Yitel Xi'an Big Wild Goose Pagoda

we were very happy with this hotel's location as it was near the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, a pedestrian street filled with the night market of food stalls, and the Dayanta North Square where there are daily morning exercises and activities (T'ai chi, opera singing, classical music practices, etc.) and evening performances, such as synchronized umbrella dances, and a extravagant light show (all of which you can hear through the hotel's walls late into the night). Back to the hotel, the reception staff, though limited in their English, is welcoming, you need your room card to use the elevator, the rooms are on the medium-small-ish side, but more than adequate for us travelers with a super-comfortable mattress, there is that uniquely Chinese window between the shower/bath area and the bedroom (outside of which we heard the most beautiful violin and piano practice at a nearby music school each morning), there is a very good supply of bathroom amenities (vanity and toothbrush kits, shower cap) offered in a Mandarin lacquered box, and the Chinese-centric breakfast has such unique offerings as rabbit, jellied pork, fungus, and a good assortment of sauteed vegetables, sweet potato, cucumber strings, miso soup, made-to-order eggs, American-style cereals, breads, fruit, and adorable steamed buns made to look like little pigs.Bottom line, this hotel is great for the price, location, and amenities.