The Hotel Directory

The Bund’s undisputed modern grand dame: Art Deco dressing rooms, Sir Elly’s rooftop terrace, and a Forbes Five-Star spa.

Victor Sassoon’s 1929 Art Deco masterpiece; stay for the octagonal rotunda and the nightly Old Jazz Band (average age 82).

Occupying the 1910 Shanghai Club heritage building; order oysters and a gimlet at the 34-meter Long Bar.

Ian Schrager’s seductive Bund outpost inside the former Power Building, crowned by the ivy-draped Roof terrace.

The only vantage point in Shanghai that frames both the historic Puxi Bund and Lujiazui’s towers in a single window.

Shanghai’s only all-villa Shikumen resort: fifty-five restored 1930s lane townhouses in the heart of Xuhui.

The original urban resort overlooking Jing’an Park; famous for its 32-meter Long Bar and TCM-integrated Valmont spa.

Piero Lissoni’s masterwork of Milanese restraint and Shanghainese craft, steps from Zhang Yuan.

The twin pillars of West Nanjing Road executive travel, with 24-hour butler pressing and quiet lobby lounges.

Warm terrazzo, diatomaceous earth walls, and brass accents by Neri&Hu right off Weihai Road.

Set in the historic Fuxing Middle Road music precinct next to the 1924 Blackstone Apartments and Symphony Hall.

Sleep inside a restored 1930s Spanish-style garden villa on Wukang Road underneath century-old plane trees.

A 1933 Art Deco apartment house on Hengshan Road with its original wrought-iron cage elevator intact.

Paris-meets-Shanghai chic beside Taikoo Li Qiantan, featuring a rooftop heated infinity pool and nightly Social Hour.

Soaring above the West Bund Museum Mile; step outside directly onto the 5km riverside running track.

Riverfront tranquility in Lujiazui with Michelin-starred Yong Yi Ting and a private sunset river yacht.

Atop the IFC Mall in Lujiazui; soak in a tub facing the Pearl Tower and ride up to 58th-floor Flair at dusk.

Occupying floors 84 to 120 of the 632-meter Shanghai Tower—literally sleeping above the clouds.

The stress-free family move for Disneyland: includes 1-hour Early Park Entry and private ferry across Wishing Star Lake.

Fifty Ming and Qing villas and a camphor forest moved intact to Minhang, with tea served in the Nan Library.

A vertical hotel built into an abandoned quarry: the waterfall and the skylight only appear once you have descended.