Many of the historic mansions along the Bund were built with sweeping stone balconies and rooftop terraces for their occupants to enjoy the sunshine or moonlight views of jetties and junks working the river. We were in Shanghai on a holiday with Ampersand Travel and spent a week in Shanghai. The city is romantic and has postcard-perfect backdrops of thrusting glass towers on the Pudong river bank, offsetting views of the waterway action.
On the top floor of Three on the Bund (17 Guangdonbg Road) – which sports a slinky Michael Graves-designed interior behind its stern neoclassical façade – New Heights’ seventh-storey terrace is one of the Bund’s finest.
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we donned designer shades and drink in the views from the Bund’s finest rooftop terraces |
The wraparound veranda takes in the curvature of the Bund to the north and the entire Pudong skyline. For an extra exclusive perch, book a table for two in the private stone cupola.
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Opened in 2011, the Swatch Art Peace Hotel (23 Nanjing Road East) revitalised the stately Edwardian Palace Hotel at the centre of the Bund.
Climb to the top of the antique staircase to drink in grandstand sixth-floor river views from the large alfresco rooftop lounge.
Shook!
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split-level penthouse restaurant Shook! serves creative cocktails and pan-Asian plates (Photo Credit) |
At the north end of the Bund, the stone edifice of the Peninsula Shanghai (32 Zhongshan No.1 Road East) is half-a-century younger than its grandee neighbours but has continued the timeless tradition of incorporating a fine riverfront terrace. Ascend the illuminated staircase of Sir Elly’s through the Mediterranean restaurant and step out to breathtaking 14thfloor vistas of the Bund and Pudong from the stepped rooftop lounge
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| photograph by: Imogen |
written for travelingmorion.com by: Imogen Parry
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