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Bulgari Hotel Shanghai: Killer Coffee Break Spot

July 13, 2018 Shanghai

If you think you’ve seen that Pudong skyline from every conceivable angle then we might just have a little surprise for you here. When Bespoke swung by the just-opened Bulgari Hotel Shanghai for a quick coffee we weren’t quite sure what to expect given that its off-Bund location isn’t exactly the most promising.

But nip up to the Il Bar on the 47th floor and be greeted by one of the best Shanghai views we’ve seen in a while. Set further back from the Huangpu than most similar venues, you’ll see a grand sweep of the city here – and from a fresh perspective too.

Train or Plane in China?

July 11, 2018 Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an

China’s a big old place – fourth largest nation on earth to be precise – and intercity ‘hops’ to the country’s highlights can easily exceed a thousand kilometers, so choosing your mode of transport is important. Once you rule out driving (seriously, no one wants to spend this long on China’s clogged highways, trust us on this) there are essentially two options – high-speed train or domestic flight – the pros and cons of which we have laid out below.

Bullet Train

Together

June 25, 2018 Shanghai

The Middle House Hotel

May 7, 2018 Shanghai

It honestly feels like we’ve waited an age for The Middle House. After all, the team behind the project has already set the bar for design hotels in Beijing, Chengdu and Hong Kong with their ‘House Collective’ properties, so it really was about time they showed Shanghai a little bit of love. So excited were we that, when an invitation arrived requesting Bespoke’s presence for a pre-opening trial stay, we dashed the two blocks from our office to their new ‘house’ in what may have been an inappropriately hasty manner.

Amanyangyun

May 7, 2018 Shanghai

If you’ve ever been to an Aman resort before you’ll know very well that they are not given to doing things by halves, and the hotel group’s latest Shanghai resort – the Amanyangyun – is no exception. In fact, given that many of the buildings here were picked up and moved hundreds of kilometres from a village in Jiangxi Province, this has been widely touted as their most ambitious opening yet.

Slated for demolition in their original location due to the construction of a reservoir, these beautiful old mansions were painstakingly dismantled and then reassembled on the outskirts of Shanghai.

Shanghai’s Best Modern Chinese Restaurants

May 7, 2018 Shanghai

We’re often asked to recommend the most authentic Chinese food Shanghai has to offer. But what does ‘authentic’ really mean? Sure, we love the classics: jostling for xiaolongbao at Jia Jia, or slurping the sesame noodles on shared tables at Wei Xiang Zhai… but Chinese cuisine is an art that has evolved over many hundreds of years and is still changing – arguably faster than ever.

That’s why we’re just as excited about the local chefs that have been quietly pushing the boundaries of what is considered traditional for a few months now, and creating delicious dishes in the process. Here are three of our faves:

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