Shanghai — Places to stay
Yesterday's Bund and tomorrow's skyline, one river apart.
- Fairmont Peace Hotel — Green pyramid roof, a 1929 art deco lobby and the jazz bar
- The Peninsula Shanghai — Quiet north end of the Bund with Pudong straight out the window
- Park Hyatt Shanghai — Floors 79–93; the Bund looks like a model railway from bed
- Grand Hyatt Shanghai (Jin Mao Tower) — A gold atrium spiralling 30+ floors; high views a price tier lower
- The PuLi Shanghai — Calm tower beside Jing'an Park with a 25 m pool and spa
- Jing An Shangri-La, Shanghai — Mall downstairs, metro nearby; rainy days barely matter
- The Shanghai EDITION — A reworked 1930s building with a rooftop bar facing the Bund
- Hyatt on the Bund — Across Garden Bridge; the 32nd-floor bar frames Bund and Pudong
- Okura Garden Hotel Shanghai — A 1920s French club and two hectares of garden; birdsong downtown
- Atour Hotel Nanjing East Road, Shanghai on the Bund — Mid-range chain blocks from the Bund; loved for breakfast and laundry
- Blue Mountain Bund Youth Hostel — Backpacker hostel under 1 km from the Bund; walk everywhere
- Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund — Bund hotel that uses the 1911 Shanghai Club as its front door
- Mandarin Oriental Pudong, Shanghai — North Lujiazui riverbank, with the Huangpu right outside the window
- The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong — Inside Lujiazui's IFC, with the Pearl Tower almost close enough to touch
- W Shanghai – The Bund — North Bund riverside W that sees the Bund and Pudong at once
- Bvlgari Hotel Shanghai — 82 rooms looking over Suzhou Creek to the Bund
- Banyan Tree Shanghai On The Bund — 60 m² rooms on the North Bund, facing Lujiazui across the river
- Pudong Shangri-La, Shanghai — 950-room Lujiazui hotel facing the Bund across the river
- The Langham, Shanghai, Xintiandi — Right by Xintiandi's lanes; walk out the door to dinner
- Andaz Xintiandi Shanghai — Hyatt's design hotel, 140 m from Xintiandi, with mood-lit rooms
- Campanile Hotel Shanghai The Bund — A 3-star walkable to both the Bund and Yu Garden
- Mercure Shanghai Yu Garden On the Bund — A 4-star by Yu Garden, 9.6 from 10,000-plus stays
- Yitel Premium (People's Square, Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street) — Inside an old Nanjing Road building, 12,000 reviews
- JI Hotel Shanghai People's Square — Round building, five minutes from People's Square
- Metropolo YMCA Hotel, People's Square — Old YMCA building, rooms over 40 m² from about ¥440
- Atour X Hotel Shanghai Huashan Road, Jing'an Temple — 4-star near Jing'an Temple, walk to Yuyuan and Anfu roads
- Campanile Hotel Shanghai Jing'an Temple — A 9.6-rated 3-star with tatami beds near Jing'an Temple
- Atour Hotel Shanghai Huangpu Xintiandi Metro Station — Opened 2023, three minutes from Xintiandi station
- JI Hotel Shanghai Xintiandi — Refurbished in 2025, between Xintiandi and Tianzifang
- IntercityHotel Shanghai Lujiazui Center — Opened 2024, a 9.8-rated 4-star in Lujiazui
- Dayin International Youth Hostel (East Nanjing Road & The Bund) — Big hostel with a bar, 240 m from Nanjing Road
- Desti Youth Hostel Shanghai Jing'an Temple — Jing'an hostel with private capsule beds and a cafe-bar