Yunxi Shanju Inn

Very friendly ladies running this comfortable and affordable hotel. In a quiet part of town and with a very cute golden retriever. Room has floor heating and electric blankets. Be careful with leaving your luggage on the floor at night as the floor can get quite warm! The location is a bit far from the valley ticket office (as far as we understood you have to go there to enter all three valleys). You can walk it in have an hour or pay a slightly overpriced but still affordable taxi. If you go hiking multiple days doing the same walk to the ticket office gets a bit annoying. Some lower stars for the service because the experience of asking for transport back to chengdu was a bit disappointing. We asked if there was a way to go to chengdu the next day at 5 pm (so we could still go hiking). They said they could arrange a car, but not at 5PM. They then suggested 8 or 9 am in the morning. We agreed, thinking to catch an early train to Kunming and relax in our next hotel. Next morning we packed and presented at the reception at 9AM to hear that the car was delayed until 11AM! We got some extra breakfast and returned to find out there was more delays (apparently the car drove from chengdu in the morning). We eventually left shortly after 12. Tbe car proceed to driver very dangerously, overtaking in blind corners and even in tunnels! We were left at the western outskirts of chengdu and had to ride the subway for an hour to catch the last train to Kunming, arriving exhausted after midnight.

The hotel is kind like a family business. The room was clean heated floor and heat mattress is really helpful for the cold season. Host is very helpful for organising a taxi.