Juchunyuan Ruichun Hotel

Juchunyuan Ruichun Hotel claims a heritage from 1865, but this was a modern multi-storey facility. It was really on the Northern edge of the city, a fair bus ride into town, but we got to where we needed. We had views of a colourful children's fair ground next door. The hotel is also quite close to the zoo in one direction (which we missed) and a short bus ride up the hill to the botanic gardens and forest park which were lovely. As a family of three we got two room which were clean an well appointed. There was no fridge or microwave, though cleaning staff were happy to keep some milk in their fridge so I could make a coffee each night. They also kindly did a washing load for us which we dried in room, not a standard service, but we were there for a week. Breakfast was part of the deal, which was a typical Chinese hotel breakfast (think congee, dumplings, veges with meat, pickled veges, fried tofu sticks, cake slices, fruit, soymilk, milk, milk tea, milk coffee). There is also a fine restaurant on the third floor which specialises in Fuzhou cuisine (including the rather indulgent 'Buddha Jumps the Fence' dish) where we really enjoyed a couple of their set meals. I believe there is a gym and pool onsite, but we did not seek to access those.