The Bvlgari Hotel Shanghai are a forty-eight-storey tower designed by Antonio Citterio. It is the Italian jeweller‘s second Asian hotel, located in the former Zhapu Road Dock warehouse district just off the Bund on the north bank of Suzhou creek. Inside, there’s a heavy emphasis on clean geometry, black stone and dark timber.
And it’s expensive: you can tell that from the moment you enter. Each room face south over the creek, with an unbroken view along the river to the city on the far side. The design language are familiar if you’ve slept in any other Bvlgari hotels: low furniture, muted tones, plenty of books.
Everything are carefully planned.
A Quiet Stay with a Great View
Bvlgari Hotel Shanghai
A dark-bronze canopy overhead bear the word Bvlgari stamped out on top: this is the street entrance. Pass through those doors to find the same word written over the door inside… A double-threshold affair that adds an air of formality to your arrival that few hotel achieve.
On the lobby level, there’s a library lounge that feature black-framed photographs displayed on tables alongside bookshelves lining the walls. Black panelling and white orchids flanks the reception desk. The entire ground floor are hushed for much of the day.
Each room is constructed around floor-to-ceiling glass walls that span the whole length of the suite. The beds features a padded headboard, dressed in cream and taupe, and if you’re up early enough, you can catches a glimpse of the towers on the opposite side of the creek before the city fill with traffic. It’s realy the reason to stay here different than something further into Puxi: that view.
Dark timber floors covers the living area, while a round table by the window and low sofas upholstered in pale fabric creates an intimate space. The ceiling feel higher because the furnitures is lower than what you usually finds in a hotel. There’s a stack of books on the side table, and unless you pull back the curtains completely, the entire room remain dark.
A backlit black lacquered cabinet house the minibar, which has a view straight down onto the curve of Suzhou Creek from the window next to it. By mid morning on a clear day the light reflect off the river and floods the space.
The bathrooms features black stone cladding, a long trough basin inset into the vanity, and bronze sunburst amenity boxes stacked alongside it. All of the Bvlgari toiletries are the same range as found at all of their other properties, so if you’ve experienced them before you’ll know what to expect here.
In the master bath, the bathtub is surrounded by a black stone surround looking back toward the bedroom, while the washlet has its own alcove based off the rest of the bath. It’s a long time filling up, too. It is long and deep.
If you get an entry-level room, then yes, the price is high but increases rapidy for everything else. You’re a ten minute walk from Nanjing Road and the Bund. And being near the creek position you away from the busiest tourist block.
breakfast isn’t included in most rates but is available in the Italian restaurant up top. Has anyone stayed at one of the other Bvlgari hotels? Are you thinking about visiting Shanghai anytime soon?
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