Zhangye is a medium sized town that has not the greatest selection of accommodation choices, a far cry from its time as a resting point on the flourishing Silk Route. Nowadays people tend to stay here for as short a time as possible, mainly those heading towards Mati, a famous Tibetan village 68km from Zhangye. A problem here also is that many of the hotels, and all of the really cheap ones, do not have authorised foreign guest certificates.
Among all the hotels in town, the Zhangye Hotel (Zhangye binguan) and the Ganzhou Hotel (Ganzhou binguan) offer the most reasonable priced lodging. The Zhangye, a few minutes from the bus station on Xianfu nanjie, is the most attractive, with pretty gardens and decent rooms in the new wing. This hotel also houses a CITS office, good for information and maybe tours to the Mati Temple. Dorms here will cost you around RMB30. The Ganzhou, on the main north/south street (Da nanjie), offers the cheapest rooms in town with sparse dorms for around RMB15.
Of the more expensive hotels, the Hexi Hotel (Hexi binguan) and the Jindu Hotel (Jindu binguan) are good, and all rooms in these have baths. The Hexi, on the corner of Dong dajie and Donghuancheng lu, provides good service and has doubles for a cheap RMB85. The Jindu, on Dong dajie near to the Drum Tower (Gulou), is one of the newest in town and offers doubles for around RMB150.
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