Accommodations - Explore Shanghai - page 236

199 Huangpu Road; tel: [phone]; www.shanghai.bund.hyatt.com ; $$$
When it opened in 2007, this funky riverfront property became the first five-star hotel in the
up-and-coming Hongkou district, just north of the Bund. Xindalu restaurant serves the city's
best Peking duck, and the top-floor bar and many of the rooms have spectacular views of
the Bund and Pudong riverbanks.
Motel 168
300 Huoshan Road; tel: [phone]; www.motel168.com ; $
One of dozens of Motel 168s in Shanghai, it delivers everything the budget traveller could
want: bright, clean rooms, a business centre and free broadband, along with a reliable on-
line reservations system - although only in Chinese - and a bit of spoken English.
Hotel Pravo
299 Wusong Road; tel: [phone]; www.hotel-pravo.com ; $$
Refined art deco look and feel with elegant rooms in soft pastel tones. Located on the edge
of up-and-coming Hongkou district; the tunnel beneath whizzes you to the Bund or Pudong
in minutes.
PEOPLE'S SQUARE
JIA
931 Nanjing Road West; tel: [phone]; www.jiashanghai.com ; $$$$
Singaporean entrepreneur, Yenn Wong, waved her design wand on a Nanjing Road herit-
age mansion and created a Shanghai icon. Funky, playful and exquisitely styled, Jia offers
residence-style rooms with quirky furnishings, kitchenettes and an inbuilt ceiling sound sys-
tem.
JW Marriott
399 Nanjing Road West; tel: [phone]; www.marriotthotels.com/shajw ; $$$$
Located atop the iconic Tomorrow Square tower at People's Square, with an elegant main
lobby on the 38th floor. Guestrooms feature silk textured wallpaper, mahogany tea chests
and marble tubs along with business-oriented amenities. Don't miss JW's Lounge on the
40th floor, which has a 50-strong Martini menu and fine views of the city.