The PuXuan Hotel and Spa

The PuXuan Hotel and Spa

Steps from the Forbidden City's east gate, in Beijing's old Wangfujing quarter, The PuXuan Hotel and Spa sits three kilometres from downtown, close enough to walk to Jingshan Park and the lanes of Beixinqiao before returning for dinner at Rive Gauche, a French restaurant with its own Michelin Guide selection and a smart-casual dress code that still asks for more than sneakers. The hotel's real distinction is upstairs: Guerlain's first flagship spa in mainland China, spread across two floors, with signature facials and one ritual built only for this address, plus a Guerlain retail wall most hotels can only gesture toward with a scented candle. Rooms, 116 of them, come with balconies or terraces, full kitchens in some categories, and the kind of bathrobes and tea-making kit that suggest someone thought about a second night. A family room sleeps up to eight, and a playroom keeps children occupied long enough for the library or the fitness floor, so parents and childless couples can both find their footing without colliding. Business travellers get five dedicated event spaces instead of one flexible ballroom, useful for groups who don't want conference and reception set up in the same room. It suits anyone chasing a central Beijing address over sprawling grounds, and less so anyone wanting a resort campus feel; the compensation is polish that Tripadvisor reviewers keep calling immaculate without much argument. A 2,000 CNY daily deposit applies at check-in, and China's mandated coordinate shifting means the map pin won't be exact, worth confirming directions before the taxi leaves. What stays with you is the spa upstairs, open until ten most nights, built for Beijing and nowhere else. The PuXuan pairs a Wangfujing address near the Forbidden City with Guerlain's first mainland China spa flagship, a feature no competitor in Beijing can match. Expect polished service, a Michelin Guide-selected French restaurant, and family rooms that sleep eight. Not for travellers wanting resort sprawl over city-centre convenience.