LUXURY

Travel Guide to Shanghai

Andre Bohbot

Travel Guides 2010

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Shanghai

It literally means high up above the sea. It is Chinas biggest port city and boasts the largest trade center in the world. It starts to blossom into a town during the Song Dynasty (960AD -1279AD) thanks to the invention of the cotton gin. Before you know it, it's the world's most populated city with more than 20 Million as of mid 2010. New York + Los Angeles + Paris + London = Shanghai. Stay in town and visit the French concession or explore and find around every corner that Shanghai is a city of beautiful modern architecture as well as ancient sites dating 2000BC. Wander off the beaten path and find many Ming and Qing Dynasty treasures or stay on your yacht and enjoy the fish. Find some pleasure racing that motorcycle up the Hangning expressway off Taihu lake, Visit the Jade Buddha temple and soak in the tranquility and don't forget to eat at Cantons. Enjoy

Outline *.) Essential Apps 1.) Hotels & Resorts 2.) Restaurants 3.) Limo & Taxi 4.) Yachts & Ports 5.) Planes & Airports 6.) Spas 7.) Sightseeing companies 8.) Nightlife 9.) Escorts 10.) Shopping

*.) Essential Apps 1.) PAPAGO China 2.) China Metro Lite 3.) Offline Maps China 4.) Explore Shanghai Metro map 5.) Eating in China 6.) Jibbigo Chinese
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1.) Hotels & Resorts

~ Waldorf Astoria ~ Ritz Carlton ~ Peninsula ~ Four Seasons ~ Grand Hyatt ~ The Meridien She Shan ~ The Longemont ~ Pudong Shangri-La

2.) Restaurants
~ Canton
Grand Hyatt Shanghai, Jin Mao Tower, 88 Century Boulevard, Pudong, 200121 Shanghai Tel: +86 21 5049 1234 Fax: +86 21 5049 1111

~ Dragon-Phoenix Restaurant
Peace Hotel, 20 Nanjing Dong Lu, 200002 Shanghai Tel: +86 21 6321 6888 Fax: +86 21 6329 0300

~ Meilongzhen
22 Lane 1081, Nanjing Xi Lu, Shanghai Tel: +86 21 6253 5353

~ The Tandoor
Jinjiang Hotel, 59 Maoming Nan Lu, 200020 Shanghai Tel: +86 21 6258 2582 Fax: +86 21 6472 5588

~ Da Vinci's
Hilton Hotel, 250 Huashan Lu, 200040 Shanghai Tel: +86 21 6248 0000 Fax: +86 21 6248 3848

~ Dynasty Restaurant
Renaissance Yangtze Shanghai Hotel, 2099 Yanan Xi Lu, 200336 Shanghai Tel: +86 21 6275 0000 Fax: +86 21 6275 0750

~ Lan Kwai Fong at Park 97

Fuxing Gongyuan, 2 Gaolan Lu, Shanghai Tel: +86 21 6318 0785

~ Summer Pavilion
The Portman Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 1376 Nanjing Xi Lu, 200040 Shanghai Tel: +86 21 6279 8888 Fax: +86 21 6279 8800

~ Giovanni's
Sheraton Grand Tai Ping Yang Shanghai, 5 Zunyi Nan Lu, 200336 Shanghai Tel: +86 21 6275 8888

~ 1221
1221 Yanan Xi Lu, Shanghai Tel: +86 21 6213 6585

~ Frankie's
118 Changde Lu, Shanghai Tel: +86 21 6247 0886

3.) Limos & taxi service

~Shanghai Limo Service & Car Rental ~One Limo - Shanghai ~Shanghai Eastern Taxi Service

4.) Yachts & Ports

~Shanghai Harbor

5.) Airports
Shanghai has two international airports -~ Hongqiao International Airport ~ Pudong International Airport.

Jet Set Go

6.) Spa ~ The Chi Spa

combines Chinese and Himalayan healing rituals to balance your own unique qi. Each therapy utilizes one of the five Chinese elements (earth, wood, water, metal, and fire), based upon which element you are on that particular day. How do the therapists determine which element you resemble? Each time you visit youre required to fill out a questionnaire since your individual mood, and even the time of day, can influence your bodys chemistry. There are a variety of different treatments to choose from, including an invigorating hot stone massage and a calming balance massage. Prices prove to be a bit steep (around the 1,500 RMB range for an hour and a half massage) but totally worth it. The Chi Spa Add: 6/F, Tower 2, Pudong Shangri-La, 33 Fucheng Lu, near Dongchang Lu, Pudong, Shanghai 336 Tel: 021 5877 1503 Hours: 10:00 Midnight

~The Chuan Spa

The Chuan Spa Add: 3/F, The Langham Yangtze Boutique Hotel, 740 Hankou Lu, Shanghai 740 Tel: 021 6080 0722

, housed in the Langham Hotel, focuses on traditional

Chinese treatments. With branches in Auckland, Melbourne, and Hong Kong, in addition to the one in Shanghai, this spa has a loyal group of followers. They have four private treatment rooms that are guaranteed to make you feel special, along with both wet and dry saunas. Try their infinity baths for a skin-softening treat.

For a more clinical take on the average spa experience, try

Evian Day

Spa

. Before each visit, youre asked to fill out a questionnaire that aims to discover any aches or pains youve been experiencing. While

traditional treatments such as exfoliation are available, this is the place to go for you more hardcore spa groupies out there. You can take advantage of more drastic treatments like cellulite reduction and contouring facials. Evian Day Spa Add: 3/F, Three on the Bund, 3 Zhongshan Dongyilu, near Guangdong Lu, Huangpu District, Shanghai 333() Tel: 021 6321 6622

Youll be impressed with

Mandara

as soon as you enter its Old China-styled rooms, with stone,

ceramic, and wood furnishings creating a traditional oriental feel. Cross over the wooden bridge as you enter the impressive antique doors to begin a day of luxurious pampering. Youll feel like absolute royalty as you take advantage of their exotic treatments. This includes a facial with pearl powder (who says diamonds are a girls best friend?) or a session with two therapists who will work with a total of five different massage styles. Mandara Add: 6/F, JW Marriott Hotel, Tomorrow Square, 399 Nanjing Xilu, near Huangpi Bei Lu, Huangpu District, Shanghai 399JW6() Tel: 021 5359 4969 ext.6798

For those who literally want to stop and smell the roses,

La Spa

is the place for you. Their muted lighting is

the perfect accompaniment to the soft music you can hear in the background while steaming off your daily dirt in a hot shower. Choose your scented oil and relax as youre massaged and swaddled till your hearts content. Youll leave smelling exactly like those roses you had wanted to stop and smell. La Spa Add: 499 Fuxing Zhonglu, Luwan District, Shanghai 499 Tel: 021 6387 7708

~The Spa at the Hilton

The Spa at the Hilton Add: 4/F, Hilton Shanghai, 250 Huashan Lu, near Changshu Lu, Shanghai 2504 Tel: 021 6248 0000 ext. 2600

makes you feel as

exclusive as its name implies. This place has a reputation for being ultra female-friendly, mostly due to their treatments that target specific female, problems. This includes focusing on parts of the body known to relieve ailments such as back pain, headaches and even menstrual cramps.

Inspired by the Himalayans,

Banyan Tree

bases its treatments on the five Chinese

elements (earth, wood, water, metal, and fire) in order to focus on easing muscle pain and stress. Dip into a rice wine bath and feel your muscles instantly relax. The black sesame scrub will reveal your skins inner glow while giving your body an all-over tingling sensation. Perhaps the treatment with the most are you kidding me? appeal is the stone massage that uses river stones, on which are carved the eight symbols of Tibetan Buddhism. These symbols, which are hand carved onto the stones by monks from the Kopan monastery, are supposed to unblock the flow of qi. Try getting that kind of service anywhere else in the world! Banyan Tree Add: 3F, 88 Henan Zhonglu, near Sijing Lu, Shanghai 883 Tel: 021 6335 1888 ext. 7272

One of the most popular spas in the city, the multi-branch

Dragonfly

Retreat

presents a more westernized take on foot, shoulder, and body massages. This means that its the place to go

for those who just cant take the muscle kneading, punching, and poking that more traditional Chinese massage shops provide. In addition to the Chinese, Japanese, oil, and foot massages that are available, Dragonfly Retreat also offers facials, waxing, and nail treatments.

~SkinCity 5.5 Spa

SkinCity 5.5 Spa Add: 476 Dagu Lu, near Shimen Yilu, Shanghai 476 Tel: 021 6340 1235 Hours: 10:00 22:00 daily

is a spa that focuses entirely on skincare. Their

interior subway design extends all the way to individual treatment stations, where you can choose your skincare package. All treatments use Babor products, a German brand famous for its completely natural ingredients. Enjoy your facials in one of six private rooms, where youre able to choose your own music before the session begins. When youre done, jump into the steam showers for a soothing end to your day.

Located within the InterContinental Shanghai Pudong Hotel,

I-Spa

caters to the citys stressed out businessmen and

businesswomen (and by the looks of it, there are certainly a lot of them). A fusion of East and West, each of their 10 rooms focuses on a different treatment. These include body massages, facials, foot reflexology, Vichy showers, and tanning. Their most popular treatment is their combination of Western scented body oils with the Chinese massage style that is intended to soothe muscles that have been overworked. I-Spa Add: InterContinental Shanghai Pudong Hotel,777 Zhangyang Lu, Pudong, Shanghai 777 Tel: 021 5835 6666

7.) Sightseeing companies

~Talk to Your Concierge There are plenty of companies to take you sightseeing for the day. Find one that's right for you. ~Shanghai Toppa Tours

8.) Nightlife
~Not Me ~Mao Livehouse Shanghai ~Constellation ~Bell Caf & Bar ~I love Shanghai ~Kiitos ~No. 88 ~The Shelter ~House of Blues and Jazz ~El Coctel ~Dada ~LOgO ~Constellation ~M1nt

~Yuyintang ~The Glamour Bar ~Kaiba ~The Long Bar at the Puli ~Kaiba ~Kathleen's 5 Backroom Lounge

9.) Escorts Talk with your concierge as there are a number of services for the discreet traveler. Of course we think you should try your luck with the locals as everyone loves you when you're from out of town!!

10.) Shopping
Shanghai is hailed as the "Shopping Paradise" and "Oriental Paris". So if you come to Shanghai, shopping should not be missed any more than its other charming attractions. Providing the very best of shopping has become an indispensable part of Shanghai's tourism industry. Shopping areas in Shanghai are clearly divided into "Four Streets and Four Cities". Nanjing Road (including East Nanjing Road and West Nanjing Road), one of the four streets, enjoys the reputation of No.1 Commercial Street in China. Developed from the beginning of the 20th century, Nanjing Road has clusters of a wide variety of shops from those that are centuries old, to special ones and modern malls. In these modern times, Nanjing Road is not out done by its numerous competitors but becomes more and more prosperous. Huaihai Road, no less famous than Nanjing Road, is celebrated for its elegance. It features top-end designer brands from all over the world. North Sichuan Road offers good inexpensive merchandise and is always the first choice of ordinary people. Food and tourism are well provided for on Middle Tibet Road, one of the Four Streets.

Parkson Shopping Center on the Huaihai Road is worth visiting. Here you will find reasonable prices and many special offers in the form of discounts and other promotions. Even the brandname clothing is reasonably priced here.

Maison Mode, located at No.1312, Huaihai Road, claims to be the aristocrat on this street. You will find the leading designer brands such as Gucci, Ferragamo, Hugo Boss, Bally, Kenzo, etc. here. It is no exaggeration to say that the reputation of Huaihai Road is enhanced by the presence of Maison Mode.

Yuyuan Shopping City, Xujiahui Shopping City, New Shanghai Shopping City and Jiali Sleepless City are the bustling "Four Cities" in Shanghai. Yuyuan Shopping City is the venue for specialist Chinese goods ranging from small articles, local crafts and the like to antiques, jade wares and gold and silver jewelry. The newly-established shopping and entertainment plaza, Xujiahui consists of large stores where you can obtain both costly and middle-range priced goods in abundance. New Shanghai Shopping City is on the grand scale and offers the best facilities and amenities. Located in the middle of Pudong Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone, it is surrounded by a variety of retail outlets. Like a bright pearl on the landscape, Jiali Sleepless City facing Shanghai Railway Station, and on the Subway line 1, is a bustling commercial area.

Besides the famous "Four Streets and Four Cities", some other streets and roads are worthy of a visit.

If you just intend to buy small articles and inexpensive clothes, Hong Kong Famous Shops Street and Dimei Shopping Center beneath People's Square and Xiangyang Road will whet your appetite. In Dimei Shopping Center, clothes are competitively priced and fashionable, but you will seldom find the top brands here. With the alternation of four seasons the small shops here, sell clothes in vogue which cater for the needs of young people. You can bargain at ease.

Shopping Mall in Shanghai The distinguishing feature in North Shaanxi Road is its shoes. Not only abundant varieties and original styles, the prices are reasonable and moderate. If you admire Chinese-style clothes, some shops selling them are on Maoming Road, Changle Road will meet your requirements. Generally clothes will be tailored to ensure a good fit.

More and more people realize the joy of having clothes tailor-made. To find the fabric, there is fabric market and tailor shops recommended here. Nan Wai Tan (South Bund) Fabric Market in Lujiabang Road is perhaps the largest fabric market you can find in Shanghai. Take subway to Nanpu Bridge Station and walk along Lujiabang Road for a short while, you can see the market. To have anything tailor-made, get to the shop nearly one month in advance. Several fittings will undergo for it may not fit you very well at the first time. Nearby the fabric market, there are many tailor shops in Duojia Road. You can find various fabric materials to make curtains in the market as well. Maoming Road and Changle Road also have some feature tailor shops. For example, KATANO in Maoming Road is an 82-esr-old tailor shop of a Japanese owner. You can have your suit, shirt, office-look clothes made here. Psyche .Q in Xiangdai Plaza (Huaihai Middle Road, north of Xintiandi) has more fashion customers. Yang Yang is a tailor shop good at making Chinese traditional clothes. Go and explore more by yourself!

Fuzhou Road earned its fame as "Culture Street" a century ago. The outlets here deal mainly in manner of cultural items, ranging from books, music and art... It is now the fashion for Shanghai people to wander along Fuzhou Road after work to browse through all sorts of books and magazines in the stores along the road. Shanghai Music Bookstore: No. 365, Middle Tibet Road Tel: 63223213 Shanghai Ancient Books Store: No. 424, Fuzhou Road Tel: 63223453

Shanghai Foreign Languages Bookstore: No. 390, Fuzhou Road Tel: 63223200 Shanghai Books City: No. 401, Fuzhou Road Tel: 63200651 Shanghai Fine Arts Articles Shop: No. 402, Fuzhou Road Tel: 63528706

Dongtai Road Antique Market is a market mainly dealing with the porcelains, jade wares, bronze wares, wooden wares, calligraphy and paintings and embroidery utensils. Lots of tourists from home and aboard come to this famous market.

Of course local food specialties should be taken into account. Houyin Fish (Noodle Fish), origin in Qingpu and Chongming counties, the Houyin Fish is scrumptious and delicious. Canned Anchovy, one of the specialties of Shanghai, is fried and exported overseas and is highly praised. Other local specialties like Pudong Chicken, Shanghai Juicy Peach, and Juicy Pear and so on will make your mouth water.

Local products like, Gu Embroidery , also called Luxiang Yuan Embroidery, from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), is now used in producing clothes, ornaments and bedding. Tapestry is divided into two types, for appreciation and daily use. It is popular among visitors because of various colors, vivid figures and visual design. A scroll of tapestry depicting the Great Wall of China is exhibited in the United Nations building. Jade sculpture, wood sculpture, and stone sculpture feature Shanghai's tourism industry with its exquisite and delicate carvings. Shanghai was one of the original producers and exporters of Chinese silk and silk produced here remains unique owing to its age old traditions as well as new means of production and design. Tourist Souvenirs Shopping Building: No. 558, East Nanjing Road

As for the purchase of household appliances, big home appliance markets, like Gome, Guotong and Quyang Home Appliance City are highly recommended. Household appliances here have low prices and good quality. Gome in Changning Shopping Center: No. 986, Changning Road For everyday requirements, supermarkets offer a wide range of goods. You will find Carrefour, Metro, RT Mart, Hypermarkets & Shopping malls, Lotus and Hualian, etc. Most of them are located near to the transportation hubs and residential areas. Furthermore, up to 100 supermarket chains and 24-hour-open Lawson Convenience Store are established for your convenience.