Panba Courtyard Guesthouse and Hostel

Hello dear guests, with 7 years'endeavors,PANBA have recently receive the BEST HOSTEL of China in 2012 . We are very sorry about the inconvenience to find us easily. Lijiang is a old town after all.So we strongly suggest you call us at the first moment if you have a chinese number or ask the taxi driver make a phone call to us.If you can not catch a taxi you could turn to stuff of the bus or train station,ask their help to contact us. Also we have a big map of Lijiang old town that you can download from our website.And when you arrived our place and have the general idea about Lijiang then you will see how easy to go to any where from us,Thanks to everyone's understanding and supporting.

Hey, this is Apan, say hi from Lijiang.
I had been moving around China for so many years since I left my hometown Shaoxing in East of China in 1988. After living in several big mega cities in China, I felt so tired of noise, money-persuing business man, and anxious life,so I started to look for my 'Shangri-la'. Finally I found a lovely Courtyard in Lijiang, on ancient Southern Silk Road in northwest mountain region of Yunnan Province. I soon fell in love with this tiny town, which has been listed in UNESCO list of world heritage.
I began to create my beautiful nest for myself and backpackers to share the joy of living in such lovely town. Among the hundreds of hostels and guest houses in Lijiang, my nest, later I called 'Panba Hostel', is different from others.My hostel is located in a quiet area in this town, so the night bars and screaming sound from drunk tourists can never disturb you and get through your ears, though it's just couple of minutes walk to the 'Si Fang Square' which is considered the 'Headquater of Lijiang's night life'. Courtyard of my hostel remains in the original structure of traditional Naxi people's house so while staying in my place you have chance to get closer look into the Naxi culture. After dark, when everybody comes back, my little bar becomes a heaven for backpackers, no expensive beers, and exaggrated price on food, I just want to make my place as a real home away from home for travelers which also is what I was looking for when I was traveling.

If you are interested in my little place and the travel information about this area (like hiking in Tiger Leaping Gorge, cycling to several secret old villages and much more), I'd like to share my 2 years experience of living in Lijiang with all of you!

Designed in the traditional vernacular Naxi style, the Guesthouse uniquely fuses the atmosphere of traditional housing with the convenience of modern facilities.

The 10 standard rooms , together with the three spacious family suites, receive up to 30 guests.

------Hostel Services------

1. Free internet + wifi
2. Free headset and microphone for the skype software
3. Free DVD movies
4. Free to borrow books from our foreign language book library.
5. Free luggage storage.
6. Free map for bicycle trip ,tiger leaping gorge trekking ,snow mountain

------HOSTEL TOURS-------

* Tiger leaping gorge transportation
*bicycle trip to the Baisha village and shu he old town
* Discount Naxi music .lishuijiansha show ticket
*some around lijiang one day budget tour.
* Impression lijiang show ticket booking
*Hire car to tiger leaping gorge and water terraces.
* Book train & Air ticket.& bus ticket.
*help you arrange to Kunming gulin yangshuo ticket
*the family dinner give you local food experience

Following are some of the features in ' Panba hostel ':
1. All standard rooms are en suite and one four single bed dorm with bathroom.
2. All rooms with WIFI
4. Large common room with CD player , games, English newspaper ,foreign language books, English magazine bar & restaurant.