give bathrobe. For 3 times, the keys did not work, I have to come back to the first...
Cheapest hotels in Kunming

If you can't communicate in Chinese, this is the best place for you. The hostel can provide the information for you such as map, bus No,, photos, brochure, and tour booking. We got the all convenience from here, and easy to go to the interesting place.From train station, you can take a bus No.64 and take off at Kunming daily bus stop (about 20 minutes), and then you wa...

This was a great place to stay in Kunming. Rather easy to find and in a location close to public transportation. It was easy to get any where we wanted because the bus stops were just around the corner. The room was very large and clean. The staff were very helpful and nice. They spoke some English, but that has never been a problem for us even though we speak only a t...

That was a heavy raining day in Kunming so I decided to stay at the Hostel~ The room is comfy and clean although there s a slightly smelly as my room is closed to the garage outside~ I guess it only happens to Room 105~so I jus closed the window and its fine~ and most of the time I spent on reading book at the Western style Cafe~the atmostphere with the soft music th...

We loved this hotel! We ended up staying for 3 nights. The room is small but clean, great views from the 8th floor, huge and tasty chinese breakfast (though they do serve eggs, toast and coffee if you don't like noodles for brkfst) and the staff was super friendly even though they almost never understood what I was saying. Some of the best food in Kunming is right a...

When arriving at the hotel at 5 AM because of a late flight we where told, there was no booking. The Agoda Voucher did not mean anything to the receptionist. It took two hours of discussions to be checked in. Contacting Agoda for help was quite impossible. At check out two days later we had another hour of quarrelling before the reception contacted Agoda for the firs...

The Zoo is just walking distance from the hotel (5 minutes) and you can take Public Transport to Kunming Provincial Museum and Dianchi/Cultural Village. Ask around and the friendly folks will direct you to the right place to take public buses - 1 RMB for non air-conditioned buses and 2 RMB for air-conditioned buses.

A typical chinese tourist hotel. Stuff doesn't speak english but they try their best to help. Our room was recently renovated and thus it was nice and comfortable. The other rooms aren't as nice and cosy, so ask for the one of the new rooms on the seventh floor. The beds are hard as concrete, but this is how the chinese like it. All in all it is a good option for the m...

The hotel is conveniently located about 4 mins walk to the nearest metro station. Surrounded with many local eateries,shops and local market.The front desks staffs only speak in Chinese, but are friendly and helpful, greets me each time I walk in the main entrance. The room is neat and clean with basic necessities and TV to watch live Euro 2016. Wifi is strong in every...

The location is about 1.2km from Kunming Railway Station, inside the China Continent Insurance Building. The lobby hotel is in level 8. For muslims, halal food is easy to find, just take a train to Wuyi Road from Dongfen Square (+-600m from the hotel). The room was very big and its really unexpected with the price offered. Staff is not really friendly but they are so h...

This hotel is near with the big local market and very easy to find nice food all day and night. You can see local people and a little bit country side if we compare with the downtown of Kunming. The local market is lovely and food named "Mee Chiae" or rice noodle soup with pork and Yunnan spice are lovely near there and also cheap price. This hotel 's fantastic servic...

My partner and I stayed here twice, both were good experiences. The rooms were clean and equipped with soap, toothbrush and toothpaste. The ensuite bathrooms on both rooms had a hot shower and western toilet. Strangest part, and this was something I noticed in most places in southern China, was that the ensuites had clear walls. Not much privacy to do your business... ...

From the airport in new Kunming, it is far. The hotel which is on the location for about 30 minutes by taxi.In an airport and a hotel, English is not understood mostly. I can't recommend to those who stay by transit. it was a big hotel, nobody was staying except us. And only for two staff. It was a strange hotel.feel like ghost hotel...It is true that other people ar...

We had a 17-hour layover in Kunming and were looking for a hotel that was close to the airport and had airport pick-up. We found a few hotels that had pick-up, but almost all of the hotels seemed to be 20-30 km from the airport. The good thing about this hotel is that it is only a 10 minute drive from the airport. When we got to airport I was able to call the owner ...

The hotel is not that closed to airport as it masked. The right location is 25.048973,102.887316 and takes 20minutes from Airport by car, can not be walk to. The owner is very kind and helpful. He can speak English well. I took this hotel because they provide free Airport pickup to hotel and arrange shuttle bus pickup to Airport only 20Rmb/person. The room is fairly go...

I had a good stay. I wanted to find somewhere reasonable and this was it. Out front there is a cool fruit and vegetable market and a friendly crowd. It does have a bit of a truck stop vibe. But I found it to be a pleasant place to stay. Luckily, a local friend drove me to this hotel. All the map co-ordinates are wrong by at least a block to the north? Anyway, my...

Comfortable hotel. It is located away from the downtown, on a small back street of Kunming suburb, so it was hard to find it. Anyway, location makes it very quiet. I would stay here again. Staff is polite and tries to help. The bathroom design is a bit uncomfortable: shower and toilet are in separate section, and it is really hard to fit yourself in the toilet with the...

It's located in the Yunnan University Precinct with short walks to many little local restaurants, cafes, fashion shops and convenience stores. It's about a 20 minute walk to Green Park Lake situated in the middle of the city which is on about 21 hectares. The hotel staff are very polite and friendly however, nobody speaks even a little bit of English but they do have t...

This place is $27. For that money, it's worth getting a hot shower, and a good rest. I had 12 hour layover in Kunming, and I really wanted to get a good shower and place that I can lay before another 12 hour flight. I was a little skeptical after reading all the reviews, but hey I'm glad I give it a shot. When I arrived at Kunming Airport, I went to the information cen...
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So convenient to eating and souvenir shops. 10 mins walking distance to Kunming Train station. Airport bus shuttles are available at the entrance of the hotel and fare is Yuan 25/pax. The staff is friendly and some speak English. We have a wonderful trip and would highly recommend tourists to stay in this hotel.

The hotel is located downtown and has one of the best restaurants/bars I have seen in China in my 7 years of living here. The room was clean and comfortable. The staff was friendly although their English was limited. It is located fairly close to all of the limited tourist sites that Kunming has to offer--of not within walking distance than merely a short cab ride a...

we were pleasantly surprised with the excellent customer services upon checking in, without mentioning our special request in our booking, the reception gave us the type of room we asked for. the only downside is that with most china hotels, all rooms at new era are smoking rooms. the room we were in was spacious and clean, the bathroom was clean with a shower in a bat...

This hotel was hard to find...the taxi driver dropped us off at the Plateau Pearl Group and when we tried to check in, we were told that was not a hotel. The girl there was very nice and called us an uber using her phone. We paid her cash and she made sure to tell the driver to take us to the hotel. Apparently this happens all the time as there are other businesses wit...

Good breakfast spread, guest relation Officer can speak & understand English. Hotel is within walking distance of Kunming Metro station (Jiaosanqiao?). Taxi fare was only 10 Yuan from nearby shopping & pedestrian area (~ 2 km away, West of Hotel). Unfortunately, we were charged 10 Yuan for a “lost” ashtray during check out. Somehow, it went missing & we specifically ...

We traveled from Lijiang to Kunming via overnight train. The train arrived at 6am and we arrive at the hotel at 7am. Surprisingly, the hotel allowed us to check-in and we could take a rest before experiencing Kunming. It was very nice. Without that early check-in, we couldn't take a rest and would not have enjoyed Kunming so much. The hotel was conveniently located ...

One of the cheapest hotels in Kunming. Location is reasonably central and a 20min walk to the Green Lake. Caters for mainly Chinese business men with very few tourists. First night was put in a room which was quite dark and dusty with no hot water. Was moved to a different room which was a little brighter, clean, with hot water and internet access (for 15rmb a day). In...

When we arrived we were told that we don't sleep in the new and main building, but in the old one across the street which we could not see from the main building. This is what we booked they said. It was quite late in the night and we didn't want to walk to the other building. We piad additional 200 RMB to stay in the main building. The rooms were ok. The breakfast ver...

This place is $27. For that money, it's worth getting a hot shower, and a good rest. I had 12 hour layover in Kunming, and I really wanted to get a good shower and place that I can lay before another 12 hour flight. I was a little skeptical after reading all the reviews, but hey I'm glad I give it a shot. When I arrived at Kunming Airport, I went to the information cen...

Well appointed room for a 4* Chinese management hotel in Kunming, breakfast is better than 5* hotel in Kunming, well located to all tourist attractions: museum, park, old flower and bird market. Recommended for a short stay, room a bit small still acceptable for the price.

The hotel is now under redecoration but it does not hinder our stay. It locates near the Green Lake with shops and resturant. But it is quite far from the East Bus Terminal Station where the L6 linked the new Changsui Airport. I suggest that the Hotel Management should arrange a Bus Transit to the Changsui Airport as the Zhong Yu Hotel does.

I'm not terribly picky but this hotel is not ideal as the last hotel after three weeks of traveling. Although the room is adequate, the night club on the 3rd floor can be heard from the 6th floor late at night. Breakfast finishes at 9 AM. That was too early for me. The worker at the business center couldn't arrange my tickets. Luckily I had friends in town who could he...

This is a four-star hotel in a central location, and apparently popular with local businessmen. The beds were extremely hard (the hardest we experienced during our entire trip) and were comparable to sleeping directly on plywood. The lampshades in both our rooms were spotted and stained, and one was completely broken. Upkeep of the rooms seemed lacking. We didn't con...

Good location and good level of comfort. Decent but basic breakfast. Handy to interesting parts of town with good local eateries in the street behind the hotel. Very little english spoken but enough to get by. Although they display exchange rates behind the front desk, they don't seem to want to change money for non-Chinese tourists.

my room was clean and well-kept, bedding mostly clean and bathroom looked sharp and clean, despite nicks starting to show in the furniture. I didn't see many facilities like meeting rooms or exercise rooms - it's just a place to sleep, but for that, it's great. despite the kunming subway construction going on outside. It is the best stop to transit to any other...

酒店的设施可以。各个部门的服务人员的态度认真 负责。 早餐的中式食品有特色,种类也不少。只是客房点餐的某些食物的烹饪有点敷衍了事。 管理SPA的服务人员很认真,但有不少蚊子。 The hotel facilities are relatively new. The staffs are friendly in general. The Chinese section of breakfast is much better and with more options. But the food order by room service can be better. The outdoor SPA service is a selling point, although there are quite a few annoy m...

There isn't any review of this hotel, was thinking since only sleep over for 1 night, i decided to take a gamble. When i checked in the hotel, it was really beyond my expectation. The hotel is pretty new, the room is in right size, toilet is specious, bright & clean. Location is good as right outside the hotel across the junction, there are some street food stalls op...

This hotel is in new condition and good for travellors if you want to go shopping in town or go sightseeing but do not misunderstanding about the distance from the kunming airport like us. It will take 30-45 mins, 20-30 km from the airport to hotel. Taxi drivers can' t speak English and will try to take you from the airport with no use of meter and the cost will be do...

First, I chose this hotel because it was shown to be 2.02km from airport. Which was true, problem the histiric 100 year Kunming Airport, of Flying Tiger Fame has been close over a year. This hotel is acutally over 26km from the airport and taxi is 80 to 95 CNY. Second, it is a typical older Chinese Hotel, if you are Hyatt or Marriott fame you will not like. Having sa...

A Chinese style Ibis, modernist without frills, but clean and comfortable. Very good location in central Kunming, within walking distance of most of what a visitor would want to see in the city. Express bus to and from the airport immediately outside the hotel.
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We booked 2 rooms and stayed 5 nights. Everything was over expectation. Hotel is well maintained very clean, excellent breakfast buffet with superb view!! Special thanks to the house keeping staffs who cleaned our rooms. Everyday we come back to clean n nicely made up space. Each lady is responsible to clean the entire floor with 15-20mins per room and does a really am...

it had all the amenities of an international 5-star. located right besides shops and malls and little stalls. we had dinner at the shopping centres every night and walked back to our hotel. staff was wonderful. always trying to help and making an effort to speak in english. only thing which we find weird was that the housekeeping staff entered our bedroom when we left ...

Hotel nicely located by Kunming South Railway Station, less than 15 minutes away by taxi cab. Clean, awesome breakfast. My only problem is that there is a shuttle to the railway station in the morning that supposedly leaves at 6:45, 7:15 and 7:30 but you have to make a reservation. It was not said anywhere on the flyer that was posted in the lobby. It was fortunate...

The Silver Chest Boutique Hotel has absolutely beautiful grounds and rooms. The location is excellent--it is based in the middle of Kunming's Old Town, close to lovely shops, bars and restaurants. The staff has limited English, but still provided excellent service (e.g., transportation to various local and not so local (i.e., Stone Forest) tourist locations). They purc...

Kind of a confusing place- two different buildings next to each other, two different lobbies, not particularly close to airport, but our room was very nice! Breakfast buffet good, food court on second floor foul and way overpriced. City of Flowers mall crazy overpriced, mostly specialty stores offering stuff you've already seen all over China for about half the pr...

I attend an academic conference at Kunming Golden Eagle Summit Hotel. The service was excellent with very good location where you may easily take a MRT for traveling. Also the famous Zhing-An Temple, lasting for more than 1000 years, is right next to the corner of the hotel. I enjoyed the travel very much and would definitely stay at Kunming Golden Eagle Summit Hotel f...

We stayed there for 1 night on a sightseeing trip. The front office was helpful helping us to figure out the right bus station to go to Shilin (which is bit out of town) and spoke English well. However, as for sightseeing in Kunming, we realized that the area around Green lake would have been nicer

I am an American (Retired) and living in Lijiang, China. I took my daughter, her husband and their two children (10yrs and 12yrs) on a trip around various places in China and we stayed in many hotels. The Green Lake Hotel in Kunming has probably the best service that I have experience in my seven years in China. Check was soooo smooth with excellent english spoken a...

I like to stay at Empark Grand Hotel, because the hotel is pretty good. I think this hotel is the best hotel in Kunming. The area is pretty strategic. This place is close to the mall, reastaurant, so we can have good shopping there. When I'm going back to Kunming, I will choose to stay at this hotel again.

I was on a flight that landed at midnight and had a connecting flight at mid-day. The hotel has a driver who picks up and drops off. My room looked exactly like advertised. I was just there to sleep so it served it’s purpose. And they have a receptionist who speaks English. My only complaints are that the room was cold even after I turned on the heater, a pillowcas...

very pleasant and confortable stay, good buffet breakfast. so quiet right with beautiful surrounding gardens and lakes in the middle of city centre - at the present moment with lots of construction work in the vicinity. sites and restaurants close by and within walking distance. efficient and attentive staff, some with very good command of english.

A) please be aware that the hotel is near the Stone Forest, about 80 km away from Kunming B) Thhe hotel looks an feels new and probably is new C) it is about 6 km away from the main entrance of the Stone Forest, but there is also a small entrance less then 1 km away from the hotel when you walk back to town. If you use this entrance you save the time and money of goin...

This is a fantastic hotel with superb quality service provided by the stuffs. The hotel is situated though in a far remote area from the city center, it is the best hotel we have ever seen in China. Totally new, beautifully cleaned, nicely designed. The breakfast is also arranged with various items, tasty and delicious. The hotel stuffs though can not speak english had...

This boutique hotel is only a 25-minute drive from Kunming Airport. Together with highway tax, the cab fare is almost 100 RMB. We alighted in front of a big signage with the hotel's name. However, the building next to the signage is not the hotel. We walked about 8m to behind of this building and found ourselves in front of a neat glassy building similar to the one in ...

The facilities were fine, but the location was further from downtown/historic Kunming than what we thought from looking at the hotel's location/map. The hotel staff had extremely limited English. They didn't want to arrange an airport taxi for us. We had to use their airport shuttle service that was twice as expensive as the taxi we took to get to the hotel. It was lo...
Traveler impressions of Kunming
Come to Kunming for the food. Try the Cross Bridge Rice noodles, fried cheese and so many more Yunnan delicacies that will leave your mouth watering.
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Now Kunming is very dusty, people very commercial, the best is dun follow tourist guide. If you dun buy things they will show you a bad face.
a very developed city. though sometimes having traffic jam, the public transport ( bus & taxi) are convenient.
Kunming is the stop to many natural attractions. Have been to this city three times and will continue going.
5 years ago Kunming was a charming relaxed city - now its just another crowded ugly charmless Chinese city I would only go there to transit to more interesting places
Very new airport with excellent signing, clean, comfortable. City is low scale with relatively clean air.
its a gateway to many places of interest either by flight, bus or train or by tour. better to get the details written done in Chinese where you want to go from the hotel reception.
There isn't much within the city centre. Most attractions are at the outskirts and they are magnificent.
kunming is the stepping off point for all places in yunnan, good airport busses and metro to the south bus station .
We were quite disappointed by Kunming. It took us a single day to visit the whole of it and we did not find anything exceptional or even barely interesting.
KUNMING IS ONE OF THE BIG CITY OF CHINA, MODREN AND STILL DEVELOPING NOT SO MUCH POPULATED, FRIENDLY CITY AFTERALL.
All of the taxi at the airport are trying to get expensive fare. So have to negotiate the taxi fare before using taxi and outside of airport is more cheap then inside of airport.
There are a lot better places to visit around Kunming. If you can help it, you may skip it and head to Dali or Lijiang.
A visit to the temple and the University and a walk around Green Lake to watch the locals doing Tai Chi all really interesting and easy things to do while in Kunming.
I think is nice place to really live, now china is more open and good, just not at all speck English, need have someone that can speak Chinese
the city is quite clean compared to many other cities and people seem more friendly. I like the shopping area in the city center a lot.
It's pretty hard to get around without knowing some Chinese, but you can get a lot for your money in Kunming.
The long haul bus stations are not organized well. Transport from there to city centre (taxi) is not well developed.
Kunming probably has the worst taxi drivers in the world. They refused to send us to almost all places we wanted to go.
Kunming probably has the worst taxi drivers in the world. They refused to send us to almost all places we wanted to go.
Kunming is a good place for sightseeing. There are many sites around Kunming with great scenery. For example, the paddy terrace in Yuanyang, the rape flower field in Luoping, the red earth in Dongchuan etc.
Located in the centre of Yunnan, Kunming is a great starting off point for the many wonders of the province.
It's a good place to stay 1 or 2 nights and go to other places in Yunnam. You can get useful information and plan your trip in Yunnam, like going to Shangri-La and other beautiful countryside.
Try to spend more time on shopping mushrooms as you can try various types which are quite expensive in other places.
kunming is the main city of yunnan most of the flights will go there we only stayed there as a transfer but it would also be worth staying there for a while exploring
The city wasn't very crowded. The city and air were clean. The traffic wasn't too bad and it was easy to get around.
Try to make a trip to Dongchuan Red Earth about 3-4 hours drive north from Kunming city. It is the most beautiful mountainous countryside with magnificent terrace farming views I've ever seen in my life
Whilst in Kunming you must visit the Stone Forest of Shiling and Dianchi Lake. Walk around the old centre, Jinma Biji and Dongfeng Squares.
Like all Chinese cities & town .. crowded and noisy. Kunming is rather big and tourist attractions are spread out.
Kunming's best hotels with breakfast

I attend an academic conference at Kunming Golden Eagle Summit Hotel. The service was excellent with very good location where you may easily take a MRT for traveling. Also the famous Zhing-An Temple, lasting for more than 1000 years, is right next to the corner of the hotel. I enjoyed the travel very much and would definitely stay at Kunming Golden Eagle Summit Hotel f...

We booked 2 rooms and stayed 5 nights. Everything was over expectation. Hotel is well maintained very clean, excellent breakfast buffet with superb view!! Special thanks to the house keeping staffs who cleaned our rooms. Everyday we come back to clean n nicely made up space. Each lady is responsible to clean the entire floor with 15-20mins per room and does a really am...

I had a good stay. I wanted to find somewhere reasonable and this was it. Out front there is a cool fruit and vegetable market and a friendly crowd. It does have a bit of a truck stop vibe. But I found it to be a pleasant place to stay. Luckily, a local friend drove me to this hotel. All the map co-ordinates are wrong by at least a block to the north? Anyway, my...

I have stayed at Kunming Hotel for 3 nights and I really enjoyed staying there for my business trip. Their staff are very nice and speak good english. Its location is surrounding by street shops and nearby shopping centre, you will find good delective foods around you. In front of the hotel is the walk way area where you can connect with Banks, shopping malls and cl...

We don't normally stay in backpackers but we actually stayed here on numerous occasions during our travels in and around Kunming. Michelle in reception was extremely helpful! She wrote down destinations for us in chinese which proved to be invaluable! The room was fine, with most things you need. There is a great bar/lounge area on the 3rd Floor which is also where a...

This was a great place to stay in Kunming. Rather easy to find and in a location close to public transportation. It was easy to get any where we wanted because the bus stops were just around the corner. The room was very large and clean. The staff were very helpful and nice. They spoke some English, but that has never been a problem for us even though we speak only a t...

I have always choose Ibis as my first choice hotel because of its strategic location, cleanliness and sleek design. Ibis Styles Kunming Nanping is located in the city center, besides Zara and about 15 minutes walk to pedestrian street. However, my driver has to park at a nearby carpark on the first night we checked in because there was no parking lot. Fortunately, he w...

we were pleasantly surprised with the excellent customer services upon checking in, without mentioning our special request in our booking, the reception gave us the type of room we asked for. the only downside is that with most china hotels, all rooms at new era are smoking rooms. the room we were in was spacious and clean, the bathroom was clean with a shower in a bat...

Hotel nicely located by Kunming South Railway Station, less than 15 minutes away by taxi cab. Clean, awesome breakfast. My only problem is that there is a shuttle to the railway station in the morning that supposedly leaves at 6:45, 7:15 and 7:30 but you have to make a reservation. It was not said anywhere on the flyer that was posted in the lobby. It was fortunate...

Kind of a confusing place- two different buildings next to each other, two different lobbies, not particularly close to airport, but our room was very nice! Breakfast buffet good, food court on second floor foul and way overpriced. City of Flowers mall crazy overpriced, mostly specialty stores offering stuff you've already seen all over China for about half the pr...

The Silver Chest Boutique Hotel has absolutely beautiful grounds and rooms. The location is excellent--it is based in the middle of Kunming's Old Town, close to lovely shops, bars and restaurants. The staff has limited English, but still provided excellent service (e.g., transportation to various local and not so local (i.e., Stone Forest) tourist locations). They purc...

it had all the amenities of an international 5-star. located right besides shops and malls and little stalls. we had dinner at the shopping centres every night and walked back to our hotel. staff was wonderful. always trying to help and making an effort to speak in english. only thing which we find weird was that the housekeeping staff entered our bedroom when we left ...

This boutique hotel is only a 25-minute drive from Kunming Airport. Together with highway tax, the cab fare is almost 100 RMB. We alighted in front of a big signage with the hotel's name. However, the building next to the signage is not the hotel. We walked about 8m to behind of this building and found ourselves in front of a neat glassy building similar to the one in ...

We stayed there for 1 night on a sightseeing trip. The front office was helpful helping us to figure out the right bus station to go to Shilin (which is bit out of town) and spoke English well. However, as for sightseeing in Kunming, we realized that the area around Green lake would have been nicer

If you can't communicate in Chinese, this is the best place for you. The hostel can provide the information for you such as map, bus No,, photos, brochure, and tour booking. We got the all convenience from here, and easy to go to the interesting place.From train station, you can take a bus No.64 and take off at Kunming daily bus stop (about 20 minutes), and then you wa...

I was on a flight that landed at midnight and had a connecting flight at mid-day. The hotel has a driver who picks up and drops off. My room looked exactly like advertised. I was just there to sleep so it served it’s purpose. And they have a receptionist who speaks English. My only complaints are that the room was cold even after I turned on the heater, a pillowcas...
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Kunming offers access to stunning architecture, beautiful landscapes, and urban delights. The city center provides not only a convenient location to stay, but also a list of attractions. Eye-catching archways and dazzling architecture can be explored at Jinma Biji Square and Dongfeng Square, and the five intersecting roads make for quite a sight. There are several museums throughout the city, including the Yunnan Provincial Museum, and temples both past and present can be explored to your heart’s content. Shopping can be an exciting experience with popular pedestrian walking streets like Kunming Flower and Bird Market. The natural escape that can be found within the city and province is astounding thanks to the Three Forest of Yunnan – Earth Forest, Stone Forest, and Colorful Sand Forest.
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