arrived at about 6 am, the visa was open for 3 months in Kyiv. There were no questions, the luggage was taken away. I'm surprised no one checks it. when I read the rules, I thought they would cheat to the fullest, but no. got into a taxi, showed the address and we were taken. the road took a little time and the price is 80 yuan. were supposed to live on the Shaungjing Chao. near Shuangjing metro and Diwa shopping center. but when we went into the apartments, to be honest, I remembered for a long time where I put the first aid kit because I urgently needed valerian.
a layer of dust, the bathroom is a broken shower hanging on the toilet. air conditioners do not work, there are no curtains, instead of them there are blankets on the windows, the doors are broken, everything is moldy, but I won’t say anything about the kitchen.
By the way, who has not been to China - everything is difficult with English. and since it was not possible to buy a SIM card at 6 in the morning at the airport, we sat in these wonderful apartments until 8 in the morning, after which we bought a SIM card in a stall and dialed friends.
We were recommended this hotel for a couple of days. I can immediately say that, in principle, we could stay with friends while we were looking for an apartment, but in China there is a wonderful rule - registration at the police station that you live in an apartment of a Chinese citizen. do not make marks in the passport, but give out a sheet. so the only way out is the hotel.
the hotel was advised in the Russian region, which we actually do not regret.
accommodation is excellent. lived in it for 6 days and during this time they were mainly engaged, in addition to work, in finding an apartment. so they leave in the morning and come in the evening.
European breakfast. And believe me, this is very important. because you can hardly eat for breakfast what the Chinese eat. checked.
Near the hotel there are a lot of shopping centers, restaurants and bars. night clubs. metro is also nearby. from the restaurants I liked the Turkish one in the Las Vegas nightclub (you can go directly from the hotel to the minus first floor), the Caucasus restaurant - from the hotel to the right and into the alley. also the Mango restaurant and the cuisine of the Chocolate Club.
next to the Chocolate club there is a Senya pharmacy - I advise for an excursion. Souvenirs, tea, masks and other crap bought, of course, before leaving, but nearby in the Tanya shopping center. although we still lived after the hotel on Shuangjing Chao Dala Fu, everything was exactly Yabaolu was a native place where every lane was known.
about the airport - if your flight is at night or early in the morning - please note that everything is closed at the airport. and duty free too. wi-fi, as it were, but you need to register, send SMS with codes, etc.
the main advice - if you are in Beijing for only a week and have plans for both excursions and shopping - make a plan at home, look at the information, since only a month later we began to navigate where, what to buy, what to watch and how convenient where to go. thanks to the Russian region - almost everyone speaks Russian and there are a lot of Kazakhs, Russians, Ukrainians, Azerbaijanis, etc. who have been living and working there for years and share such information. we got more useful information from them than from guides, which helped save a lot of time and money