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HOME TO MORE THAN 20 In this city divided by the Huangpu Add world-renowned chefs, a thriving MILLION PEOPLE, STUNNING, river, the futuristic skyline is nightlife, plus a burgeoning art and SPACE-AGE SUPER-CITY juxtaposed with the historic Bund on design scene, and that’s really all SHANGHAI IS BURSTING WITH the riverbank opposite, and together you need… Anchored by its past, but LIFE AND QUITE LITERALLY they paint a picture-perfect portrayal ever-changing and forward-looking, BREATHTAKING. of this busy metropolis, a financial and Shanghai is a model for the city of cultural force to be reckoned with. tomorrow.

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• Pudong airport to town: 50 mins • Many smaller businesses do not • The Huangpu river carves the city / RMB160-170 by cab, at least accept credit cards in two: on the east bank is the sci-fi RMB230 after 11pm; or take the Pudong financial district, and on super-fast Maglev (RMB50 one-way) the west bank (PuXi) is the famous to the end and change to metro or • Tipping is not expected, though Bund and enormous former French cab (RMB60 into town) some places add a service charge, Concession or allow it on your charge docket

• The metro is easy but taxis are easier, cheap and plentiful, though • You will be pushed, shoved and disappear in peak hours or rain elbowed out of the way, simply take a deep breath and smile politely

• Drivers don’t speak English and • Try to take a tour of the don’t need tipping atmospheric but fast diminishing old areas before it’s all too late

• Lu is the generic term meaning road, though some roads now have commonly used English names

• In Shanghai stores the G/F is the 1/F

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LUXE INSIDER

Alison Yeung FASHION DESIGNER

Alison is the founder and designer of Mary Ching, China’s first ever luxury shoe and accessories brand. A Central Saint Martin’s graduate, Alison has been mixing Asian inspiration with European sensibilities, and using the heritage of both to deliver footwear that has been hailed as ‘La Louboutin Shanghaienne’ by ELLE France.

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LUXE INSIDER Alison Yeung

WHERE CAN YOU BE WHO ARE YOUR FAVORITE WHICH NEIGHBORHOOD FOUND ON A SATURDAY LOCAL DESIGNERS? OR GALLERY IS AN ART- OR SUNDAY MORNING? LOVER MUST-VISIT? I am the co-creator of the Fashion I love a lazy morning spent enjoying Detour Map, available at all 5-star Pearl Lam Galleries is a must-see dim sum at Crystal Jade in , hotels, leading restaurants and destination – the owner Pearl Lam has followed by a stroll in the antique bars, which lists 42 local designers exceptional and eccentric taste, which market on Dongtai Lu, with objects in Shanghai for footwear, clothing, is evident in the way each exhibit is like hand-painted Chinese Kama Sutra, children and accessories. displayed. bronze dragons and jade calligraphy shanghai-detour.org pearllam.com brushes to fall in love with.

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WHAT’S THE BEST DAY-TRIP FROM SHANGHAI? WHERE DO YOU GO FOR A The team at Luxury Concierge China GREAT COCKTAIL? prepares the best programs and Without a doubt, Glamour Bar is surprises even the most frequent my favorite. It oozes opulence and visitors to the city. Tours can be comfort, and serves the best cocktails tailored to your interests, whether in town. I would recommend trying they be silk, tea plantations, a relaxing the Champagne Bar there, which also day by the lakes, or a day spent offers delicious finger food. buying leather and mink jackets.

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LUXE Loves

THE WATERHOUSE AT THE PENINSULA DA DONG SOUTH BUND Hotel Dining Hotel This glamorous Shanghai dame brings The famed Beijing stalwart is deservedly Transformed from a 1930s warehouse the 1920s back to life with classic known for its roast Peking duck, perfected into an industrial-chic boutique hotel, Art Deco furnishings and marble over 20+ years in the business, and the 19 design-conscious rooms come bathrooms, without skimping on the good news is there’s a branch in equipped with complimentary WiFi, modern touches like free WiFi and Shanghai. But don’t let the exhaustive TV, iPod dock and espresso machine, Nespresso machines. Eat at modern menu distract you from the main act: plus there’s the fabulous contemporary European restaurant Sir Elly’s or order a classic whole or half duck with Chinese fine diner Yi Long Court, Table No. 1 restaurant and terrace thin pancakes, plum sauce, and crunchy imbibe at sultry Salon de Ning, or at lounge The Roof. veggie accompaniments. Go early, or be the glowing rooftop bar, and relax at prepared to wait – though, to ease the the spa or beautiful skylit pool. 1-3 Maojiayuan Lu pain, they provide complimentary drinks Lane 479 / Zhongshan Nan Lu while you queue. +86 21 6080 2988 32 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu +86 21 2327 2888 5/F / Reel Mall / 1601 Nanjing Xi Lu waterhouseshanghai.com peninsula.com +86 21 3253 2299 / 11am-10pm daily dadongdadong.com

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FIFTY 8º GRILL FU HE HUI CHUN Dining Dining Dining

Renowned for heading up the Hong Daring duo Tony Lu and Fang Yuan This four-table foodie favorite offers Kong Mandarin Oriental’s two- (of Fu1039, Fu1088 and Fu1015 fame) no menu, no English, and has no Michelin-starred (and 24th on the have opted to champion the humble atmosphere to speak of. Yet locals World’s 50 Best Restaurants list) vegetable with playful yet painterly craving authentic, home-style Amber, Richard Ekkebus now takes precision at this discreet, elegant Shanghainese flavors pack out this Shanghai with Fifty 8º, a temple fine-diner spanning three floors modest little eatery every night, ready of French artisan ingredients and of predominantly private rooms, to eat whatever the chef serves. flawless technique. Think signature appointed in granite and dark woods Bookings are essential, so plan well steaks grilled over open fire, served up and dotted with rare antiques. ahead. in a striking Art Deco-inspired salon. 1047 Yuyuan Lu 124 Jinxian Lu Mandarin Oriental +86 21 3980 9188 +86 21 6256 0301 111 Pudong Nan Lu lunch & dinner daily lunch & dinner Mon-Sat +86 21 2082 9938 lunch & dinner daily

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CHAR TAIPAN Spa Bar

SENATOR SALOON Drape yourself on a recliner, position Leave the hoi polloi below and zip Bar your LCD, and let the masseuses up Hotel Indigo’s elevator to the still work their magic on tired feet and under-the-radar Char bar, boasting This Old West-inspired, speakeasy- shopper’s shoulders. Bonus: you a prime position on a South Bund style bar features Texas-imported get free-flow food and drink during rooftop complete with panorama pressed tin ceilings, a smooth jazz your treatment. Heaven, but hugely patio, meticulously crafted cocktails, soundtrack, and long wooden booths popular, so book ahead. on which to enjoy a drinks list heavy and some of the city’s hippest kittens. on the bar’s specialties: rare US 39 Donghu Lu bourbons, ryes, and barrel-aged gins. 30/F / Hotel Indigo Shanghai on the +86 21 6415 8880 Bund / 585 Zhongshan Dong Er Lu noon-midnight daily 98 Wuyuan Lu +86 21 3302 9995 / 5pm-late daily +86 5423 1330 / 5pm-late daily char-thebund.com taipan.com senatorsaloon.com

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PEOPLE’S SQUARE ARCHITECTURE TOURS THE LONG MUSEUM Activities Activities Activities

A one-stop cultural park: stunning The best way to learn about Old Chinese power couple Liu Yiqian collection of ancient ceramics and Shanghai is to totter along the Bund and Wang Wei make their vast, calligraphy at The , and backstreets, into old areas predominantly Chinese, must-see art a fascinating scale model of the shape and industrial buildings. Spencer collection public in a 10,000-sq-meter, of Shanghai to come at the Urban Dodington of Luxury Concierge China three-story Pudong space with works Exhibition Planning Hall, while MoCA brings the Bund and former French ranging from Song dynasty relics to Shanghai is a few doors down with a Concession to life; while historian Mao-era revolutionary pieces. neat cache of contemporary art. Don’t Peter Hibbard is equally well-versed miss French architect Charpentier’s on the Bund and its historical No 210 / Lane 2255 futuristic centerpiece Grand Theatre siginificance. Luoshan Lu / +86 21 6877 8787 for regular world-class performances. 10am-5.30pm Tue-Sun luxuryconciergechina.com + West Bund branch

Shanghai Museum / 201 Renmin Dadao Peter Hibbard / +86 136 7151 5636 thelongmuseum.org +86 21 6372 3500 [email protected] Urban Exhibition Planning Hall 100 Renmin Dadao / +86 21 6318 4477 MoCA Shanghai / 231 Nanjing Xi Lu SHANG XIA MAISON +86 21 6327 9900 BA YAN KA LA Shopping

Grand Theatre / 300 Renmin Dadao Shopping The local label that elevated ‘Made +86 21 6386 8686 in China’ to the headiest heights Named after the mountain range of luxury, thanks to the exquisite on the Tibetan plateau from where imaginings of designer Qiong Er, it sources pure glacial water, this has branched out into the arts. In a skincare label uses all-natural colonial villa transformed by avant- MARY CHING ingredients and draws inspiration garde architect Kengo Kuma, art Shopping from ancient Chinese medicines. The works and regular exhibitions now result? Tibetan roseroot for stress, feature alongside the boutique’s usual It’s worth navigating the city’s nooks Coix seed for wrinkles, plus a handy- selection of Zitan wood furniture, and crannies to discover this tiny dandy list of skin rituals to keep the heritage-tinged womenswear, boutique stocked full with luscious, doctor away. locally designed stilettos, slippers porcelain teaware, and jewelry made from precious jade. and clutches that will render even the 3/F / l’Avenue Mall / 99 Xianxia Lu most jaded fashionistas smitten. +86 21 6029 0066 233 Huaihai Zhong Lu bayankala.com +86 21 8017 9777 Ferguson Lane / 376 Wukang Lu +86 134 8286 9378 shang-xia.com

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POLLUTION STREET GUYS SOLICITING SPITTING ON THE BUND Hello? Anyone got any sky? Consider This is still a keen hobby here, both yourself lucky if you even glimpse the No, sir, I have no interest in a shoe shine indoors and out, so watch your step sun

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DUMPLING TIME STEP BACK IN TIME SENSIBLE SHOPPING Shanghai is full of dumpling houses, It’s easy to focus on the here and now Fighting the heaving crowds to partake but don’t follow the tourist masses, eat in this C. 21st super-city, but you’d be in some retail therapy in Xintiandi or like a local at the city’s original Xiao doing yourself and the city an injustice on Taikang Lu at the weekend is an Yang Sheng Jian, the best go-to spot if you ignored the fascinating but fast exhausting exercise. Try visiting the for unique ‘sheng jian’ dumplings, which disappearing Old Shanghai. Take a tour aforementioned neighborhoods on are pan-fried crispy on the bottom and of the stylish Bund and former French less crowded weekdays, and save the deliciously soupy inside. Concession with Luxury Concierge China weekends for standout stores like Hong and see it for yourself before it’s gone Merchant, an exclusive insider enclave xysjg.com forever. full of antiques and art.

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SMART SIGHTSEEING

Avoid wasting precious hours stuck in COOKING CLASS traffic while trying to visit Shanghai’s plethora of museums and cultural sights. Rather than bringing home some Instead, plan to spend a full morning or ubiquitous trinkets for your friends afternoon at the cultural park that is and family, why not give them a truly People’s Square, and hit the Shanghai authentic souvenir – a home-cooked Museum, Urban Planning Exhibition Hall, Chinese meal, using all the impressive MOCA Shanghai, and Grand Theatre all skills you’ve picked up at the Chinese at once – Shanghai smart! Cooking Workshop.

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LUXE ITINERARY Romance

She’s not called the ‘Paris of the East’ and cashmere, one of the many lovely the Pudong scrapers. When you’ve had for nothing. With long strolls against the shops lining the Bund. Retail therapy enough, head back to the Waldorf Astoria glimmering lights of the river banks, and session complete, perhaps it’s time for a Shanghai on the Bund, where nightcaps some of the finest wining and dining in couple’s pamper at The Peninsula Spa, at the hotel’s 1920s Long Bar, and your the world to enjoy, Shanghai truly is a with its blissful holistic therapies and sumptuous suite await. lovers’ paradise. Rise and shine early, Shanghai signature massages, guaranteed and just over an hour’s drive brings you to leave you feeling rejuvenated and to Zhu Jia Jiao, one among the frozen- revving for an evening of romance. For in-time necklace of water towns outside the be-all-and-end-all of dreamy dinners Shanghai, all with old stone homes and try The Cupola at Three on the Bund, a quiet canals. Picture- and picnic-perfect, tiny romantic rooftop dining room just big a few morning hours will do it, then head enough for two, with a skyline panorama, back into Shanghai for lunch at The butler, and served by the sommeliers Chinoise Story, a little-known jewel with and chefs of Jean Georges downstairs. creamy booths and mouth-watering fare Keep the rooftop theme going in the to share. In the afternoon, head arm- clouds at Char (see LUXE Loves), where in-arm down the Bund with its dazzling you’ll canoodle on the 30-story-high Huangpu views, and treat each other at South Bund terrace of the Hotel Indigo Annabel Lee’s flagship full of silk, linen and enjoy spectacular bird’s eye views of

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The Pearl of the Orient solidified its so stay on the heritage path with an Saloon (see LUXE Loves), a handsome status as a glamor capital in the 1920s, afternoon shopping session, starting in American ‘Old West’ imbiber with some and almost a century later it remains the historic former French Concession. of the city’s best cocktails and a rare a bonafide Asian fashion hub, not to Navigate the winding streets to discover bourbon and whiskey specialty. More mention home to chic gals and gents heaven for the shoe-obsessed at Mary precision tipples await at the quirky police galore. To get a heavy style and culture Ching (see LUXE Loves), before moving station turned tapas bar The Commune hit, start your day with a morning visit onward to AEGIS for hip but hard-to-find Social (try the smartly-monikered Jing’an to People’s Square (see LUXE Loves), brands, and lovely vintage embroidery Juice), where international celebrity chef a one-stop sightsee spot filled with and handmade textiles at Brocade Jason Atherton’s small and share plates attractions like the Shanghai Museum, Country just down the street. To unwind delight. Finally, take your beauty-snooze the Urban Exhibition Planning Hall, after your marathon spending spree, book at industrial-chic The Waterhouse at MoCA Shanghai, and the Grand Theatre. in at deliciously elegant, neo-classical The South Bund (see LUXE Loves), a former With your newfound understanding of the Peninsula Spa, where you can choose warehouse turned mod-minimalist hotel, city’s past, present and future, push on from treats that last from an hour up to a complete with gorgeous rooftop terrace. to enjoy lunch at Fu 1088, which offers full day! Now you’re primed and preened delectable local fare in a refurbished just in time for sunset hour, so slip into 1930s mansion. The sleek surrounds may some stilettos (or, if you’ve got them, bring to mind the olden days of Shanghai, cowboy boots) for drinks at Senator

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LUXE ITINERARY Gourmet

Being home to the world-renowned stroll will take you to Xiao Yang Sheng serves. It’s the real deal and very popular, xiaolongbao (soup dumpling) may prove Jian (see LUXE Loves), a local staple for so bookings are essential – plan ahead! sufficient bait for many a gourmand sheng jian or pan-fried dumplings with a Next stop is Napa Wine Bar & Kitchen, globe-trotter, but seriously discerning delightfully liquid center. After a plate or the go-to for Shanghai’s oenophiles, diners also flock to Shanghai for its three, it’s time for class at the Chinese where you can sit at the central show many other tantalizing and diverse Cooking Workshop (see Drab vs. Fab), bar or tour the cellar for top-shelf global dishes. If you’ve arrived ready to eat where the ultimate Shanghai souvenir bottles. Finally, a bed at elegant, Bund- your weight’s worth, begin with a tour – Chinese home-cooking skills – is yours side The Peninsula (see LUXE Loves) of the historic Bund and former French to take back and impress the family and awaits, so off you totter! Concession, led by the fabulous Spencer friends. After all that hard work you’ll Dodington of Luxury Concierge China likely want to unwind, and a quick foot (see LUXE Loves), making sure you stop rub at Taipan (see LUXE Loves) will for a steamer of xiaolongbao to-go at certainly do the trick – simply position the famed Nanxiang in Yuyuan Garden. your LCD, consult the free-flow food and Later, zip up the lift in the old wing of drinks menu, and lie back. With your aura the Waldorf Astoria to Wei Jing Ge for restored, arrive at Chun (see LUXE Loves), regional fare from Shanghai, Canton and a Shanghainese foodie destination not for Huaiyang, served in an atmospheric, the picky or paranoid. There’s no menu wood-beamed attic. Post lunch, a short and no English – you eat what the chef

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LUXE ITINERARY The Essentials

ROMANCE STYLE

• Zhu Jia Jiao (70mins away) • People’s Square • Senator Saloon Call Asia Limo +86 21 5358 0168 (see LUXE Loves) (see LUXE Loves) asialimo.com • Fu 1088 • The Commune Social • The Chinoise Story 375 Zhenning Lu 511 Jiangning Lu Jin Jiang Hotel +86 21 5239 7878 +86 21 6407 7638 59 Maoming Nan Lu lunch & dinner daily lunch Tue-Sun, dinner Tue-Sat +86 21 6445 1717 communesocial.com lunch & dinner daily • Mary Ching jinlu-china.com (see LUXE Loves) • The Waterhouse at South Bund (see LUXE Loves) • Annabel Lee • AEGIS No. 1 Lane 8 777 Julu Lu / +86 21 5403 9869 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu 12.30-9.30pm daily +86 21 6445 8218 projectaegis.com annabel-lee.com • Brocade Country • The Peninsula Spa 616 Julu Lu / +86 21 6279 2677 3/F / The Peninsula Hotel 32 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu • The Peninsula Spa +86 21 2327 6599 3/F / The Peninsula Hotel peninsula.com 32 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu +86 21 2327 6599 • The Cupola peninsula.com 7/F / Three on the Bund 3 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu +86 21 6321 0909 threeonthebund.com

• Char (see LUXE Loves)

• Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund 2 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu +86 21 6322 9988 waldorfastoriashanghai.com

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LUXE ITINERARY The Essentials

GOURMET

• Luxury Concierge China • Xiao Yang Sheng Jian • Napa Wine Bar & Kitchen (see LUXE Loves) (see LUXE Loves) 2/F / South Bund 22 22 Zhongshan Dong Er Lu • Nanxiang • Chinese Cooking Workshop +86 21 6318 0057 85 Yuyuan Lu (see Drab vs. Fab) napawinebarandkitchen.com +86 21 6355 4206 7.30am-9pm daily • Taipan • The Peninsula laomiaocanyin.com (see LUXE Loves) (see LUXE Loves)

• Wei Jing Ge • Chun Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the (see LUXE Loves) Bund / 2 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu +86 21 6322 9988 lunch & dinner daily waldorfastoriashanghai.com

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Your LUXE notes

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