Shanghai Hotels & Hostels (296)

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This excellently located youth hostel is one of the best in town. Popular and busy, it's a short stroll away from the Bund and well-positioned for access to the underground.

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Things have much improved at this epicentral youth hostel just west of People's Square. Virtually at Shànghai's geographic heart, the Etour shacks up in a historic building along a quiet alley wi…

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Ahoy there backpackers, all's shipshape at the able-bodied Captain where a supreme anchorage in a turn-of-the-century building just off the Bund has helped fend off the fleet of brand new youth h…

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One of Shànghai's most pleasant youth hostels, the Le Tour has buckets of charm and a highly attractive location along an old lilòng lane. If you want a hostel with colour and space and a tranqui…

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With a simple and modern appearance, this hostel could be handy if you just can't find a room anywhere else. Unfortunately there are no dorms and the location is somewhat stranded in the north of…

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The grittier Hongkou/Zhabei location north of Suzhou Creek may sound a downmarket move from living on East Nanjing Rd - and it is - but staying at this good-value Art Deco-era hotel puts you with…

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Distinguished by the tall cupola of the slender, white clock atop its historic building, the two-star East Asia Hotel sets you right at the pumping commercial heart of East Nanjing Rd.

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A link in a sizeable budget chain covering China in the Home Inn, Motel 168 vein, this central branch of Jinjiang Inn has bright, airy doubles with shower rooms, some with pleasant views over par…

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There's nothing stuffy at this bright and breezy well-priced modern hotel, from the open business centre in the lobby lounge to the unfussy, yet modern and fully-equipped rooms, all installed wit…

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Largely luring business clientele from East Asia, the four-star Seagull is small enough to be intimate while enjoying a prime roost north of Suzhou Creek and gazing out onto Shànghai's classic vi…

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Set back off Central Huaihai Rd and once the home of famous Shanghai gangster Du Yuesheng, the historic Donghu consists of two main areas, divided up into nine buildings. Rooms overlooking the fr…

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Capped by its distinctive clock tower - a motif that morphs crudely into the flying saucer on top of the Radisson virtually next door - this historic three-star hotel is strong on both character …

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Instantly recognisable for its gaudy glass globes echoing the baubles of the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, this five-star hotel on the east bank of the Huangpu River is attached to the Shanghai Intern…

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This distinguished old gentleman dates from 1846, when it was Shanghai's first hotel, and the list of former guests includes Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell and Charlie Chaplin. Rooms once occu…

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Bookended by an HSBC and a Bank of China, this impressive twin-towered five-star hotel possesses a colossal and expansive lobby and some of the best gym and sports facilities in Shànghai.

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The name's a massive misnomer considering it's a good 15-minute hike to the Bund, but this impressive 22-storey business-hotel newcomer has good rooms, smiling, keen-to-impress service and a fine…

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Looming over Suzhou Creek, this classic, brick Art Deco pile affords top-drawer views over the north Bund, the Huangpu River and Pudong. Built to great fanfare in 1934 as an apartment block, it w…

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Erected in 1934, the four-star Park was Shànghai's tallest building until the 1980s - the Shanghai World Financial Center of its day if you will. The Shànghai Chinese said that if you looked all …

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These former Picardie Apartments (1934) still boast impressive Art Deco charm, most noticeably in the fine exterior, the rectangular black and white floor pattern of the lobby and the 1930s touch…

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The four-star Ramada offers tourists a supreme location on Shànghai's most famous shopping strip, right at the centre of town, although the overdone lobby, dripping with marble, is unsubtle and o…

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Manned by professional staff, this 27-storey hotel has been transformed over recent years into a well-managed and proficient four-star hotel. The pink post-modern exterior, however, is hardly a u…

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The popular, central Howard Johnson Plaza wins admirers for its great value and excellent positioning just off East Nanjing Rd, Shànghai's most famous shopping thoroughfare.

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A stylish element of the Bund Center with a new Grand Tower and capped with its characteristic lotus-bud crown, the Westin is the best hotel in this district just north of the Old Town and west o…

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With its 76 smart rooms tucked away down leafy Xinhua Rd (formerly Amherst Rd) - lined with old concession-era villas - the four-star Manpo is pleasantly removed from Shànghai's crowded tourist a…

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Its fairyland architectural motifs finding echo in surrounding buildings, Moller House is one of Shànghai's most idiosyncratic and distinctive buildings. Off-limits for years (after a long spell …

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The ever-popular Sofitel enjoys an ideal address, slung out along East Nanjing Rd. Recent refurbishment has brought new life and vivacity to an old formula while the excellent location holds the …

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The UFO atop this Radisson tower is typically derivative, noughties Shànghai. In this case, the spaceship's B-movie sci-fi contours echo the clock tower of the Pacific Hotel below and the cupolas…

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Most hotels along the Huangpu River can get you views of the Bund from Pudong, or Pudong from the Bund: the twin towers of the Hyatt offer drop-dead-gorgeous views of both.

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Housed across the upper 24 floors of Tomorrow Square, one of Shànghai's most unmistakable and dramatic towers, the JW Marriott boasts marvellously appointed rooms with full amenities and spectacu…

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The shine of the old-timer Hilton has dulled and it's scruffy in parts, but this hotel remains particularly popular with business travellers for its service and central Jing'an location. Current …

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The elegant Japanese-run five-star Okura Garden boasts lovely grounds, on the site of the old French Club, and excellent location, across from the Jinjiang Hotel and near Central Huaihai Rd. Popu…

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A luxurious blend of old-style service with hi-tech modernity, the St Regis sits comfortably near the apex of the top league. The 24-hour personal butlers will record your pillow preference for y…

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Built in the 1920s, this villa hotel once served as Jiang Qing's - Mao's other half - Shànghai residence, before her life ended in imprisonment and suicide. The gorgeous setting is peacefully nos…

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East Nanjing Rd meets the Bund at this, the most definitive chunk of surviving Art Deco Shànghai. Dating from 1929, the old Cathay rises majestically from the Bund. At the time of writing it was …

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Its 1999, US$30 million refit still going strong, the Portman Ritz-Carlton remains one of the biggest expat hang-outs since the Peace Hotel c1931, and one of the very best five-star locations in …

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The Yangtze was built in 1934 and the exterior, including the wonderful Art Nouveau balconies, has largely been preserved. Shut for renovation at the time of writing, fingers were crossed that re…

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The 37-storey Four Seasons is an impressive choice, its lobby decorated with huge artworks, warm golden tones and 5m-tall palm trees. Families are well looked after, with family-oriented activiti…

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A fashionable and comfortable low-key boutique hotel, Jia is an excellent choice for those tired of formulaic top-end spots. Individual, offbeat, entertaining and modish, the hotel is a Shànghai …

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The location (near the old Jewish area) is inconvenient for sure, but it's also interesting, with lots of scope for local exploration on foot. The rooms are good value and there's broadband acces…

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The Regal International's sister hotel has one less star, but it's cheaper and if you're lucky and things aren't too busy, they may just upgrade you to a deluxe room. The hotel has an interesting…

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