Five-star West Third Ring Road, Haidian, Beijing
Shangri-La Beijing
Six hundred and seventy rooms in two wings on the west Third Ring Road, set around a garden of more than 3,000 square metres that Beijing calls the Mini Summer Palace.
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- Rooms
- 670 in the Garden and Valley wings
- Garden
- More than 3,000 square metres
- Opened
- 1987
- From the airport
- About 30 minutes from Capital (PEK)
The hotel
A garden on the west side.
Shangri-La Beijing opened in 1987 on Zizhuyuan Road, in Haidian on the western side of the city, and was renovated in 2004. It is close to the technology district of Zhongguancun and the universities, with three metro lines nearby. The Summer Palace, the zoo and the Wanshou Temple art museum are all on this side of Beijing, and the hotel lists the Great Wall among the sights within reach.
The hotel is split in two. The Garden Wing holds 528 rooms and suites; the Valley Wing, 142 larger ones with floor-to-ceiling windows and walk-in wardrobes. Between and around them lies a landscaped garden of more than 3,000 square metres, which locals nickname the Mini Summer Palace. The Garden Bar and Terrace looks over it, and it is also used for cocktail receptions and weddings.
- The garden More than 3,000 square metres of landscaped garden, which many of the rooms look over.
- Valley Wing One hundred and forty-two rooms and suites with their own walk-in wardrobes and floor-to-ceiling windows.
- CHI, The Spa Shangri-La's own spa, with a health club alongside.
Rooms & suites
Two wings, two sizes.
Rooms in the Garden Wing look over the city or the garden. The Valley Wing is larger throughout, with more glass.
- Garden Wing Deluxe Room About 35 square metres, with a large bay window over the city or the garden. Connecting rooms suit families.
- Valley Wing Premier Room About 50 square metres, with floor-to-ceiling windows and a walk-in wardrobe.
- Suite Grand Diplomat Suite About 130 square metres in the Valley Wing, with city or garden views.
- Largest Valley Wing Presidential Suite About 245 square metres behind floor-to-ceiling windows.
Dining
Cantonese, French and Japanese.
Restaurants and bars as listed by the hotel. Shown for information.
- Shang Palace Cantonese Regional dishes and wood-roasted Peking duck
- AZUR by Mauro Colagreco French Overseen by the chef of Mirazur in Menton, in the Valley Wing
- Nishimura Japanese In the hotel
- Café Cha All-day dining In the hotel
- The Garden Bar and Terrace Drinks Looking over the garden
Good to know
Before you go.
- Location The hotel sits on the west side of the city. Allow time for the drive to the Forbidden City and to Chaoyang in the east.
- Families Connecting rooms are available in the Garden Wing.
Getting there
Flying to Beijing.
Beijing Capital International is about 30 minutes by car according to the city's tourism board; allow closer to 45 minutes in traffic, our estimate. Daxing, south of the city, is about an hour away by our estimate. Private jets use either airport.
- Seoul 1 h 35
- Shanghai 1 h 45
- Hong Kong 2 h 55
- Singapore 6 h 15
- Paris 11 h 10 long-range jet
Questions
What guests ask first.
- How many rooms does Shangri-La Beijing have?
- Six hundred and seventy: 528 in the Garden Wing and 142 in the larger Valley Wing.
- Where is Shangri-La Beijing?
- On Zizhuyuan Road in Haidian, on the west Third Ring Road, near Zhongguancun and on the same side of the city as the Summer Palace.
- Which airport is closest to Shangri-La Beijing?
- Beijing Capital International (PEK), about 30 minutes by car outside the rush hours. Daxing (PKX) is about an hour away by our estimate.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Beijing?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Beijing, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Beijing
Other hotels worth the trip.
- Mandarin Oriental Qianmen Forty-two rooms in courtyard houses among the lanes of Qianmen, with a tea house and three MICHELIN Keys.
- Bvlgari Hotel Beijing In the green embassy quarter, with Niko Romito’s starred Italian dining room and a mosaic pool below ground.
- Rosewood Beijing A piece of cloisonné in each of its 283 rooms, among the business towers of Chaoyang.
- Xitan Hotel Beijing Thirty-eight rooms around courtyards in the hills west of the city, with a spa given over to hydrotherapy.
- The Peninsula Beijing On Goldfish Lane, a short walk from Tiananmen, with Cantonese cooking at Huang Ting.
- Mandarin Oriental Wangfujing Seventy-three rooms on the great shopping street, with a spa, a sauna and an indoor pool.
- Beijing Yihe Hotel Fifty-one rooms in century-old guest houses by the palace gate, with the pools and a squash court underground.
- The PuXuan Hotel and Spa A building from Ole Scheeren’s Beijing studio, many of its rooms facing the roofs of the Forbidden City.
- Waldorf Astoria Beijing Architecture by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill, and rooms dressed in black lacquer, red and gold.
- Shangri-La Shougang Park, Beijing Lissoni & Partners on a reclaimed industrial site in the west of the city, with a climbing wall in the kids’ club.
- Hotel Éclat Beijing An art hotel at 9 Dongdaqiao Road with one MICHELIN Key and a Lagoon Suite among its rooms.
- China World Summit Wing, Beijing Reception is on level 64 of the China World Tower, and the spa has an infinity pool.
- Grand Hyatt Beijing Inside Oriental Plaza within walking distance of Tiananmen, where Made in China cooks Beijing classics.
- Regent Beijing Nearly five hundred rooms, the highest of them looking towards the Forbidden City.
- Kempinski Hotel Beijing Yansha Center Four hundred and eighty rooms beside the Liangma River, with a rooftop pool and a Paulaner Bräuhaus.
- China World Hotel, Beijing Joined to the China World Mall and the Guomao metro, with Peking duck at its Summer Palace restaurant.
Staying at Shangri-La Beijing?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Beijing, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.