One of eight vibes
You leave feeling new. Rest, sweat, soak and sleep like a stone.
8 hotels
Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.
Amanyangyun
A subterranean bathhouse complex spanning Russian banyas, a Moroccan hammam, hydrotherapy suites, and two expansive swimming pools.
Bvlgari Hotel Shanghai
A subterranean Roman bathhouse featuring a 25-meter columned pool, gold-tiled vitality pools, and personal training.
Mandarin Oriental Pudong
A butterfly-themed spa with aroma experience showers, crystal steam rooms, heated tepidarium loungers, and a sunken-garden lap pool.
PuLi Hotel and Spa
A twenty-five-meter indoor infinity lap pool floats level with the park canopy beside full thermal facilities.
The Anandi Hotel and Spa
Dedicated sleep butlers, Himalayan salt rooms, and Ayurvedic therapies matched to guest constitution assessments.
The Peninsula Shanghai
Heated treatment floors, tailored ESPA therapies, and a sunlit twenty-five-meter indoor pool with an adjoining outdoor terrace.
14 hotels
They did this well. You’ll notice.
Alila Shanghai
A dedicated wellness floor featuring private treatment suites, a Turkish hammam, and a skyline-view indoor infinity pool.
Banyan Tree Shanghai On The Bund
A dedicated three-floor spa offers Traditional Chinese Medicine therapies, steam rooms, and an indoor heated lap pool.
Bellagio Shanghai
Ayurvedic-inspired dosha rituals pair with a third-floor heated lap pool, vitality baths, and thermal steam rooms.
Cordis Shanghai Hongqiao
Chuan Spa Five Elements therapies, a skyline lap pool, and integrated two-layer air purification monitors.
Grand Kempinski Hotel Shanghai
Full-service spa treatments, a 24-hour gym, and a heated 30th-floor pool overlooking the Huangpu River.
J Hotel Shanghai Tower
An 84th-floor indoor swimming pool beneath hammered metal ceilings, paired with level 85 Reiki energy therapies.
JW Marriott Marquis Pudong
A skyline indoor lap pool paired with a sensory Mindful Room using custom aromatherapy and soundscapes.
Kerry Hotel Pudong
A 6,000-square-meter sports complex across three floors includes a rooftop jogging track, tennis court, and 25-meter pool.
MGM Shanghai West Bund
The fifty-eighth-floor heated infinity pool pairs with Tibetan singing bowl therapies at Tria Spa.
Park Hyatt Shanghai
Level eighty-five holds an overflowing twenty-meter infinity lap pool, heated whirlpool, and open-air courtyard hosting morning Tai Chi.
Pudong Shangri-La
Dual indoor heated swimming pools, two fitness centers, private CHI Spa suites, and a floodlit outdoor tennis court.
Regent Shanghai Pudong
A heated forty-first-floor infinity pool framing Lujiazui skyscrapers alongside custom Natura Bissé spa suites.
Gold. Extremely rare. Sets the global standard.
Silver. Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.
Bronze. They did this well. You’ll notice.
Listed. A defining trait. Makes the hotel what it is.
Design. Built around a vision. Even the door handles have a designer.
Luxe. Cared for at every turn. The bath is drawn before you ask.
Local. It could only be here. You wake up knowing where you are.
Heritage. A building with a story. Once a palace, a monastery, a station.
Wellness. You leave feeling new. Rest, sweat, soak and sleep like a stone.
Classic. The city grew up with it. Same rituals, same regulars, same bar.
Resort. A world of its own. Something to do from breakfast to nightcap.