White Swan Hotel, Guangzhou

Very clean, excelleant service, excellent shops and restaurant

It was great. I loved everything. I was there for an adoption and the White Swna was a great place to stay. Loved the Fisher Price room.

One of Many in July 2009 with a New Grandaughter getting ready for her trip to her new home in the U.S. If you have a choice, choose the White Swan. The atmosphere, polite service, other ammenities and thoughtful staff make this Oasis on Shamian Island the place to stay. We loved it.

great location, attentive staff, varied breakfast in chinese and western style. somewhat expensive bars, but then well you cant have it all.

We stayed at the White Swan when we adopted our daughter in 2005. The place is beautiful and so is the entire staff. Absolutely no issues at all.

Yes, the White Swan is a gilded cage filled with gold leaf, water falls, attendants pushing elevator buttons, and other fluff. Behind it all is a crumbling, poorly maintained building. Careful on the worn carpets you just may trip. Your toilet may never flush correctly or if it does maybe it will just keep running on. Then there are the worn mattresses which could double for bathtubs. This place needs a little less glitz and a little more attention to what really matters.

The White Swan was beautiful. Everything about the hotel was perfect. I miss Shamain Island so bad. The food and service was fantastic. I miss Lucy

Atificail turf it made me throw up.The buffet was to expensive.I like the rooms. Because it was clean.Does not have dust or dirt.I like the place.It was fun.

We have been to the White Swan twice and loved it. Like many others who had reason to stay at the hotel we did so in adopting our two daughters. Because of the exchange rate, we middle class Americans had the opportunity to stay in a high class hotel for a great price! Rooms facing the Pearl River have an excellent view, too. The breakfast buffet is immense and offers both Chinese and Western food. The pool with a water fall is wonderful. The lobby is immense, too, with a beautiful koi pond fed by a two-story indoor waterfall crowned with a pagoda and bordered by palms and other vegetation. The rooms, of course, were excellent with all ammenities. I will never forget the time we spent at this hotel as we awaited our daughters' visa at the American consulate located just down the street within walking distance. Many of the streetfront stores within walking distance also cater to adopting parents. Shopping here is a blast!

We stayed at the White Swan during our Ritz Tour. It was the first hotel we stayed at and I was stunned at how plush and beautiful the accomodations were. The white bath towels were the largest I have ever seen in my entire life. They were longer than I am tall, and these were thick quality towels, mind you, not thin or cheap at all. The food was great, you get to walk through an open couryard (with waterfall) to the eating area. The windows were all fogged up due to the high humidity despite the fact that it was only 8am (it was also very warm). Breakfast options were excellent, very western in style (egg, bacon, toast, sausages, cereal, fruit, orange juice, waffles, etc.) This was our second tour of China, the 1st being in 2000, so I have seen my share of hotels. This is the second nicest hotel I have ever set foot on next to the Sheraton in Guangzhou. We did not see any babies being adopted or carried around. There is a very convenient post office to send post cards and they will change any currency for you including travelers checks. *Note - we were also in Taishan where none of the hotels or banks (including Bank of China) would exchange our AMEX travelers checks. There are some small stores at the ground level where you can buy silk, antiques, post cards, small gifts, etc. There are two beautiful outdoor pools. The outside facade is surpringly plain for such an exquisite hotel. It does not do the inside justice. In fact, the outside looks rather worn down. One con: I would like to have been located closer to the city center rather than stuck on Shamian Island. Yes, the hotel is located on a small island which means if you want to do local shopping you have to take a cab or walk a ways to the shops. Steven