https://china-travel.org/tags/north-china/Recent content in North China on China Travel GuideHugo -- gohugo.ioen-US© 2026 LéaSun, 18 Oct 2026 12:43:26 +0800https://china-travel.org/where-to-stay-in-tianjin/Sun, 18 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0800https://china-travel.org/where-to-stay-in-tianjin/<p><strong>Contents</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://china-travel.org/where-to-stay-in-tianjin/#quick-overview-which-area-is-for-you" >Quick overview: which area is for you?</a></li> <li><a href="https://china-travel.org/where-to-stay-in-tianjin/#1-five-avenue-and-xiaobailou" >1. Five Avenue and Xiaobailou</a></li> <li><a href="https://china-travel.org/where-to-stay-in-tianjin/#2-the-railway-station-ancient-culture-street-and-the-italian-style-town" >2. The Railway Station, Ancient Culture Street and the Italian Style Town</a></li> <li><a href="https://china-travel.org/where-to-stay-in-tianjin/#3-the-haihe-river-the-tianjin-eye-and-tianjin-west-station" >3. The Haihe River, the Tianjin Eye and Tianjin West Station</a></li> <li><a href="https://china-travel.org/where-to-stay-in-tianjin/#4-binhai-airport-and-the-airport-economic-zone" >4. Binhai Airport and the Airport Economic Zone</a></li> <li><a href="https://china-travel.org/where-to-stay-in-tianjin/#5-the-outer-districts-of-tanggu-binhai-and-jinghai" >5. The Outer Districts of Tanggu, Binhai and Jinghai</a></li> <li><a href="https://china-travel.org/where-to-stay-in-tianjin/#quick-budget-breakdown" >Quick budget breakdown</a></li> <li><a href="https://china-travel.org/where-to-stay-in-tianjin/#practical-tips-for-tianjin" >Practical tips for Tianjin</a></li> <li><a href="https://china-travel.org/where-to-stay-in-tianjin/#faq" >FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="https://china-travel.org/where-to-stay-in-tianjin/#my-final-recommendation" >My final recommendation</a></li> </ul> <p>My first Tianjin hotel was booked for the wrong reason, and honestly I would book it again. I picked it off a railway-station name, dragged my bag out of the arrivals hall, then spent twenty minutes on the riverbank working out which way the old city was. That confusion is the point of Tianjin. It isn&rsquo;t a city with one centre; it&rsquo;s a river city with two historic cores, two working railway stations and an airport parked out east toward the coast.</p>