BANYAN TREE Shanghai on The Bund

This modern escape boasts 130 luxurious guest rooms, each offering floor-to-ceiling windows and gob-smacking views, and a chaise-longue window seat where you can look out at the famous Pudong skyline and watch as boats pass by on the Huangpu River. The hotel is a couple of minutes’ drive or an easy walk from the Bund, rather than in the busy central