The Bund, Shanghai

The Bund is what make me agreed with hubby suggestion to have the 1st leg of our holidays in Shanghai. And of cause the 1 year free visa between Malaysia and China play a big role too. 

From the google images, I was so amaze by the view at The Bund. I always like places with water be it a river, seaside, waterfall, as long as its not too hot. So with the view of the waterfront overlooking at those big modern structure, while at the opposite site the traditional weatern building, The Bund is really a must visit in Shanghai. We even picked our hotel as near as to The Bund that we can afford. 

So during our 5 days holiday in Shanghai, we went to the Bund 3 times. it was my 1st time in Shanghai, and 3rd for hubby, the previous 2 were a layover for his working trip. 

The 1st time we went on Saturday night at 8pm. there were so many people we cannot enjoy the view with such a huge crowd.

The next day we came back again, this time a bit late, we were happy to see not too many people around. getting ready for the photos, the clock sound indicate 10am and the lights on Oriental Tower also went off on 10pm sharp. Noooo we cannot take photos without the Oriental Tower lights, right?!  Shanghai, why you sleep so early?

The next morning, we went for an early walk around 7am at The Bund.  Now we can have the place all to ourselves.  Took tons of photos, hubby did his morning run, while I captured as much photos as possible while soaking in the beautiful senery right in front of my eyes.  Bwfore this can only see this view in some Chinese drama.

The Bund is indeed a beautiful place to visit.

Day 1.

Day 2.

Day 3.

Atour Hotel Shanghai Bund Nanjing East Road, Shanghai

I would also like to give a big shoutout to Atour Hotel for their amazing staff, free laundry, and great service overall.

We stayed for 3 nights at Atour Hotel, The Bund, Shanghai. For me, this is the best hotel, in terms of services, that I have stayed in so far. You can have all the drinks in the fridge, Cola, Iced Tea, plain water, and even request for refill if you like. And the front counter, whenever you go and talk to the staff, they will immediately serve hot tea or lemon drinks for you, they even gave us warm mineral water in bottles when we departed for the airport early in the morning. 

And the best part is the free laundry. You just have to bring your clothes to the laundry room, put them in the washer, and all the detergent and softener are provided. The helper will move your clothes from the washer to the dryer and even help to fold your clothes. I was so surprised. It was really convenient with the cold and rainy weather in Shanghai in March, this free laundry service is so much needed and it's so good to have warm fresh clothes anytime. The laundry room is open 24 hours, but the helper might not be there all the time, so sometimes you still need to fold your own clothes ya.

We were even granted an early check-in.  We arrived around 10am and were allowed to go in our room right away, how amazing.

Our room got a balcony, but with the cold weather, we didn't get to enjoy the balcony. Would be nice to have a skip of hot tea or coffee there during spring or autumn, summer night would be nice too.

Breakfast was good, the best part was they served pig's ears... hahahaha, happy me, hubby and kids not so happy, who cares, they can have other food what..

The only not-so-good part was that our taxi driver could not find the main entrance when we 1st arrived there. After turning twice around the block, he just dropped us at the back entrance, there's a sign showing Atour Hotel there, we thought we were scams. We went next door to ask for directions, luckily it is just around the other corner. Haiya.. why la the taxi driver like that.

View of the hotel entrance from the main road.

Our vlog

The location.