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Pujiang Hotel

  • September 19, 2000
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Kathryn from Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Formerly the Richardson Hotel (the first western hotel property in China!), the Pujiang Hotel is at the north end of the Baidu Bridge. It is known for it's excellent location (about 5 minutes walk to The Bund) and very cheap rates. Not surprisingly, it is another 'the place to stay', according to the Lonely Planet.

In the words of the hotel brochure:

'Pujiang Hotel is especially reputable worldwide for attending to budgetary knapsack guests'

The hotel does offer dorm accommodation, however we opted for twinshare rooms at Y330 per night. The room we got was very large and cool (despite the lack of real air conditioning), with an ensuite bathroom and television. It was on this TV that we came across the excellent, if rather melodramatic, program 'In Times of Peace' (it had English subtitles!).

The 1930's facade of the hotel very attractive, although admittedly the view from our window into the inner hotel courtyard was not so pretty. The hotel is honoured in having the Russian Embassy (a very pretty blue building) directly across the road!

From journal Bumbling Through Shanghai

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Pujiang Hotel

  • July 26, 2000
  • Rated 4 of 5 by afb from New York, New York
The Pujiang Hotel is an imposing edifice with a grand lobby, mahogany walls, and towering ceilings, amounting to the most dramatic hostel I have ever stayed in.

There are many ways to first approach a city, be it in the narcotic stillness of early morning, the shade of evening, or the indifferent bustle of mid-day business. Shanghai was like a dog attack. I arrived by train just after evening and was absolutely swamped by bright neon lights, a sea of taxi drivers, and people begging me to stay in their hotels. Fortunately, I had two essential pieces of information: a warning that train station cabs charge 3x the normal amount and the address of the Pujiang hotel. A short (honest) cab ride through downtown and amid the dense traffic along the Bund brought me to the entrance to the hotel.

The European architecture of the lobby and hallways, cavernous rooms, and long, wide stairways seem to be in a world altogether foreign to Shanghai. Dorm rooms accommodate about 10 beds and it is a long walk to the shower (which is often cold). Yet the reprieve of the quiet interior of this hotel make such problems appear minor.

Travelling without knowledge of the language is exhausting. With all foreign travel comes mild sickness, eye strain from trying to decipher characters, sore feet, and a desire to escape curious locals. The Pujiang hotel provides this escape. Tucked away in a small alley that follows a bend in the river, the building stands across the street from the former home of the Russian consulate. The warm yellow rooms are big enough that one isn't bothered by sharing an afternoon in the room with a few strangers, and it remains quiet enough to read a book undisturbed. At night, the only sounds that make their way through the thick walls are the tiny car horns along the Bund and the occasional fog horn from a barge on the river. In the morning, the discordant music accompanying those practicing tai-chi is the perfect alarm clock.

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