11 Best Hotels in Guangzhou, Pearl River Delta

Next to the Guangzhou East Railway Station, this upscale hotel offers large luxurious rooms in a sophisticated palette of soft blacks, grays, and beige. The buffet in the second-floor café is beautifully arranged around a centerpiece of coral, and the high ceilings lend an air of sophistication.

With spacious rooms, top-tier restaurants, and the Mandarin Oriental's famous service, this sophisticated address ranks firmly among the top hotels in Guangzhou. Designed to feel like a traditional Chinese residence—albeit with plenty of contemporary touches—the rooms here are the most spacious in the city, starting at 60 square meters (646 square feet). Floor-to-ceiling windows, big bathtubs, and lots of dark wood make for a luxurious retreat.

Located in Guangzhou's Western Business District, this convenient hotel is ideal for both business and leisure travelers. Some rates include complimentary breakfasts. For other meals, you have your choice of three restaurants and the Full Moon lobby bar, which offers decent coffee and is decked out with wood carvings and rustic furniture.

Encircled by shopping esplanades, this Marriott property gives you easy access to a range of restaurants that will satisfy any appetite. The hotel is favored by business travelers because it's connected to the subway and close to the Trade Fair Exhibition Hall. After a day of exploring the city, stretch out with a few laps in the outdoor swimming pool.

This four-story establishment has an attractive colonial facade that blends well with the surrounding area. Standard rooms are tastefully decorated with wood furniture and have big windows. If possible, get a room facing Shamian Avenue, the quiet, tree-lined street that runs the length of the island. The hotel's entertainment spaces including a karaoke room, billiards room, and a spacious library.

Across from Liuhua Park, this conveniently located hotel caters more to local Chinese travelers but has well-priced rooms and verdant surroundings. Its grounds include a subtropical 2.5-acre garden with pavilions, carp-filled pools, and rock gardens. An outdoor pool sits next to the garden. The lobby is gussied up with thick gold pillars and gold-and-white floor tiling. The shopping concourse is filled with shops selling antiques and carpets.

You can't beat the views at the Four Seasons Hotel Guangzhou, ensconced in the 103-story Guangzhou International Finance Center. The decor, which includes modern sculptures in the lobby, is plenty reason to pay a visit. The main lobby is on the 70th floor of this stunning building, and the hotel soars up to Catch Restaurant on the 100th floor. Don't miss the 25-meter lap pool on the 69th floor.

In the northern business suburbs, this recently renovated hotel is famous for its spectacular garden that includes an artificial hill, a waterfall, and pavilions. The enormous lobby has an impressive collection of gold-foil and black marble murals. There are 11 restaurants (a mix of Chinese, Japanese and Western fare), including French restaurant and The Carousel Restaurant, which features an international seafood buffet and view of the city.

Originally a set of guesthouses, this refurbished hotel on Shamian Island has an old-school ambience despite its aging facilities. The main building, a throwback to the 19th century when it was originally a bank, has a pink and white facade, an imposing portico, and twin domes on the roof, where you'll find a pool and a decent sauna facility. Standard rooms are a little musty, but the hotel retains a fairly inexpensive dining room on the first floor.

Bringing five-star luxury to Guangzhou's Pearl River New City neighborhood, the Ritz-Carlton Guangzhou is home to posh rooms with marble baths, five restaurants and a bar, and a swank spa. In addition to its hundreds of standard guest rooms, the Ritz offers 35 suites and 58 club-level rooms—all of which feature featherbeds draped with Egyptian cotton linens. After a day of exploring the city, rest your tender soles at the spa, which pampers you with aquatherapy beds and a wet lounge with a sauna. The fitness center includes an outdoor heated pool. It's conveniently located along the Pearl River near major landmarks, as well as across from the Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center.

This historical hotel was built in 1963 and great for visitors on a budget. Its rooms are a little spartan and the lobby cramped, but it's clean and friendly, and the location—right in the middle of Shamian Island—is second to none.