Holiday Inn Anmao Dalian
The cheapest bed in Dalian, and it shows on the map
About this hotel
The pull here is price and nothing else, which is worth saying plainly before anyone books it for a match at Dalian Sports Center. This is one of the lowest rates in the whole Dalian inventory, and it sits a long way out from Ganjingzi, far enough that the taxi run to Zhoushuizi International Airport takes well over an hour. Fans staying here are trading time for money, and on an evening fixture that trade is steeper than it looks on a booking page. Rooms are basic and functional rather than characterful, the sort of place designed for contractors and long-haul drivers rather than visiting supporters. What it does well is exactly what a cheap bed should do: it costs almost nothing and it does not pretend otherwise. Plan the journey west to the complex as a proper leg of the trip, not an afterthought, and budget for the ride back rather than assuming one will be waiting.
- Rock-bottom rate
- Far from the sports complex
- Car-friendly base
- No-frills rooms
Our take
This suits fans on the tightest possible budget who have their own transport or who are passing through Dalian rather than building a weekend around a fixture. Groundhoppers counting every yuan will find the rate hard to argue with. Anyone relying on the metro to reach Dalian Sports Center should look at the old-centre options instead, because the journey from here eats an evening and the return after a late finish is the part that goes wrong.
- Price a return taxi from Ganjingzi before you book, one ride can cost more than the night you saved
- Arrive the day before an evening fixture rather than the same afternoon, the journey west is longer than it reads
- Bring your own breakfast, nothing here is included and the surrounding district wakes up late
Why we love it
- One of the lowest nightly rates anywhere in Dalian
- Genuinely quiet, well away from the event crowds in Ganjingzi
- Honest, no-frills rooms with no hidden extras
- Works well for anyone driving rather than riding the metro