Rhino Holiday Inn
The lowest rate in Dalian, near Russian Street
About this hotel
Nothing else in this list comes close on price, and the position is better than the rate suggests. This sits a short taxi ride from Dalian Russia Folk Street, the strip of imported façades near the port, which puts it inside the old-centre grid where the 201 and 202 trams run and where an evening actually exists. For an event at Dalian Sports Center that means a metro route west from the Victory Square interchange rather than a long haul in from the Development Zone. Facilities are as thin as the price implies: no breakfast, no bar, no parking. Rooms are basic and the building is unremarkable. Fans staying here are buying the cheapest bed in a city where the useful thing is not luxury but being on the right side of the map when a crowd starts leaving Ganjingzi, and on that measure it does the job.
- Cheapest room in Dalian
- Near Russian Street
- Old-centre position
- Bare-bones facilities
Our take
Book this when the ticket and the flight have already eaten the budget and the room just has to exist. Solo groundhoppers and students will find it perfectly serviceable. Anyone travelling as a couple or a family should spend a little more, because there is no breakfast, no bar and nothing on site to fall back on, and the appeal is entirely the number on the booking page rather than the night you get.
- Walk over to Russian Street in the evening, it is the reason this address beats the cheaper outskirts
- Budget for breakfast elsewhere, nothing is included and the building offers no food at all
- Use the trams and the Victory Square metro rather than taxis, they are what make this rate work
Why we love it
- The lowest nightly rate in the whole Dalian list
- Inside the old-centre grid near Russian Street
- Tram and metro links rather than a taxi-only district
- No hidden extras on a rate this thin