Kashi Tianyuan International Hotel — Hotel in Kashgar City

The position in central Kashgar is perfect, right beside the Peoples Park, and our front facing room looked down on the large statue of Chairman Mao. The night market and the shopping area are within an easy walk. You will see large numbers of riot police on standby in the park area. They did not really impinge on us, although they were intimidating, and walking in the city appeared to be completely safe.||||We did have problems with "security". You have to appreciate that Kashgar can be on high security alert, depending on local politics. To enter the hotel they scanned all luggage, and confiscated everyone's scissors. Also when you returned from the town all your purchases were scanned, and they used that as an excuse to withhold your alcohol purchases. As nobody spoke English, this was a bit fraught.||||Our room was OK, a standard sort of hotel room, a little tired, and the bathroom even tireder . You cannot really complain about the beds, as that is what the Chinese want.||||Breakfast was nothing especial.||||My feeling is that in spite of its obvious drawbacks, that this hotel is worth booking because of its position, and you just grin and bear...

I was surprised to read others' negative comments as I found the hotel bright, clean and with very clean bedrooms. I also thought breakfast was very varied (though I'd agree that it didn't cater to Western tastes) and could get very packed||||However, the central location is a great advantage. As far as I can see, nobody else has highlighted the nearby bight market.||||While it's very much a local market-not souvenirs, it is very atmospheric with smells, sounds and bright lights, and a great way to see local life. ||||I got directions from one of the staff and it was easy to find-you did have to go on an underpass, but there were lots of shops open within it so not in the slightest intimidating.||||I'd also like to mention the supermarket-again underpass to middle of road, then to far side. there. Turn right and pass a few temples and row of small shops and there is an excellent department store with basement supermarket-fascinating just to look. Their cafe has some lovely refreshing fruit juices and teas. No Englsih spoken, but the various items on offer are shown on a large display board-very...

I was surprised to read others' negative comments as I found the hotel bright, clean and with very clean bedrooms. I also thought breakfast was very varied (though I'd agree that it didn't cater to Western tastes) and could get very packed||||However, the central location is a great advantage. As far as I can see, nobody else has highlighted the nearby bight market.||||While it's very much a local market-not souvenirs, it is very atmospheric with smells, sounds and bright lights, and a great way to see local life. ||||I got directions from one of the staff and it was easy to find-you did have to go on an underpass, but there were lots of shops open within it so not in the slightest intimidating.||||I'd also like to mention the supermarket-again underpass to middle of road, then to far side. there. Turn right and pass a few temples and row of small shops and there is an excellent department store with basement supermarket-fascinating just to look. Their cafe has some lovely refreshing fruit juices and teas. No Englsih spoken, but the various items on offer are shown on a large display board-very...