Hotel
1. Fairmont Peace Hotel
The Art Deco former Cathay Hotel at the corner of the Bund and Nanjing Road, built by Sir Victor Sassoon in 1929 and home to the Old Jazz Band.
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2. The Peninsula Beijing
A five-star, all-suite hotel on Goldfish Lane off Wangfujing, home to the Michelin-starred French restaurant Jing and the courtyard-style Cantonese restaurant Huang Ting.
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3. Mandarin Oriental Qianmen
A luxury hotel spread across 42 traditional courtyard houses in the Qianmen hutongs, with Cantonese and Italian dining, a hutong cocktail bar and a spa.
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4. The Peninsula Shanghai
An Art Deco-inspired luxury hotel at the northern end of the Bund, opened in 2009 in the former British Consulate gardens with river views and a large spa.
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5. Rosewood Beijing
A luxury hotel in Chaoyang with seven restaurants and lounges, including the Michelin-starred House of Dynasties, a large heated indoor pool and the Sense spa.
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6. Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund
A luxury hotel built around the 1911 Shanghai Club at No. 2 on the Bund, home of the restored Long Bar, with a modern tower behind it.
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7. Bvlgari Hotel Shanghai
A small luxury hotel on the Suzhou Creek waterfront with 82 rooms, two Michelin-starred restaurants, a 47th-floor bar and a restored 1916 Chamber of Commerce building.
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8. Four Seasons Hotel Beijing
A 27-storey luxury hotel in Chaoyang's Liangmaqiao area, with residential-style rooms, an indoor pool, a spa and the Mio and Cai Yi Xuan restaurants.
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9. Jin Jiang Hotel
A historic garden hotel in the former French Concession where the 1972 Shanghai Communiqué was signed, spread over Art Deco buildings from the late 1920s and 1930s.
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10. Novotel Beijing Peace
A mid-range Accor hotel on Jinyu Hutong, a short walk from Wangfujing and about 1.5 km from the Forbidden City, with a pool, gym, restaurant and bar.
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11. Hotel Indigo Shanghai on the Bund
A boutique hotel on the South Bund riverfront with 184 rooms, a rooftop bar and grill, and an indoor infinity pool looking across to Lujiazui.
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12. MUJI Hotel Beijing
A design hotel by MUJI near Qianmen, about 450 metres from Tiananmen Square, with a rooftop diner, a 24-hour book lounge and simple rooms using bamboo and recycled brick.
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13. Broadway Mansions Hotel
A 1934 Art Deco tower at the northern end of the Garden Bridge, where Suzhou Creek meets the Huangpu, with river and Bund views from many rooms.
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14. Heyuan Courtyard Hotel
A boutique hotel of 11 rooms in a three-courtyard house on Dengcao Hutong, said to date from the Ming dynasty and once home to Peking opera master Mei Lanfang.
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15. Dasein Youlan Hotel
A boutique hotel in a converted 1970s factory on Bensi Hutong, designed around an orchid theme, with a private bath in every room and a spa.
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16. Park Hotel Shanghai
László Hudec's 1934 tower opposite People's Park, once the tallest building in Asia and still a well-located, good-value base on West Nanjing Road.
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