China · Guizhou
Where to Stay in Zunyi, Guizhou
Zunyi is a city in the mountains of Guizhou, China, famous for the Communist meeting that turned the Long March.
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Where to stay in Zunyi
Where the beds are, and what that means for the visit.
In Zunyi the choice of base begins with the old quarter. The streets around the conference house keep the sites, the market, and the river within a walk, and staying downtown suits anyone here for the history. The old house draws the crowds.
Rooms sit near the memorial streets. Out toward the hills and the fortress, the town gives way to karst mountains. A room in the hills trades the centre for the peaks, the caves, and the road to Hailongtun and Maotai.
The limestone ranges rise past the edge. If you want the sites and the market, stay downtown; if you want the mountains, take a room in the hills. Both options keep the old town within easy reach.
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The old town
Around the conference house within a walk of the market and riverFind hotels in The old townStays wanting the fortress and the cavesThe hills
Toward the karst mountains on the road to Hailongtun and MaotaiFind hotels in The hillsHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
About Zunyi
Zunyi is the city of the great conference of the Long March.
What is Zunyi known for?
In an old house here in 1935 the Communist leaders met and gave Mao command of the Red Army, a turning point in the war, and the town is dotted with sites of that struggle, while in the mountains around stand an old chieftain's fortress and the distilleries of Maotai liquor. The old meeting house still stands. Revolution and mountains mark the city.
What are the main landmarks in Zunyi?
The old conference house stands in the heart of Zunyi. The grey two-storey building where the Red Army's leaders met in 1935 is kept as a shrine, the emblem of the city, in the old town. A mountain fortress lies to the north.
The great ruins of Hailongtun, the Yang chieftains' castle, crown a peak, while the distilleries of Maotai and the revolutionary sites mark the hills around Zunyi.
What is the history of Zunyi?
Zunyi turned the course of the Long March. In the winter of 1935 the Red Army, in retreat across China, halted in the town, and its leaders gathered in an old house to argue over the ruin of their cause. There Mao rose to command.
The conference gave him the lead of the army, and soon after he led it on the famous four crossings of the Chishui river, slipping the nets of its pursuers, so Zunyi is honoured across China as a cradle of the revolution. The mountains held older powers too. Long before, the Yang chieftains ruled these hills for centuries from the great fortress of Hailongtun, until a Ming army stormed it after a long siege.
The valleys make a famous liquor as well. Nearby at Maotai the distilleries brew the fierce sorghum spirit prized across the land, and the drink and the revolution both carry the region's name. The old meeting house still draws pilgrims.
Zunyi keeps its history and its mountains in Guizhou.
Where is Zunyi?
Zunyi lies in the mountains of northern Guizhou in southwestern China. The city sits in a green river valley among the karst hills of the plateau, on the Xiang river, north of the provincial capital Guiyang. Limestone peaks rise around.
The rivers cut deep through the hills.
What is the climate of Zunyi?
Zunyi has a mild, humid subtropical climate. Warm summers and cool winters cross the plateau, often wrapped in cloud and mist, and heavy rains fall in the summer months, while the winters stay grey and damp. Fog fills the valleys much of the year.
The green hills stay mild and wet.
How do you get to Zunyi?
Zunyi lies in northern Guizhou, between Guiyang and Chongqing. High-speed trains and the expressway run to it through the mountains from Guiyang and Chongqing, and roads reach the fortress and the Maotai valley. Buses reach the mountain towns around.
Most arrive by rail from Guiyang.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Zunyi?
The old town: Visitors here for the conference house, sites, and market. The hills: Stays wanting the fortress and the caves.
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Updated September 2026