Yangshuo

Flowers Youth Hostel

Probably the busiest hostel in the off season. Internet, free wifi, bike rental and laundry service.

Riverside Lodge

The tallest building in Yangshuo with a nice view over the whole city from the rooftop terrace. Slightly hard to find at first, but in a very peaceful area between the police station and the town government office, with only two or three minutes walk to the busiest streets. English-speaking boss who lets you use the kitchen and can reserve cheaper tickets for you to all tourist destinations. Clean and recently renovated rooms with air conditioning, bike rental is also possible without deposit.

Excellent hostel with spacious lobby, Wi-fi plus free internet on in-house computers, consistently clean rooms and bathrooms. The staff speaks good english, knows the town well, and will help you get the same prices that the locals pay for all the sightseeing spots. If you get up early enough they'll often bring you free coffee. Very social atmosphere, guests often stay up late into the night playing cards and talking. Discounts on Tuesdays if you come wearing orange.

Reliable service and friendly English-speaking staff. Best place to meet other backpackers. By day the Rooftop Bar becomes the hostel common area, by night it is a party with the cheapest beer in town during happy hour. Huge flatscreen TV with 500 DVD's, free WI-FI. Hit and miss on the cleanliness of the rooms, but tour desk is more then helpful when you are trying to organize your days.

West Lily Hotel

The very friendly English-speaking owners Steven and Lily offer a wide range of tours and bus/train/boat/airplane tickets as well as cheap bike rentals from ¥5-10/day

Youth Hostel

Xi Jie House Inn

Mr. Li will meet you at the bus stop and grab you to take you to XiJie. The place is not very nice, but a very cool design and cheap. These guys are really pushy trying to get you to do their tours. If you can speak a little Chinese, just stay here and book the tours on your own.

There is a very nice yard in the hotel, the rooms are very clean, and the reception girls speak good English and they are friendly and knowledgeable.

They provide cooked dinner at 6PM with the other guests, so no chance to practice Chinese in case that is what you were hoping for. Rooms are warm in winter. During the winter, the owner, Mr. Wei, seems to be a bit less active as he does not practice tai-chi with guests. But he is very helpful and friendly with any needs or questions you might have.

Yangshuo's first boutique hotel. Close to caves, rivers and Liu San Jie lightshow. Eight beautifully appointed rooms with solar hot water in summer, American Standard fixtures, handmade bamboo beds, private bath and amazing views of Moon Hill and surrounding limestone karst towers. Also great Italian restaurant, bikes to rent and helpful staff.

Run by the same people who own the Karst Cafe and operate Karst Climbing. For travelers on a budget, the dormitory rooms are clean and comfortable and contain a bathroom with a western-style toilet and a shower.

Yangshuo's only countryside hostel in a picturesque village near the Li River, just around the corner of Yangshuo's lively center. Delicious food and a great cozy balcony bar with heating in winter. Offers weekly barbecue and Chinese buffet nights. Owned and perfectly managed by a Belgian/Chinese family with a very cute little son. Fridge full of Belgian beers Duvel, Chimay, Orval, Leffe.... All their private rooms have wooden flooring, wifi-access, air-con and heating facilities.>

Restored farmhouse located in a small village Chao Long 4 km from town in a beautiful, quiet setting. Very friendly staff with great advice in multiple languages Chinese, English, Dutch, German and little French. Relaxed atmosphere. Restaurant, air-conditioning an option, bicycle hire, free wifi, computer, private dvd players, pooltable, etc. If you want to take photos of the rural landscape and people at work, you can book a very gentle trek at the inn.

Charming wooden decoration and great comfort in a calm environment. The 3-bed room on the first floor is particularly comfortable. Avoid balcony rooms to ensure no mosquitos.

A new hotel on the bank of the Yulong River surrounded by limestone peaks and bamboo forests.

A large, new built in 2009, Western-style hotel set on the river with most if not all rooms having a river view. Hotel is upmarket but a little lacking in personality.