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15 Huang Pu Rd
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Astor House Hotel: Cool, Historic Hotel-Great Location!!    Check Rates
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    • chinagale
  • By chinagale on November 14, 2005
    • Business floor bedroom - Shanghai
    Business floor bedroom
    by chinagale, 4 more photos
    I stayed in a business class room at the Astor Hotel (Pu Jiang Fan Dian) in October, 2005. I got a good room price through www.asiatravel.com. I couldn't have been more pleased. The room was spacious. I was staying for a week and there was plenty of room to unpack and put everything in a closet, cabinet or drawer--including my luggage. I loved the natural wood floors which I feel are cleaner than hotel carpeting. The room had a queen-sized bed, a sofa, a desk complete with a computer and fax machine, a TV with CNN, and a refrigerator. The bed and pillows were comfortable. The bathroom was gorgeous. It was done with black granite, marble, glass and Kohler fixtures. The breakfast provided in the morning was not outstanding, but there was variety and I never left hungry. The desk staff on the business floor was friendly and always willing to try their best to help. Parts of the hotel have not been renovated and cater to backpackers.

    The location of this hotel is excellent. From the hotel I could walk down the Bund, and over to NanJing Road for shopping and restaurants. You don't have a view of the river from the hotel (maybe one or two rooms, I don't know), but you can walk half a block and enjoy it. I was looking for a hotel with history rather than something gleaming new and glitzy. If you read some Shanghai history before you stay here, you will appreciate the hotel and location even more.

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  • Price: US$40-80    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: less expensive than average
  • Phone: 1862163246388
  • Directions: Right on the far end of the Bund next to Shanghai Mansions.
  • Website: www.pujianghotel.com
  • Other Contact: www.asiatravel.com
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    Astor House Hotel: The pure rich Colonialstyle for a reasonable price    Check Rates
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    • tremendopunto
  • By tremendopunto on May 15, 2005
    • spacy double room at Astor House - Shanghai
    spacy double room at Astor
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    by tremendopunto
    It is the pure rich colonial style! Supposed to be the first and oldest hotel of Shanghai. People like Einstein, Charlie Chaplin, Bertrand Russell and US President Grant stayed here. I stayed in a 45 qm doubleroom with beautiful old wood floor, 3 meter and something high ceiling with old stucco works and so on for 380 Yuan (16 Euros per person).
    Great atmosphere and great quality!

    But if you are 100 per cent backpacker you can also enjoy this atmosphere at the Astor House for 70 Kuai in dormitory.

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  • Price: US$20-40    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: less expensive than average
  • Phone: 1862163246388
  • Directions: It is right at the beginning of the bund behind the monument (21)-63246388
  • Website: www.Pujianghotel.com or www.astorhouse.com
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    Astor House Hotel: A comfortable, convenient old hotel    Check Rates
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    • trvlrtom
  • Updated By trvlrtom on August 29, 2006
    • Hotel interior courtyard - Shanghai
    Hotel interior courtyard
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    Our guidebook described this hotel as a backpacker favorite. Perhaps, but we three got a very spacious and comfortable room at a good price. The location was great, just at the north end of the Bund. This photo was taken from the hallway. Our room was a few doors down from where Charlie Chaplin once stayed. It is also called the Pujiang.

    One of the last of the many grand old hotels that once graced the Shanghai waterfront.

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  • Price: less than US$20    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: less expensive than average
  • Phone: 021-63246388
  • Directions: just over Waibadu Bridge and Suzhou creek.
  • Website: www.pujianghotel.com
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    Astor House Hotel: Most interesting hotel in Shanghai.    Check Rates
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    • holidayshirt
  • Updated By holidayshirt on January 20, 2007
    • The view from our room - Shanghai
    The view from our room
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    We stayed at the Astor House for 12 nights over Christmas and New Year. The place was an absolute delight despite the incessant Christmas carols sung by what sounded like children being tortured that played over and over. Breakfast was included and the buffet each morning provided ample choice. The room itself was a generous size and was, thankfully, very warm. We enjoyed a view of the Bund and if I leaned out of the window far enough, I could see the Orient Pearl Tower. A comfortable and extremely pleasant hotel made all the better by it's old-world charm. It's crowning glory was Morning Shanghai, the restaurant on the firts floor. A spectacular and grand room boasting a very reasonably priced Chinese and Western menu. We didn't bother with the Western menu as the Chinese dishes were simply delicious. One of the best restaurants we experinced in Shanghai.

    The oldest western style hotel in China, built in 1846.

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  • Price: US$40-80    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: about average
  • Phone: 1862163246388
  • Website: www.pujianghotel.com
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    Astor House Hotel: The Pujiang Hotel!    Check Rates
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    • nepalgoods
  • Updated By nepalgoods on October 24, 2005
    • Dormitory - Shanghai
    Dormitory
    by nepalgoods
    I would always recommend the Pujiang Hotel! Nice and clean and cheap! Large clean dormitories and rooms. The hotel is always packed with backpackers.

    The building itself is more than 100 years old. It has been the Astor-Hotel in 19th century. Some famous travellers like Charly Chaplin and Albert Einstein stayed here.

    Unique are the now renovated big rooms with high ceilings and a big bathroom. The best is of course the location: only a few minutes walk away from the famous bund and shopping street Nanjing Lu. The renovated rooms are said to have 4-star-quality, but the overall quality like facilities and restaurants is more for the backpackers.

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  • Comparison: more expensive than average
  • Phone: 1862163246388
  • Website: www.pujianghotel.com
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    Astor House Hotel: Astor house hotel review    Check Rates
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    • marora99
  • By marora99 on August 24, 2005
    • I booked this hotel through www.sinohotel.com. This is actually a hostel. Me and my sis stayed in a private room. The bathroom and room was clean. The front desk would write out the name of our destinations in chinese. This hotel is like a min walk from the bund. The location is good and it is well known to taxi drivers. I had to stay in a different hotel in shanghai due to a delay in my flight to india. The hotel provided by the airlines was absoultuely disgusting and had roaches everywhere. This hotel may not be fancy but it is clean. So if your just looking for a place to crash keep it in mind.

    The best part about this hotel is that it is familiar to taxi drivers and is walking distance to many of the main attractions.

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  • Price: US$40-80    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: about average
  • Phone: 1862163246388
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    Astor House Hotel: Astor House Hotel    Check Rates
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  • By coolasia88 on June 18, 2009
    • check out more reviews from real human beings like yourself at www.cool.asia

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    Astor House Hotel: Univited Guests eh    Check Rates
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  • By Fellside on August 22, 2006
    • Generally a good hotel (location and value for money) which was sadly let down when we found a rat in our room. When we reported this to the manager he thought it funny - he laughed, I'm not sure whether through mirth or embarrassment. I think the manager's attitude was far worse than the rat itself, however. I can't therefore recommend this hotel.

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  • Phone: 1862163246388
  • Directions: Just along from the Bund, great location
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    Astor House Hotel: great views    Check Rates
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    • elvncastle
  • By elvncastle on November 20, 2007
    • astor house hotel, march 2007 - Shanghai
    astor house hotel, march 2007
    by elvncastle
    great views.....

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  • Price: US$80-120    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: least expensive
  • Phone: 1862163246388
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    Astor House Hotel: PU JIANG HOTEL    Check Rates
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    • ancient_traveler
  • Updated By ancient_traveler on March 5, 2008
    • Astor House Hotel - Shanghai
    by ancient_traveler, 1 more photos
    Astor House Hotel was established in 1846 (during the Qing Dynasty Daoguang period, 26 years) and was one of China's first hotels to be built by a Westerner. Originally called Richard's Hotel, it became known as the Astor House Hotel, which was eventually restored in 1907 to a neo-classic Baroque hotel, making it once again the most deluxe western hotel in the city. Over the past 150 years, Astor House Hotel retains its glorious architectural essence,and helps to epitomize the historical nature of the city of Shanghai.

    Now known as Pujiang Hotel, it still retains its wonderful architectural essence even after 150 years of history. Recently renovated, the rooms are extremely spacious, with large western-style bathrooms, decorated very nicely with Victorian and Baroque touches.

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  • Price: US$40-80    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: about average
  • Phone: 008621-63246388
  • Directions: Astor House Hotel is located in the north side of Garden Bridge, very near to The Bund and Nanjing Road
  • Website: http://www.pujianghotel.com
  • Other Contact: email: sales@pujianghotel.com
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