10 Best Hotels in Pearl River Delta, China

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.

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.

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.

This hotel's retro space-age exterior, featuring rounded balconies that look as if they might detach from the mother ship at any moment, greets visitors arriving on the ferry from Hong Kong. Although it's one of Shenzhen's older luxury hotels, the Nan Hai still holds its own, offering a lively piano bar, attractive rooms with balconies and sea views, and a number of excellent restaurants. There's also a fitness center with tennis courts and workout equpipment.

With a great location in the heart of the business district and an elegant interior, the Pavilion is a solid option for an international-class hotel in Shenzhen. The service is professional, and most of the staff speaks English. There are three restaurants and a coffee shop, as well as a miniature golf course, tennis courts, and a sauna.

A more wallet-friendly option in the OCT area, the Seaview is clean, comfortable, has river views, and tends to be popular with visiting artists since it's across the street from the He Xiangning Art Museum. The third-floor Cantonese restaurant is good for dim sum.

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.

This is an older hotel with some newly renovated rooms, as well as basic amenities for both leisure and business travelers. There's a notable garden that sprawls across an acre, and lots of Greek sculptures and western murals scattered throughout the property.