The Silk Road Dunhuang Hotel
Enjoy Dunhuang day or night with a stay at The Silk Road Dunhuang Hotel. Not sure what you want to do in Dunhuang? Keep your choices easy and open and go with the flow when staying at The Silk Road Dunhuang Hotel, just 13.2 km from Dunhuang Airport.
The Silk Road Dunhuang Hotel provides a range services and amenities to help make your stay more comfortable. Never be out of touch with your contacts, with free Wi-Fi offered throughout your stay. If you need a ride from or to the airport, the resort can arrange it before your check-in date. Taxi, car hire and shuttle services provided by the resort make it easy to plan your day trips, sightseeing, and more around Dunhuang.
If you plan to arrive by car, you'll appreciate the resort's free parking, right on-site. The resort provides front desk services such as concierge service, express check-in or check-out, luggage storage and safety deposit boxes for guests' convenience. If you need, the ticket service and tours can even help you book tickets and reservations at all the best shows and programs nearby. Staying for a long time, or just need clean clothes? dry cleaning service and laundry service offered at the resort will keep your favorite travel outfits clean and available.
For lazy days and nights, in-room conveniences like 24-hour room service, room service and daily housekeeping let you make the most of your room. Little things you forgot to pack aren't a big problem! Just stop by the convenience stores to get what you need. Please be advised that smoking is not allowed in the resort to allow cleaner air for all guests. Smoking is limited to designated areas only, for the health and well-being of all guests and staff.
Feel right at home during your stay at The Silk Road Dunhuang Hotel. Some rooms at The Silk Road Dunhuang Hotel are equipped with air conditioning for your convenience. In-room entertainment such as television and cable TV is provided for guests in some selected rooms. The resort also offers a refrigerator, bottled water, a coffee or tea maker, instant tea and mini bar in some rooms for when you feel like it is needed.
Knowing that bathroom amenities play an important role in increasing guests' satisfaction, the resort provides a hair dryer, toiletries, bathrobes and towels in some select rooms.
Dining and things to do
Everyone loves a good cup of coffee! A coffee shop on-site means you can enjoy a cup of real, freshly brewed coffee every morning -- or anytime you feel like it. If you don't feel like going out to eat, you can always opt for the delicious dining options at the resort. Regardless of any dietary restrictions you may have, you'll eat well at The Silk Road Dunhuang Hotel which has a selection of kosher and halal options. A night in at the resort's bar and nightclub can be as fun as a night out with your travel companions.
Guest can choose to have groceries delivered to their room at The Silk Road Dunhuang Hotel, for exceptional convenience and ease of dining. Guests who prefer to make their own meals will love the in-house BBQ facilities available here.
Never let a day go wasted when you're at The Silk Road Dunhuang Hotel with all the activities and facilities provided. Finish your vacation days right by dropping in at the salon, steam room and sauna. Fitness lovers who want to keep up their routine on vacation can drop in at the resort's fitness facility. Have some easy fun without traveling far, while playing ping-pong table at The Silk Road Dunhuang Hotel.
Have fun with your friends or family, or even meet new people at the library and shared lounge and TV area. Pick up something memorable for yourself or those waiting for you back at home, at the shops and souvenir shops.
Reasons to stay here
Rooms don't get much cheaper than here, being less than 95% of the city's accommodation.
Know you'll get excellent dining options here, where past guests have rated onsite or nearby dining above 95% of the city's accommodation.
It's hard to beat the room comfort here, which is rated higher than 95% of other accommodations in Dunhuang.
Outstanding, truly made it a home away from home”
The staff are phenomenal. The hotel, yes, some of the hardware could do with some improvements (my shower not as hot as my friend's, some blockage in drains, sand getting in during the sandstorm even though everything was closed) but I totally get it given where this hotel is located. I could feel everything they could in this faraway place where you cannot get things as easily as in say Beijing/Shanghai. Yes the breakfast place was amazing, the food good, and the location super, but I really wanted to commend the staff. I came in from Beijing with some fruits, when the staff came to turn bed (I was out) they noticed it and got me a big plate, a fruit knife and a note telling me they saw I got fruits and thought I would be needing a knife. I spend about half the year living in hotels for work and travel and this is the FIRST TIME house staff brought me a proper knife and plate without me having to ask. It really was wonderful. Then there is the attentiveness of the front desk, the availability of water (super important since we are in desert area) and, washing powder for you to wash your sand ridden clothes in. I am not done with Dunhuang and am plotting my next adventure in another part of it already, will definitely try to make a stay here on the way out and on the way in. Thank you!
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Highly recommended”
The hotel is as good as what I expected, really enjoy the stay, the style, design, bed comfort, shower, all good, the only small things is don't expect too much of the western food in hotel lol, such as dessert. But as a local hotel in Dunhuang, I think people is not coming for eating western food, their Chinese resturant is very good, so not a big deal:) In general, it's really a good hotel worth to stay
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Excellent service”
We really enjoyed our stay at this hotel. The staff went out of the way to make our stay pleasant and we’re all very helpful. The Valet captain, Michael was particularly helpful, he drove us to the caves and made sure that we got lined up with the right tickets at the right time so that we could have the English language tour.
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Wonderful stay”
Helpdul and friensly staff
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Nice stay ”
Nice stay and highly recommend!
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A GREAT HOTEL”
nice decoration. great location. easy to go to the places i want. you can travel in the hotel. the breakfast is not bad.
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Very good”
Very close to the sand dunes, fantastic roof top terasse with view onto the sand dunes. Very good Chinese restaurant. Very helpful staff. Camp fire and camel ride with breakfast unfortunately only available for groups of 20.
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Excellent hotel with a great location”
My three brothers and I stayed at this hotel on a Silk Road holiday we did independently. Of all the hotels we stayed at in China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan this was the best. The facilities and amenities are excellent and leave nothing to be desired. The staff are friendly and obliging (not something one can always expect in China), the food is good, but the great feature of the property is its location a short distance from the magnificent sand dunes. These are less than one kilometer from the hotel. As you climb to the balcony for breakfast or dinner these magnificent dunes greet your view. We hired bicycles to ride the short distance to the dunes and the slightly longer trip into the city proper. The town is a cheap taxi ride ($1-$2) away. Energetic persons could also ride to the famous Buddhist grottoes some distance away. The hotel should not be confused with another named Silk Road Hotel in the city proper, to which we were first taken.
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Most popular hotel in dunhuang ”
This hotel is built to look like a desert castle and the decoration inside also reflects this. It's all designed to make you feel like your living on the Silk Road. The 4th floor has a small restaurant and bar that over looks the sand dunes and you can pre book a breakfast where you raise a camel out into the desert and eat breakfast in the desert. The food in the restaurant was priced ok but better quality is available at other restaurants . We also had a foot massage while sat outside on the sand in a Chinese style courtyard which was professional and not over priced. The hotel was recommended to us by our English speaking guide/driver called Richard( E-mail address dunhuang.richard@163.com Tel:+86 13993713080 ) I live in china and can say he is a very fair, patient , knowledge guide/driver, engkish soeaking but local prices, and no annoying shopping stops- unless you want them. If you need to do any day trips or tours, I can highly recommend him.
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Exceptional”
I would strongly recommend the Dunhuang Silk Road Hotel to anyone staying in Dunhuang. The staff are helpful, knowledgeable and courteous. The food and other services are good and the location is exceptional.
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An excellent choice in Dunhuang”
Silk Road Lodge is located a couple of miles from Dunhang City Centre, just about a mile from the entrance of Crescent Lake Scenic Area. It is designed in the shape of a large sand palace and faces the dunes. Reception is majestic –more so than the welcome provided by the receptionists who took several minutes before taking care of me despite the fact no other guests where checking in at the same time. I stayed in a standard twin-bedded room. Overall it had all the necessary fittings expected from a 4-star hotel. However, everything seemed to have been shrunk in size: each of the twin beds was children-size and very narrow (I almost fell on the floor on the first night!), there was little space to move around, and the bathroom was truly tiny. Despite this, the bedroom felt reasonably comfortable. Internet speed was satisfactory, though Wi-Fi didn’t work properly due to a poor signal, so I needed to resort to the Ethernet cable. Breakfast was served on an outdoor 4th floor terrace facing the dunes. Besides the awesome view, a very decent Western breakfast was offered, with some of the staff speaking English reasonably well and the cooks being able to prepare excellent one-side sunny eggs which for once were neither greasy nor overcooked. A nice surprise and an enchanting way to start the day!
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Treat yourself to an incredible accommodation”
This is an architecturally beautiful hotel built to resemble a fortess. It blends in very well with the surrounding Gobi desert. Very impressive as one turns into the parking area in front of the hotel. You can start to imagine camels walking across. Their customer service is excellent. I arrived from an early train at around 8:45 am. They gave me a room immediately which I really appreciated. They also made accommodations at the time of check out. All staff were courteous and just really understanding and patient. The buffet breakfast is on the 4th floor rooftop with a wonderful view of the desert. The selection is good. The hotel provided complimentary transfer to and from train station and airport. It is also just a 15 minute walk to Mingsha Shan and Crescent Moon Lake. I am so thankful to DunHuang Travel Guide, the agency who arranged my itinerary, to recommend that I stay in this hotel during my visit. They are so in tune to what I wanted. www.DunHuangtravelguide.com. I just wished I had time to do their camel trekking and/or overnight desert camping. It sounded fantastic! If I ever come back, I will do that and stay in this hotel again.
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Fantastic hotel”
I have to thank my local agent, Dunhuang Travel Guide, for recommending that I stay in this hotel during my visit. This is an architecturally beautiful hotel built to resemble a fortess. It blends in very well with the surrounding Gobi desert. Very impressive as one turns into the parking area in front of the hotel. You can start to imagine camels walking across. Their customer service is excellent. I arrived from an early train at around 8:45 am. They gave me a room immediately which I really appreciated. They also made accommodations at the time of check out. All staff were courteous and just really understanding and patient. The buffet breakfast is on the 4th floor rooftop with a wonderful view of the desert. The selection is good. The hotel provided complimentary transfer to and from train station and airport. It is also just a 15 minute walk to Mingsha Shan and Crescent Moon Lake. It also offers a shuttle to the night market.
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Amazing hotel with stunning view”
We were a group of three friends traveling low budget in Gansu, and we booked this hotel as a one-night-luxury- treatment for ourselves before and after riding long distances Chinese trains. The place is amazing, very close to the train station and airport, and to Dunhuang city, but even closer to Mingsha Shan sand dunes. Rooms are large and clean, very comfortable; staff is friendly and helpful, even though they barely speak English. We asked for a driver and he was a lovely local guy, he showed us around all day and bring us to eat la mian for a very fair price. The buffet breakfast is quite impressive, speaking about China, and the plus is that you eat on the terrace, in front of Mingsha Shan. I really couldn't ask more to this place, great value and highly recommended.
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amazing view”
Very good Hotel on the silk road . However only a few persons could speak english . Very good beds ,clean rooms, acceptable breakfast. Terrace and bar opened until 11 pm ! But very disappointing Spa . Spa rooms not well decorated, massages not exceptional, not even a glass of water after massage. no warm towels either on feet after foot massage . Need to be improved to reach hotel standard.
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Beautiful location”
The hotel is beautifully located, a bit outside the town of Dunhuang, but with splendid views of the sand dunes, especially during sunset, from the terrace. We will not easily forget these views. The rooms are quite big and have a local touch. Staff are friendly, helpful and competent, with some who speak very good English. There is always a taxi waiting to bring you to town. The building is rather cool, which is good with the desert heat outside.
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Perfect place in Dunhuang”
It was a great experience. Food (both breakfast with fantastic views and the lunch/dinner), the views and the style of the hotel are exceptional and, for sure, the best in Dunhuang.
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Impressive service and amazing view”
Definitely recommend staying here if you're going to Dunhuang for sight seeing or family trip. Close to the singing-sand mountain and the view is great. Cozy room and the staff are warm and helpful.
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Excellent Service”
The rooms, while appearing archaic at first, are in reality quite modern and clean. The service was also impeccable; they even provided a free ride to the hospital when one of our family became sick. The amenities provided by the Hotel, such as the Apples, Tea, and Bottled Water were well appreciated. They even gave us stuffed camel plushies (1 per person) as souvenirs. The food was also great, though I would avoid the Chinese restaurant due to personal antipathy towards overpowering flavors. The hotel itself could also be considered as a tourist destination due to its plethora of shows and gorgeous scenery. Overall, it is at a great value for the price.
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magical experience in the desert”
Just spent two nights at the Hotel and wish it could have been longer.Rooms, service and food were all satisfactory in my opinion and the staff were extremely helpful and friendly which to me is an important factor when staying away from home. The rooftop restaurant offers fantastic views of MingSha mountain and is a must for views of Sunrise and Sunset.The breakfast offers a massive variety of Western food with choices of fresh watermelon and peach juice as well as traditional Chinese cuisine. A taxi from the Hotel to the caves was 150yuan and about 10 yuan to the town centre which has a night market offering lots of tourist souvenirs. MingSha mountain and the crescent shaped lake in the midst of the desert are within walking distance about 15 minutes walk.. There are numerous stalls by the roadside selling souvenirs on this route. Truly wish I could have spent more time at this location to enjoy the facilities the Hotel had to offer but was on a tight schedule. Would love to return one day and spend more time not only at the hotel but also at the caves. Big thanks to Eric ( manager I believe) and also all the staff who made my stay a memorable experience.
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