The Lily Pad Inn

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West Gate Village Dali Old Town

About The Lily Pad Inn

'Your home while you trael in Old Dali Town'

The Lily Pad is conveniently located and just a short 5 minute walk from the center of town.

The inn is in a large private home with a nice garden. The rooms are clean and comfortably furnished and available for rent by the month, week or day.

Enjoy great scenery from our rooftop: Erhai Lake, Dali's No.1 Pagoda, and Cang Mountain.

Stay connected with unlimited access to our complimentary high speed Internet connection. Enjoy Wi-Fi in the rooms and have access to our printer.

Lovely Erin, the English speaking Chinese proprietor and hostess, will help make your stay in Dali pleasant and memorable.

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Directions to The Lily Pad

See picture 2 of our photo gallery for a detailed map!

We are located about 700 metres south of the West Gate.

If the taxi driver has difficulty in finding us, please give us a call on by public phone .(with the number provided by Hostelworld after booking).

Please note:
Dali train station and the main bus stations (where manybuses from Kunming drop you off) are located in Dali City(Xiaguan).
We are located in Dali Old town which is 15KM north of Dali City(Xiaguan).

From the Dali(Xiaguan) Train Station there are 2 options:

1/ By Taxi: The cost is 40 RMB from the station to Dali Old Town.Ask the taxi driver to phone us for directions. It's a free call (with the number provided by Hostelworld after booking). Please take me to: (See picture 2 of our photo gallery for a detailed map!)

2/ By No.8 Bus: The cost is 1.5 RMB. From inside the train station in Dali City . take the No.8 bus to the West Gate, which is the last stop.

Cross the street and walk south for about 700 metres. Turn right at The Lily Pad sign. It's the second driveway on the left.

If you tell us your train arrival time we will meet you at the West gate.

From the Xiaguan Bus Station

1/ From bus station at Corner Of JianShe Lu and TaiAn Lu
By Mini bus inside of this bus station.. 2RMB. Arrive Ren Min Road and BoAi Road.
Walk west up Ren Min Road ( uphill ) about 3 minutes, cross the Yunnan Tibet
Highway ,turn left 2 minutes, Turn right at The Lily Pad sign. Second driveway on the left.

2/From bus station at JianShe Lu. And XingSheng Lu
Go South end of XingSheng Lu to find No.8 Bus The No. 8 bus last stop is Dali Old Town West Gate. Cross the street and walk south for about 700 metres. Turn right at The
Lily Pad sign. It's the second driveway on the left.

3/ By Taxi: For about 40 RMB you could take a taxi to the Dali Old Town.

If you can not find us, please just make call by public phone or ask any Dali Old Town agency to phone us. They will help you.

From the Xiaguan Airport

By Taxi: For about 80-100 RMB you could take a taxi direct to the The
Lily Pad Inn in Dali Old Town.

From Lijiang

Most buses from Lijiang drop passengers off at the Dali Road/Yu Er Road Junction, near the East Gate of Dali Old Town.A taxi to the Lily Pad will cost 15 RMB or you could walk 5 minutes up the hill and get a No.8(1.5 RMB) bus which terminates at the West Gate.
Alternatively you could walk for about 30 minutes. See map for details.

Google Earth
Latitude: 25 � 41'33.252'N
Latitude: N 25.69257000
Longitude: 100 � 9'20.646'E
Longitude: E100.15573500
Elevation: 2032.193870

If you have difficulty finding us once you have arrived in Dali Old Town, please get a taxi and we will pay the cost to the Lily Pad.

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Letters from guests:

07-20th-2009 from Israel :

just so you'll know- we are staying here so long only becouse we feel at home here. actualy, when we went to the mountains we were always thinking about coming back to this home.. it's a great feeling, after a long time on the roads, to know that we have someone that is waiting for us somewhere. :)

I already told my family that it's the best guest house we have ever been in, from all the guest houses in India, Nepal and China (and I have been in a lot:)).

07-23th-2009 from U.S.A

Dear Lily Pad Inn
We want to thank you for your kindness ,hospitality and excellent service ,we have stayed in many hotels through out the world ,but we have never experienced the kind of treatment we have received here .

From the bottom of our hearts thank you so much for everything ,you went above and beyond your job have given us far more than what we paid for .We will highly recommend this establishment to others .
With thankfulness to you all ,
P.S Please send our compliments to the chef ! Very good food

08-4th-2009 from Zurich Switzerland

Thank you very much that we could stay at your guest house. We have been travelling for 8 months through Australia and Asia and never felt as much like home as in the LILY PAD INN! We will recommend it to every one who wants to travel to DALI!
Fran and Martin .

08-06-2009

fisrt of all I can't express the gratitude for helping me..
so again ,thank you very much for all you have done!!!
we're now in Shangri-La, leaving to Sichuan province in the next few days...
we met another two friends, and told them to stay at your place - - I know that you give them the best feeling while they're in Dali..
so gagin ,thanks a lot,
best of luck
R.

08-08th-2009 from Australia

Many thanks for the photos. I truly enjoyed my stay at the Lily Pad Inn. Your service and friendliness were superb. You were always helpful and gave out some good touring advice. If I ever return to Dali I will certainly stay at the Lily Pad.
Cheers
Geoff