Budget accommodation in Beijing is all about providing a hygienic and comfortable stay in prime locations. Although most of them offer rooms at highly affordable prices, they make sure that a traveller doesn’t take back unpleasant memories. This is one reason why most of them are located in the older part of the city, close enough to the Forbidden City and other popular neighbourhoods of Beijing. Most of these backpacker hostels have metro stations at vicinity, thus providing access to major tourist attractions in the city. As far as guest conveniences are concerned, all of them have restaurants and cafes serving dishes from both local and Western cuisines, and a front desk that caters to the common needs of a traveller, i.e., right from addressing queries and giving tips on how to experience the city to providing bicycles on rent for exploring the surrounding neighbourhoods.