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Capital Hotel
The Capital Hotel in Beijing is wheelchair accessible and it’s a great, affordable hotel.
Area: Downtown Beijing in the Dongcheng District. First Ring: Tiananmen Square Area.
The Capital Hotel is a 4 to 5 star hotel, which, at the right time, you can get for about $65/night. Internet rates vary wildly for this hotel. Could be $300 or $100. I booked this hotel for $65/night through Agoda.com so don’t be afraid to look around for deals for this hotel.
The Capital Hotel is centrally located hotel in Beijing. It’s la couple of blocks east of Tiananmen Square on Qianmen Dong Dajie and a few blocks from the Forbidden City. The Capital Hotel is also a few blocks west of the Beijing Railway and it’s also a couple of blocks south of Wanfujing Shopping Center. In addition, it’s a few blocks north of the Temple of Heaven.
Wheelchair accessible room in Capital Hotel in Beijing
The hotel is stacked with amenities. There are a couple of restaurants, a gym, swimming pool, massage and sauna facility, bar, karaoke lounge, internet business center, a few nice shops and a good, helpful staff. Also nice is queue of cabs in front of the hotel so you don’t have to hail one out in the street. In addition, there are tour buses on the grounds of the hotel. The staff will write down in Chinese the destinations you ask them to write to show the taxi drivers. This is extremely helpful in getting around Beijing.
There are two towers to this hotel. Tower B, to the right from the entrance, is the newest tower with lots of superior rooms. Tower A, to the left of the entrance, has more of the executive and deluxe rooms.
The only downsides to this hotel are that prices for some amenities are a bit high. Internet is 2 Yuan per minute. Stay on for 20 minutes and you will have to pay 40 Yuan. The breakfast buffet in both restaurants costs 150 Yuan, plus a 15% service charge, making the total 172 Yuan. This converts to about $27 for breakfast.
Lastly, the superior room is spacious but the bathroom might pose some trouble for anyone in a large wheelchair. The door blocks half the bathtub. You have to get out of your chair to close the door fully. This is for the superior room though. The wheelchair accessible room is huge and so is the bathroom.
Wheelchair accessible bathroom Capital Hotel
Contact: 3 Qian Men East Street, Beijing 100006, http://www.capitalhotel.com.cn/en/introduct/index.htm, frontoffice@capitalhotel.com.cn, (86-10) 58159988
Rates: Rates for this hotel vary drastically from $60 to over $500, depending on time of year and type of room. For a superior room in the summer on Agoda, you can pay $65/night. Then, change to more of an accessible room if need be – free of charge.
Accessibility: You can not get more wheelchair accessible than this hotel. Yes, wheelchair accessible
Front Door: Automatic glass doors. Doormen
Ramp/Step: No step
Elevator, Lift: Yes
Rooms, Bathrooms: There are wheelchair accessible rooms in Tower A. The rooms and bathrooms are larger with roll-in showers and handrails around the toilet. Tower B’s superior rooms are a bit smaller and so is the bathroom. The toilet is behind the door and the handles in the bathtub in Tower B rooms are a bit awkward. You can change rooms at no cost from Tower B to Tower A.
Bathtubs with Handles: Yes
Roll-in Showers: Yes
Features: Restaurant, swim pool, gym, sauna, currency exchange, laundry