better inside, peninsula palace looks terrible outside trip airport taxi leave wishing come beijing inside different matter.we arrived nerves frazzled 100mph dash airport far relaxed state soon stepped cab bags whisked away taken executive lounge offered beer, good start concierge executive lounge n't helpful providing maps information taking personally room.unfortunately despite reserving non-smoking room room given smelt badly smoke, no problem, given choice rooms bags moved fuss trouble.the rooms n't overly opulent fancy views n't good clean modern comfortable.location wise hotel perfect tourists, literally 15 minute walk eastern edge forbidden city person said previous post n't believe 15-20 minute distance forbidden palace/tiananmen square hear think got lost hotel turn left walk straight line 15 minutes, 2 mins main shopping street good look not great shopping right road amazing foot massage place experienced amazing day trekking round city going trip great wall arranged youth hostel hassle asked concierge organise car jinshanling pick simatai, provided great lunch, not cheap worth money experience.overall good hotel good location perfect beijing short time sights,  
better inside, peninsula palace looks terrible outside trip airport taxi leave wishing come beijing inside different matter.we arrived nerves frazzled 100mph dash airport far relaxed state soon stepped cab bags whisked away taken executive lounge offered beer, good start concierge executive lounge n't helpful providing maps information taking personally room.unfortunately despite reserving non-smoking room room given smelt badly smoke, no problem, given choice rooms bags moved fuss trouble.the rooms n't overly opulent fancy views n't good clean modern comfortable.location wise hotel perfect tourists, literally 15 minute walk eastern edge forbidden city person said previous post n't believe 15-20 minute distance forbidden palace/tiananmen square hear think got lost hotel turn left walk straight line 15 minutes, 2 mins main shopping street good look not great shopping right road amazing foot massage place experienced amazing day trekking round city going trip great wall arranged youth hostel hassle asked concierge organise car jinshanling pick simatai, provided great lunch, not cheap worth money experience.overall good hotel good location perfect beijing short time sights,  