Hyatt on The Bund

... Evening: Stroll Riverside Promenade; find café for dinner and view Bund from across the river Visit Cloud 9 Bar at the 87th floor at nearby Grand Hyatt; minimum of RMB 120 plus 15% service charge each Sunday, November 22 Visit Yu Yuan Garden 40 RMB ...

... that takes a couple of minutes to get used to. We also had a good look at the old westernised river front, the Bund, which is named after an Anglo-Indian term meaning 'muddy embankment' or something like that. It has some really impressive architecture ...

... , then financial centre, many companies built their headquarters or branches along the riverside of the Huangpu, an area which became the Bund. The companies came from Britain, France and USA, and later from Russia, Japan, Germany, Italy, Netherlands. A ...

... de construction, le Shanghai Center, sera la deuxième tour la plus haute du monde du haut de ses 632 mètres. La plus belle vue sur le Pudong est sans doute de nuit, depuis le bar "La Vue" en haut de l'hôtel Hyatt. Merci Julien pour ce plan :-) ...

... was becoming a really nice afternoon. We decided that we would follow the Lonely Planet’s excellent walking tour along the Bund, Shanghai’s famous riverfront. It was once Shanghai’s main commercial district and fortunately, in the ...

... had only re-opened that morning. It was a spectacularly clear day, and we took the opportunity to stroll along the Bund boardwalk, and visit the Park Hyatt bar on the 97th floor of the World Financial Centre (the third tallest in the world) which towers ...

... through the French concessionary area and the park to watch the kite flying and ballroom dancing. Then Craig suggested a beer on the bund to watch the lights – second time lucky! This time we got the timing wrong again and had to wait for the lights ...

We had hours of fun in the traffic en route to Shanghai, where we spent the first afternoon walking around the Bund with Joe our new local guide, which at the moment is under construction due to the World Expo 2010 being held there, so there isn't a great ...

... pampered ourselves with facials and Massages before going home to get ready for the night. At dusk we set out for a stroll along the Bund which was magnificently lit because of the World Expo that was in town. The views at night were magnificent as you ...

... At £8-9 for a dorm, Shanghai hostels are sodding expensive by Chinese standards. Shanghai is a city sized version of downtown anywhere. The Bund is a load of old buildings near a load of new ones (many European cities do this better…), that famous ...

... in fast and so it seemed like a pointless exercise.   A friend told us that there were great views (and ice cream) of The Bund by night to be had from the Hagen Daz on the Riverside Promenade so we headed off there. The Chinese cityscapes by night ...

... did. Shanghai is a very walkable sity, reminds me a bit of San Francisco but times 100 and flat. Patrick and I started the day walking from The Bund down Nanjing road, which is the main retail and shopping road in Shanghai. I have learned how to say, ...

... established trading concessions.  These concessions were established along the banks of the Huangpu river in an area known as The Bund.  Many magnificent art deco buildings remain and a walk along the river bank is a must do. However, ...

... Shanghai and wish that we had gone. We want to see and do as much as we can while we are here. So, we booked into the Hyatt on the Bund for New Year's Eve, we bought tickets to The Vue and we brought the New Year in with style. The Bund is the historical ...

... and the coffee was amazing! And if you've ever had mine, you know that is saying a lot. I was then going to stroll the Bund before my 2:30 appointment only to find out it is under construction. The concierge suggested I visit Yuyuan Garden instead and I'm ...

... The room was a suite with a king size bed and a chaise next to the window overlooking the rest of Pudong, the river, and the Bund historical area with mechanical shades that you operated from the control panel next to the bed.  The front desk worked ...

... '. It was a poundish per item and we tried to haggle her down but soon realised that somethings are not haggleable! We then walked to the bund and got a boat to the financial district so we could go up the Jin Mao tower. It´s free to go up and you can ...

... hand as we look down on the space tower and the entire city below us. Good view. Next day we head over to the Bund. Imagine shopping on Oxford street on a Saturday afternoon on the last shopping day before christmas. Double the number of people in ...

... hours, ducking into various stores along the way. For Dinner, we took a taxi across the Yangtze River to "Three on the Bund" a great collection of restaurants, galleries and shops located right across the street from the famous Bund. Here we dined at ...

... 's tallest hotel - the Grand Hyatt Shanghai. Enjoy a traditional Mongolian BBQ Buffet lunch, followed by a walk along the Bund, the elegant riverside promenade which symbolized European and foreign influence and affluence in the 1930s. See the ships and ...