Fairmont Peace Hotel, Shanghai

Old fashioned glamour meets sleek, 21st-century design at this Art Deco masterpiece. Each high-ceilinged guestroom and suite has been meticulously decorated with sumptuous furnishings, marble bathrooms and modern amenities. Leisure facilities include an indoor swimming pool, a fitness centre, yoga studio and luxurious Willow Stream Spa where modern beauty treatments draw on ancient Chinese healing methods. You can even waltz the afternoon away in the marble-floored Jasmine Lounge, a revival of the famous Afternoon Tea Dance popular with the high society of 1930’s Shanghai.

With an enviable location on the riverside Bund, the Fairmont Peace Hotel has easy access to Shanghai’s finest attractions, including the premier shopping area of Nanjing Road. There’s no need to dine out with no less than five excellent restaurants and lounges at your fingertips, from quintessential Chinese cuisine at the Dragon Phoenix to delicately hand-crafted French pastries at Victor’s Café.