Huangpu river and Pudong view
Begin your Shanghai holiday in one of these fantastic hotels. Perhaps it is the Japanese-inspired minimalist-yet-luxurious interior design of the Park Hyatt. This hotel has just celebrated its third-year anniversary. The highest hotel in mainland China, set atop Shanghai’s thrusting and tallest building, remains a unique temple to modernity. The best-trained staff members in town seamlessly guide you from spa to pool to enticing dining options. Back on the colonial-era Bund lies a gilded art deco re-mixed palace: the Peninsula. The sprawling property, which even includes the old British Consulate, is the first new building on the famous waterfront in 62 years, and it bleeds luxury from each of its individually designed public and private rooms. Many terraces on different levels give one the option of being a part of the landscape, or standing above it all. At the other end of the Bund is another must-see, the Waldorf Astoria. Using their brand in Asia for the first time, the hotel could not have chosen a better location. The 1910 building was home to the exclusive – only wealthy British taipans needed apply for membership then – Shanghai Club. This historic property allows residents and diners to enjoy the best of this opulent past, while the new tower and restaurant section is the definition of modern comfort. But these are just three of the 5-star hotel Himmel ragenden Gebäudes Shanghais – ein einzigartiger Tem-
jewels awaiting you in China’s number one city.
pel der Moderne. Das bestausgebildete Personal der Stadt führt Sie nahtlos von den Wellness-Räumen zum Schwimmbad und
The Bund houses three other must-do destinations
weiter zu verführerischen Speiselokalitäten. Unten am Bund im
on your top-notch tour through the city. The first
Stadtteil aus der Kolonialzeit liegt ein vergoldeter Jugendstil-Palast
is the outrageously successful Mr. and Ms.
re-mixed: die Peninsula. Das ausgedehnte Anwesen, zu dem auch
Bund, a creation of traditional and inspirational
das ehemalige Britische Konsulat gehört, ist das erste neue Ge-
French fine fare and wine. Just upstairs is Bar
bäude an der berühmten Uferpromenade in 62 Jahren und ver-
Rouge, the bar rumoured to have sold the most
strömt Luxus aus jedem seiner individuell gestalten öffentlichen
champagne on the planet in 2006. Both are
und privaten Räume. Die vielen Terrassen auf verschiedenen Ebe-
housed in Bund 18, one of the first old banking
nen bieten die Möglichkeit, Teil der Landschaft zu sein oder auf
houses on the waterfront to be renovated. The
alles von oben herabzublicken. Am anderen Ende des Bund be-
red-on-white interior is a mix of smoothly textu-
findet sich ein weiteres Hotel, das man gesehen haben muss:
red Carrera marble enhanced with red Murano
das Waldorf Astoria. Der Konzern präsentiert sich hier zum ersten
glass fixtures. A new arrival at the Bund is the
Mal mit seinem Markennamen in Asien und hätte keine bessere
notoriously delicious El Willy’s, housed in another
Lage finden können. Das Gebäude stammt aus dem Jahr 1910
finely renovated structure on the South Bund. El
und beheimatete einst den exklusiven Shanghai Club, zu dem nur
Willy’s stands out as the clear winner in the fu-
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