Shanghai Historical Hotels

Shanghai Park Hotel
Address: No. 170 Nanjing Road(W) Shanghai, China 200003
Phone: 86-21-63275225
ZIP: 200003
Description:
The Shanghai Park Hotel, built in 1934 was the highest architectural structure at that time, which was called The First Building in the Far East.
The Shanghai Park Hotel is located in the heart of the commercial district, right in the downtown area, opposite Peoples Park and only a 3 minute walk to the Shanghai Art Museum and a 10 minute walk to the Shanghai Municipality and Shanghai Museum.
Location:
The Airport is a mere 13kms away and the Railway Station, the famous Bund and Huangpu River are located 3kms away.
Rooms:
All the rooms are comfortably equipped with central air-conditioning, a remote controlled color TV with satellite and in-house movies, mini-bar, safety deposit box, IDD telephone and hairdryer.
A choice of Standard, Deluxe and Executive Room is available. Rooms can accommodate Twin, Double and King size beds. Executive rooms afford a separate living and bedroom with the in-suite bathroom including a luxurious Jacuzzi bath tub.
There are 3 Chinese restaurants and one cafe serving local and Western cuisine. Conference facilities, banquet rooms, and a business center are also available.
Other services and facilities have a barber & beauty salon, coffee shop, disco/nightclub, foreign exchange, hotel doctor, laundry, and shopping arcade.
Reservation & Official Web Site:
http://www.parkhotel.com.cn/

Shanghai Peace Hotel

20 Nanjing Road(E) Shanghai China. 200002
Tel: (8621)63216888 Fax:(8621)63290300
E-mail:sales@shanghaipeacehotel.com
History:
Peace Hotel is truly a fusion of ancient and modern, Eastern and Western. The 12-storey Peace Hotel, built in the Gothic style of the Chicago School, first opened as the Cathay Hotel in1929.The hotel's granite exterior with its copper-sheathed roof rises 77 metres above ground level. The first owner of the Cathay Hotel was Victor Sassoon, an Iraqi Jew of British who had made a fortune trading in opium and weapons. The hotel was symbolized the most luxurious "Number One mansion in the Far East " along the Bund for it's the milky-yellow walls, the revolving hall gate, the white floor of Italian marble, and the copper-colored chandelier.
Cathay Hotel was well known in Shanghai for its luxury and magnificence. It accommodated mostly distinguished guests from countries all over the world, including Politicians, financiers, entrepreneurs, important Chinese officials and Social celebrities, such as General Marshall, Charlie Chaplin, Bernard Shaw. And it was in Cathay Hotel that Noel Coward completed his famous play "Private lives". After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the hotel reopened as Peace Hotel in 1956. And after recent renovation, all the rooms and restaurants are furnished with first-class facilities to provide guests with the best comfort and convenience.
Location:
For decades, the Bund has been the center of Shanghai in economy and finance. A number of tall buildings stand alongside the Huangpu River like a multinational architectural show. Among them, Peace Hotel, with its Characteristic of the green pyramid, enjoys a glamorous attraction of the passers-by. Facing the developing Pudong new area and soaring Orient Pearl TV Tower over the Huangpu River, and next to the Nanjing Road Shopping Area, Peace Hotel is an ideal place of working, staying, leisuring, entertaining and shopping for businessmen.
Room & Rate:
Peace Hotel owns 380 Superior Single Room, Superior Twin Room, Superior Double Room, Deluxe Room with Nanjing Rd. View, Deluxe Twin Room, Deluxe Double Room, Deluxe Double Room with Bund View, Deluxe Twin Room with Bund View, Executive Double Room, Deluxe Double Suite, Deluxe Suite, Peace National Deluxe Suite with Bund View. All rooms, after recent renovation, are furnished with first-class facilities to provide guests with the best comfort and convenience. Among which 9 national deluxe suites in Chinese, British, American, French, Japanese, Italian, German, Indian and Spanish styles, elegantly decorated and still remain their original taste.
Reservation:http://shanghaipeacehotel.ips.net.cn/