Name: Zaiyang Inn
Address: No. 15 Zaiyang Alley, Taiping Road, Chaozhou, Chaozhou, Chaozhou, 521000, China
Rating: 9

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Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport

Zaiyang Inn

Chaozhou

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The inn gives you an idea how the building was decorated in the old times. The inn has several relatively small rooms but inside all the modern things are there including fully automated toilets. The place is safe and quiet. The inn is located close to the main attractions of Chaozhou and the eating street is also nearby. There is some English support at the desk but for the rest there is no information in English. Coming by taxi from the highway station will cost around 70-80 RMB (single trip), which is recommended if your Chinese is not good and you are bad in navigation. Taking the local bus will cost 8 RMB, but you need to tell the bus driver on time when to get out.

Living in a small museum

The Zaiyang Inn is made up of 3 conjoined houses, originally built by rich merchants and now a charming and comfortable hotel. The rooms have all you can ask for, the courtyards are totally authentic ( not to mention the miner bird who talks) and you step out of the front door into a tiny lane that leads you into the old town of Chaoshan. The staff are super helpful, arranged a car for us to go visit the Touluo houses about 2 hours drive away and then made us welcome for the moon watching mid autumn festival.

A step back in history

The hotel is down a narrow lane off Yi'An Lu. Note that it is marked as Zaiyang Kindergarten on Google maps for some reason. Fortunately most of the retailers along Yi-An Lu know the hotel and can give directions as it is very hard to find.

The day-time receptionist did speak English which was helpful. The house has been in the owner's family for generations (one of the relatives was staying there and explained this) and it shows. The furniture is all authentic and the original design and layout of the building has been retained. In the rooms, the beds, decor and furniture are equally authentic and this makes the entire experience really special.

The rooms vary in size from adequate to quite spacious. Most have ensuite but there are a few things to note. The downstairs rooms have squat toilets and you have to stand on the toilet to have a shower - not ideal! The upstairs rooms have sit-down toilets. The stairs are closer to a ladder in terms of steepness so getting anything more than carry-on up the stairs is quite a challenge although the staff will help. It is very quiet and peaceful in the hotel with little noise from outside and the split air-cons are very effective and quiet. The bathrooms could do with some extra shelf space to put all your stuff but a perfectly adequate.

The location is ideal with Arch Street (Taiping Road) a minutes walk and the Guangji Bridge and Kaiyuan Temple each five minutes walk. There are lots in interesting boutique shops on Yi'An Road and Taiping Road. So the location couldn't be better.

While we were there (April 2017) they were expanding the hotel into the two adjoining buildings. As part of this they had converted one of the downstairs rooms into what will be the style of the rooms in the extension. On the good side the bathroom is very nice with a proper shower cubicle, an unnecessarily high-tech sit-down toilet and sink with space to put your stuff. On the bad side the bedroom contains none of the traditional furniture or style and is just a non-descript standard hotel room. This is a huge mistake in our opinion so I hope they rethink that as the main attraction of this hotel is the completely authentic and traditional design.

If they don't "modernise" the rooms, we will definitely be back and I really recommend this place for the experience. But if all the rooms end up like the trial room they showed us, then we won't be back.

A Carefully and Lovingly Preserved Traditional House

So nice hotel with traditional style. This is 200 year ago house but still look like new.
Nice front desk. She can speak English. A Room is an almost tiny bathroom too. The stair is very steep and narrow. If you have big luggage that is difficult carry to second floor.

Amazing place and cool architecture

Old traditional Chinese house well maintained and very well located near the pedestrian street. Beautiful environment to taste the local tea. Close to the famous bridge and all the small shops. The room is very small, but understandable due to the original architecture. The downside is they don't provide breakfast! Friendly staff.

Nice stay at a traditional house

Very well preserved and lovely traditional house converted into a Chinese Inn or guesthouse.

We had a great time here talking to the service staff and owner who spare no effort in recommending places to go, eat, see and also hosting us constantly over Chinese tea in the guesthouse itself.

A must take photo place for those seeking a alternative type of guesthouse versus a regular hotel especially for photographers.

The guesthouse itself is within walking distance to the famous Paifang Street and Kaiyuan Temple plus GuangJi Bridge plus where there are plenty of famous small eats along the entire stretch so one can really pig out. 

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