Youth hostels have a history of 100 years, and as a foreign product, youth hostels only landed in China more than 20 years ago. Xi'an is a tourist hotspot city, popular with foreign tourists, and also maintains a relatively considerable number of hostels. Looking at the national youth hostel map, the level of youth hostels in Xi'an exceeds that of most cities, and most of them are located in antique buildings, with ordinary room types, no brand characteristics, and slightly homogeneous.
When it comes to Xi'an Youth Hostel, we have to mention Seven Sages International Youth Hostel. In 2009, Seven Sages International was awarded the title of "Top 10 Most Distinctive Youth Hostels" by the headquarters of the International Youth Hostel Federation, and was the only Asian hostel to receive this honor at that time.
Seven Sages International Youth Hostel has a special geographical location, which is different from other youth hostels. The hostel is located in Qixian Village, the only hostel in Xi'an to be located in a historic building. Qixianzhuang is the former site of the Eighth Route Army Office in Xi'an, and is now a national key protection unit. The hostel is a seven-hall courtyard building, with white walls and gray tiles, and a pair of Rui beast stone piers stand at the door. Push open the gate to see the wall, the wall is decorated with brick carving, which is a major architectural feature of Guanzhong dwellings. The courtyards are connected by arched doors, and are displayed with wooden tables and chairs, stone benches and swings, bookshelves and terracotta ornaments of various sizes, and various green plants cut into the corners.
In terms of rooms, Seven Sages International Youth Hostel also has a lot to offer. Compared with other hostels, Seven Sages International Youth Hostel has a more diverse range of room types, including single rooms, standard rooms, family rooms, loft rooms and multi-bed rooms, and there are three options for multi-bed rooms: six-person rooms, eight-person rooms and ten-person rooms, with a wide range of guest choices.
The hostel's multi-bed rooms are not mixed, and the rooms are entered by swiping a card, one card per person, and the rooms are equipped with electronic locks and safes to ensure the safety of personal belongings. The fly in the ointment is that the multi-bed room does not have a toilet, and the toilet is located in a separate courtyard, which is slightly inconvenient for guests. Fortunately, there are a lot of toilets, and there are regular cleaning and cleaning by waiters every day, which is very clean.
The facilities and activities are a big plus for Seven Sages International Youth Hostel. As far as ball games are concerned, the hostel is equipped with a variety of facilities or equipment such as table tennis tables, billiard tables, foosball machines, badminton rackets, etc., providing guests with a variety of choices. The bar is the main venue for events, and the hostel invites resident singers to perform live from time to time, and on weekends, guests can also participate in dumpling-making activities. Most hostels in Xi'an don't have a communal kitchen, and Seven Sages International Hostel is no exception, but the hostel's restaurant offers a wider range of meals, and guests can also choose to head to the nearby snack street to eat.
The hostel is close to Xi'an Railway Station and 2 kilometers walking distance from the Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Huifang and other scenic spots, with convenient transportation. In terms of room prices, the price of a multi-person room in the hostel is 32 yuan/night, a single room is 88 yuan/night, a double room and a double standard room are 158 yuan/night, a triple room is 185 yuan/night, and a family room is 246 yuan/night.
