8 Best Hotels in Luoyang, China: Longmen Grottoes (2026)

We open the list with Crowne Plaza Luoyang — the best 5-star in town and a dependable IHG brand. It sits in the city centre with a full spa, an indoor heated pool that stays open until 22:00, and a Club Lounge for upper-tier IHG One Rewards members. The score is 8.6/10, the highest in Luoyang, and rooms start from about $69 a night. Reviews mostly praise the room quality, the service and the spread of facilities. It's the pick for travelers who want a genuine international standard while exploring the ancient city, with Longmen Grottoes about 12 km away and White Horse Temple roughly 13 km out. Staff speak good English and the front desk runs 24 hours, which takes a lot of the friction out of a Henan stop.

Holiday Inn Express Luoyang City Center is the best-value stay on this list — a dependable 4-star IHG property that scores 8.4/10 and starts around $43 a night, with a free breakfast buffet built into every rate. It sits right in central Luoyang, a short walk from shopping malls and local restaurants, and only about 2 km from Luoyang Railway Station. The trade-off for the price is no pool and no spa, and standard rooms that are tidy rather than roomy. But you get the things that actually matter on a work trip: fast free Wi-Fi, a full gym, a 24-hour front desk and a kitchen that does both Chinese and Western plates at breakfast. Longmen Grottoes is about 13 km out, roughly a 25-minute taxi. For travellers who want an international brand they can trust on a mid-range budget, this is the easy call.

Christian's Hotel Luoyang is the only European-style boutique in the city, and it doesn't try to hide it — rooms come dressed in crystal chandeliers, heavy furniture and framed European paintings, more like a small palace than a hotel floor. It scores 8.5/10 overall (8.4 on Agoda, 8.6 on Booking), with reviewers consistently pointing to the decor and the feeling of staying somewhere that isn't another chain box. There's a spa and an indoor pool, plus two restaurants — one doing French and Italian plates, one doing traditional Henan food. Rooms start around $60 a night and run to about $130 for the bigger ones. It sits in central Luoyang, roughly 11 km from the Longmen Grottoes, so plan on a taxi for the big sights. Best suited to honeymoon couples and anyone who wants a romantic, photo-friendly stay instead of a standard business hotel.

Days Hotel & Suites Luoyang is a 4-star property under the Wyndham brand, sitting right in central Luoyang with a 8.2/10 score. The whole pitch here is the word suites — the suite rooms are clearly bigger than what you'd get at hotels in the same price band, which makes this an easy call for families who need floor space for kids to run around, or for longer trips where you'd rather work from a roomy room than a cramped one. Rates start around $40 a night, and Wyndham Rewards members earn points on the stay. The location puts you near shopping malls and local restaurants, and a taxi to the Longmen Grottoes (龙门石窟) takes about 20 minutes. It works best for families with kids, couples who want a wider room, and anyone who wants an international brand on a mid-range budget.

Atour Hotel Luoyang is a 4-star pick from Atour, the Chinese lifestyle chain that has built a following on design over fittings. The look is genuinely modern — warm tones, clean lines, a place that photographs well — and the brand's signature onsite library sits right in the building, a curated shelf of books open late that doubles as a quiet co-working corner. At 8.5/10 it scores higher than any other 4-star in town, with most reviews pointing to the design and the service. Rooms come with air-con, a flat-screen TV, fast free Wi-Fi and good bedding, and there's a gym plus a restaurant doing Chinese and lifestyle plates. It sits in central Luoyang, about 1.5 km — a 5-minute taxi — from Luoyang Railway Station, and roughly 13 km from the Longmen Grottoes. Rates start around $37 a night, which makes it the value play for travelers who care about a room with character.

Vienna International Hotel Luoyang is a 4-star from China's Vienna chain — a brand with branches in nearly every city, so you know what you're getting. Rooms are clean, beds are soft, Wi-Fi is free, and the basics stay predictable. It scores 8.0/10 and starts from $31 a night, which is strong value for a 4-star in China. The central Luoyang location makes it easy to grab a taxi out to the Longmen Grottoes, White Horse Temple and the train station. Inside there's a restaurant and a gym. It suits travelers who already know the Chinese-chain standard, mid-budget families who want a name they can trust, and short trips where you'd rather not gamble on a local independent.

New Friendship Hotel Luoyang is one of the city's oldest hotels — it used to put up diplomats and VIP guests, and these days anyone can book it. Rooms start at about $26 a night and it scores 7.9/10, which makes it the budget pick on this list. You're in the city centre, close to the old Luoyang Railway Station, with the UNESCO-listed Longmen Grottoes about 13 km away by taxi. The building and rooms are older than the newer chains nearby, but some rooms have been refreshed, and the in-house kitchen turns out genuine Henan dishes that guests keep mentioning. Think of it as a place to sleep cheap and soak up a bit of old-Luoyang atmosphere rather than a polished modern stay.

Pingsha Mountain Resort Luoyang sits up in the hills about 30 km from the city centre, so treat it as a retreat rather than a sightseeing base. The draw is the quiet: clean mountain air, hill views and rooms simple enough that you stop thinking about your inbox. It starts at roughly $24 a night (up to about $46 for the top rooms), which is genuinely cheap for a resort with this much space around it. The score lands at 7.8/10. Parking is free and there is plenty of it, which matters because you really do need your own car here. On site there is a restaurant doing home-style Chinese and Henan dishes, and not much else in the way of facilities — that is the point. It works for couples who want to switch off, older travelers chasing better air, and anyone planning a short workation. It does not work if your trip is built around the Longmen Grottoes in town.