![]() ![]() It had a very convenient location for exploring. The hotel had some advantages, and some disadvantages. The hotel offered some solid night time views from the hotel room itself over towards New Shanghai across the river. Instead, we opted for a run on the Bund sea wall itself, which was a convenient 7 – 10 minutes walk away with much better overall views. There was a rooftop pool that looked a little tired, but also an exercise area which I would have loved had I been here on business. A broadcast on the CNN World News was reporting on how China expelled the lone Al-Jazerra reporter from the Chinese Bureau when sensors immediately cut the screen to black about 5-7 seconds into the story. We settled in and were immediately reminded of how the Chinese Interior Ministry controls information that is received here. Looking North East from the room through some somewhat soiled windows. The hotel was very conveniently located to the Yu Yan Gardens, which is a major tourist attraction for Shanghai. ![]() In exchange for being about a 7 – 10 minutes walk away in aNorth East direction to The Bund, we ended up with a slightly lower room price point. The hotel itself was a little off the main high rent district of “The Bund”. The Hotel Limosine Transfer was priced at 700 RMB ($111 USD). Our fare was 174 RMB ($27 USD) door to door with the surcharges and about 1 hour of travel. As luck would have it, the cab we ended up with was in rough shape the meter kept falling out of the dashboard into the gear box area with every bump of the freeway. Similar to other cities, we joined the taxi stand queue and it’s a matter of luck on who you get as driver. With the escalating prices of hotel limousine transfers, we elected to take a taxi from PuDong airport to the Yu Yan Garden area. At the time of our visit, we were saving for our wedding and preferred an economy stay over a more premium location directly on “The Bund”. All in all, it was a pretty reasonable rate for a property just a short walk from the Bund itself and close to most major tourist attractions. We ended up on an advance purchase non refundable rate of 966 RMB or approximately $152 USD per night. We ended up in here thanks to online search engines and a price / location combination. “A reasonably priced Marriott Branded Hotel that is within 7-10 minutes walk of “The Bund” Booking and Getting to the Hotel: Review: Renaissance Shanghai Yu Garden Hotel, Shanghai, China Lufthansa First Class, Frankfurt – Seattle.Lufthansa First Class Terminal, Frankfurt, Germany. ![]()
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