Chengdu Mix Hostel (Backpacker's Guesthouse)

-----------------------------------Notice: The room type with a �basic� means the air-con is without. But a fan will be provided.-----------------------------------Thanks for your attention to Mix Hostel ^^This is Mix, I like traveling as everybody, I�ve traveled to many places in and out China, the experience I gained from my travels is definitely helpful in running a hostel, because I can �physically� understand what we travelers really need when we are looking for an accommodation.We�ve been running Mix Hostel for 5 years now, with the great support from travelers and our dedication into hostel job, hostel has become one of the well-known backpacker�s places in China. You might probably have seen our hostel�s poster somewhere, or already got hostel�s flyer or brochures from other travelers or hostels in China.To save your time, I don�t want to be wordy on �self-praise�, I summarized a �10 reasons to stay with us� , check it out to see if it�s reasonable for you to stay with us. ^^ 1. Cheap. Save just 2 dollars a day can buy you an international air ticket back home after a year. We always offer the �rock bottom room rate� in Chengdu. Compare the price before you come.2. Location. Hostel is not only located in downtown, but also close to city�s oldest quarter �Wenshu Fang� and �Wenshu Temple� where you can easily find local food, tea house, hotpot restaurant. If you want to have a nice walk or hang out nearby hostel after dinner, and don�t want to always get on a bus or taxi to somewhere interesting, Mix Hostel is your choice.3. Staff. A bad staff can ruin everything no matter how fancy your hostel is, our staff is friendly being your first window to Chengdu and always at your service.4. Easy to meet travelers. Our hostel only accommodates travelers, so you can always find someone to share your travel experience from the dorm or in hostel�s communal area.5. Free Internet and Wifi. Some travelers might have experienced in some hostels that paying more than the cost of a bed to use. It will be never happened in Mix Hostel, because it�s free! If you travel with your laptop, the 24-hour access of Wifi will make you happy.6. Convenient. Mix Hostel provides all necessary services for convenience. Hostel kitchen serves both western food and Sichuan local dishes, hostel bar serves cheap cold beer, ice-cream and cocktails, hostel information desk helps travelers to book tickets and tours, provides assistance for your travel plan. You can use free internet to get in touch with your family or kill a day in hostel�s DVD room. In evening, hostel�s courtyard and small garden becomes alive, you can bullshitting with travelers for whole night ^^7. DVD room and books swap. Hostel�s DVD room is open to travelers for 24-hour, hundreds of DVD including the latest movies are available for you to borrow. If you want to spend an easy day without doing anything, here will be your paradise. If you love reading books, you can borrow a book from hostel�s library, of course it is free!8. Western toilet. Hostel has both squat and western toilet for travelers to choose from ^^9. Nice shower and hot drinking water. Hostel provides 3 hot drinking water machines on each floor, and the big volume water shower for 24-hour.10. No Hotel! I don�t know what you think about this, but for me, the Chinese hotel looks definitely cold and boring. Therefore, Mix hostel was set up since the beginning as a home-stay style, you won�t feel like staying in a boring hotel, instead, you probably will come up with an illusion of living in a local friend�s house, the living room (courtyard of Mix Hostel) is more like a small community.Alright, welcome to Chengdu and I�ll see you then.Tour service:* Travel information about Chengdu and Sichuan* Ticket Booking (Flight, Train and Sichuan Opera Ticket)* Daily Panda Breeding Center Tour* Tibet Permit* Cheap Yangtze River Cruise* Songpan Horse Trekking* Jiuzhaigou National Park Tour* Leshan Giant Buddha Tour* Emei Shan Tour and more...Free Service:* FREE North Train Station Pickup (inform us in advance)* FREE Internet and Wifi.* FREE Liberary (A lot of English Books and Guide Books)* FREE Luggage Store* FREE of charge for booking air ticket.* FREE DVDs.* FREE Travel Info* FREE 24 hours hot shower

Directions

No matter you come to Mix Hostel by bus, Taxi or even walking, bring a direction map of Mix Hostel would be always handy to show to taxi drivers or even ask the local people. Download the map from the following address:www (dot) mixhostel (dot) com (slash) howtofind_eng.htmYou can also get Mix Hostel's brochures and flyers from most of major popular hostels throughout China.[ IF YOU COME TO CHENGDU BY TRAIN ][FREE-PICKUP]We provide the train station pickup for free, please tell us your train number and departure time before you head to Chengdu.P.s: We only pick up our guests from �North Railway Station�. However there are very few trains from south China will arrive in �South Railway Station�, if you are happened to be on those trains, you can take bus No.16 near �South Railway Station� , it goes from �South Railway Station� to �North Railway Station� , you should get off at 'Bei Da Jie' stop. You�ll see a huge super market-�TRUST MART� to your opposite and a bridge (This bridge is called �Bei Men Da Qiao�) closeby, cross it and walk down off that bridge then walking follow the ' Xing Hui Road West ' , our hostel is located at almost the end of the � Xing Hui Road West �.[TAKING TAXI]Taxi is orderly waiting passengers in parking lot in central square out of Railway Station, usually 8 RMB-10 RMB to our hostel (daytime). As the Taxi drivers in Chengdu hardly speak any English, you better show them the direction map of Mix Hostel.P.s: Because our hostel is not too far from Train Station, sometimes some bad drivers might refuse to carry you as it is too cheap. If you have any trouble under such circumstance, call us for assistance.[COMING BY BUS FROM �NORTH RAILWAY STATION�]It�s easy to come to our hostel by bus as well, and it costs only 2 RMB (Prepare the small money!). When you walk out of the exit of railway station, you'll immediately find a sign guiding you to the public bus terminal in central square. The terminal is actually to your right about 200m off the central square. You'll find bus No. on platform. Both bus No.16 and No.55 can take you to our hostel.By bus No.16:( Railway Station Public Bus Terminal ) - North Ren Min Bei Lu section 2 ( stop-1 ) - South Ren Min Bei Lu section 2 ( stop-2 ) - Ren Min Bei Lu section 1 ( stop-3 ) - South Ren Min Bei Lu section 1( stop-4, get off here! It's before Wanfu Qiao Bridge. ) ---> City Center.By bus No.55 ( Railway Station Public Bus Terminal ) - North Ren Min Bei Lu section 2 ( stop-1 ) - Ren Min Bei Lu ( stop-2 ) - Ren Min Bei Lu section 1 ( stop-3 ) - South Ren Min Bei Lu section 1 ( stop-4, get off here, it's before a bridge. ) ---> City Center.P.s: The bus stop for both bus No.16 and No.55 located before �Wan Fu Qiao Bridge�, just in case you missed this stop you should have crossed this bridge and seen a river.Once you get off, you'll see a rocket model located in front of a big hotel at the street opposite to bus stop. Please look for it carefully, because it may be out of your eyesight due to the densely growing trees in summer. Our hostel is about 200m inside the street � Xing Hui Road WEST � aside the Rocket Model off the �Ren Min Bei Lu�.[ IF YOU COME TO CHENGDU BY PLANE ]Option-1 ( Budget! )When you walk out of the Airport lobby, you'll immediately see Taxi and Shuttle Bus No.303 waiting for passengers. Ignore them, walk to your right (It is east direction if you face to Airport car parking lot) until you reached the flyover ( also the end of the lobby ). Then turn left, walk along under the flyover for about 100m, you'll find the Bus No.300 in a parking lot to our right near a garden.No.300 goes from Airport to 'North Railway Station'. To get to our hostel you need to get off at �Ren Min Bei Lu section 2�, 2 stops before North Railway Station, it costs 7 RMB. Then you need to walk back towards city center direction, on the way to our hostel you�ll meet the Metro construction site at the intersection of �First Ring Road� and �Ren Min Bei Lu�, keep walking along the �Ren Min Bei Lu� you'll pass �TIBET HOTEL�, a big 4-star hotel situated at another side of 'Ren Min Bei Lu', for another 5 minutes-walk you'll find the Rocket Model in front of a big hotel. Our hostel is about 200m inside the street ' Xing Hui Road WEST ' aside the Rocket Model off the �Ren Min Bei Lu�. ( For this option you need to walk roughly 15-20 minutes.)Option-2 ( Cheaper than taking Taxi )Walk out of the Airport lobby, you'll find Airport shuttle bus No.303 immediately, bus ticket costs 10 RMB and it brings you to the city center near �Min Shan Hotel�, one of the 5-star hotels in Chengdu ( ALSO THE LAST STOP FOR AIRPORT SHUTTLE BUS ). Sometimes the shuttle bus drop you right at the entrance of hotel, otherwise several hundreds meters away from it. If you were dropped at the entrance of �Min Shan Hotel�, you can find Bus No.16 on �Ren Min Nan Lu� where �Min Shan Hotel� located, it�s the main road across the city from north to south. Get off at �Bei Da Jie� Stop for 2 RMB bus fare, you�ll see a huge supermarket (TRUST MART) to your opposite and a bridge closeby ( The bridge is called �Bei Men Da Qiao�), cross it and walk down off that bridge then walk follow the � Xing Hui Road West �, our hostel is at almost the end of this street, about 200m to the �Ren Min Bei Lu�.Or, After Airport shuttle dropped you whatever at entrance of �Min Shan Hotel� or somewhere near �Min Shan Hotel�, just simply catch a Taxi, which costs about 12-15 RMB to our hostel (daytime).P.s: There are two TAXI DRIVER SHIFT TIME in Chengdu, one is around 12:00pm and another is around 18:00pm, during this shift-time you can almost impossible to catch any taxi. So try to avoid it.Option-3 ( Easy and Fast )Non-profitabe service. We help you to contact a van to pick you up from Airport, which costs 60 RMB ( The average price in Chengdu, cheaper than Taxi and hassle-free, you can check the price before ordering this service ), It's perfectly to be shared with maximum 4 people. Please inform us the flight information detailedly in advance.