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Shanghai (上海) is a colossal city with over 18 million (official) inhabitants in the core city, making it China's largest city and the world's eighth largest urban area with around 23 million inhabitants. It's the biggest city proper in the world.

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Cheapest month February

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Old City, Chair Repairman Sleeping, Shanghai
Old City Card Game, Shanghai
Pudong River Skyline, Shanghai
Cultural Revolution Porcelin Figurines 2
Setting the hair in the olden days

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Mingtown Nanjing Road Youth Hostel

Mingtown Nanjing Road Youth Hostel

The place was great, very close to everything (two blocks away from the subway Line 2 from Pudong Airport). It is easy to find though the street that is on is a bit dodgy, the hostel is very clean. The rooms are superb, very very spacious, very clean bathrooms and cheap beer lol. ... more

Overall
5

areinstein stayed here in Nov 2012

Ya Zhu Hotel

Ya Zhu Hotel

TERRIBLE!!!!! We booked a room in this hotel, paid deposit and when we arrived, the hotel was under reconstruction,closed and telephone disconnected. Nobody let us knew that the hotel is closed so far we do not know how to get the deposit back. VERY UNPROFESIONAL!!! BE CAREFUL!!!! ... more

Overall
1

t.slezak stayed here in Oct 2012

City Home Apartment

City Home Apartment

We agreed that this was the worst of all accommodation we had in China. ... more

Overall
3

dpa stayed here in Aug 2012

Shanghai Discussions

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    in Shanghai. Basically wondering how expensive things are here such as food and accommodation, maybe ...

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    please can somone tell me how far pu dong airport is from the center of shanghai. regards lawrence ...

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Rock&Wood International Youth Hostel
85 %

Rock&Wood International Youth Hostel

No.615 Lane, ZhaoHua Road Changning District (Map) - Hostel
Pretty decent place to stay. The hostel itself doesn't feel like Shanghai (that's a good thing); it's pretty clean overall (although there was a cockroach in our room).
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Blue Mountain Bund Youth Hostel
83 %

Blue Mountain Bund Youth Hostel

6F, 350 South Shanxi Road (Map) - Hostel
place was great but some rooms had bedbug。 receptionist was lovely & informative， bar man very rude。 toilet and shower very clean
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Mingtown Nanjing Road Youth Hostel
83 %

Mingtown Nanjing Road Youth Hostel

No. 258 Tianjin Road Huangpu District (Map) - Hostel
The place was great, very close to everything (two blocks away from the subway Line 2 from Pudong Airport). It is easy to find though the street that is on is a bit dodgy, the hostel is very clean.
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The Phoenix
83 %

The Phoenix

17 Yunnan (South) road (Map) - Hostel
We are pleased with the Phenix hotel room. The staff is also very friendly and helpful. The location is great.
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Le Tour Traveler's Rest Youth Hostel
82 %

Le Tour Traveler's Rest Youth Hostel

Bldg. 36, 319 Jiaozhou Road JingAn District (Map) - Hostel
good rooms-friendly helpful staff-good internet facilities and lots of different areas to spend time in-pool table and ping pong a hit-very good location-a very nice way for us to be introduced to chi
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City Central International Hostel
82 %

City Central International Hostel

No.300 Wuning Road Putuo District (Map) - Hostel
Hands down one of the best places I have stayed at. Clean, planned, properly managed, value for money!! The bar is good and so is the menu with a lot of options for vegetarians.
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Mingtown Etour International Youth Hostel
81 %

Mingtown Etour International Youth Hostel

No.55, Jiangyin Road, Huangpu District (Map) - Hostel
This is ideally located near People's Square subway and the bar area and rooms/showers etc were smart and clean.
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MINGTOWN Hiker International Youth Hostel
80 %

MINGTOWN Hiker International Youth Hostel

No. 450 Middle Jiangxi Rd. Shanghai. P.R.China (Map) - Hostel
Great hostel centraly located in Shanghai and easy to access via the metro train , friendly front of house staff who spoke excellent English.
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Blue Mountain LuWan Youth Hostel
79 %

Blue Mountain LuWan Youth Hostel

2F Building No1 1072 Nong QuXi Lu (Map) - Hostel
good Hostel Very good staff Only One problem, the location there is nothing around, but with the metro you don`t have any problem to go everywhere.
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Shanghai Hidden Garden Youth Hostel
79 %

Shanghai Hidden Garden Youth Hostel

No. 840A, Lane 834, Pudong Avenue Lujiazui District (Map) - Hostel
After reading some reviews about Shanghai Hidden Youth Hostel, I was not expecting a lot about cleanliness, also I was not disappointed.
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Soho People's Square Youth Hostel
79 %

Soho People's Square Youth Hostel

NO. 1307 South Suzhou Rd Huangpu District (Map) - Hostel
GOOD location, close to main sites (walking distances), the staff does not speak English very well.
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Old West Gate International Youth Hostel
78 %

Old West Gate International Youth Hostel

No.115 Penglai Road Huangpu District (Map) - Hostel
Cheap but enough. Most stuff can't speak english ,because almost all costumers are chinese when i stay.
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Shanghai Koala Garden House
78 %

Shanghai Koala Garden House

240 DuoLun Road Hongkou District (Map) - Hostel
The place is beautifully renovated, but our stay would have been much more pleasant if certain things were conducted differently.
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Le Tour Shanghai Youth Hostel
77 %

Le Tour Shanghai Youth Hostel

136 Bailan Road, Putuo District, Shanghai, China (Map) - Hostel
3, 4 minutes walk from the metro station. you'll see the hostel like a small ship. not too big. staff helpfull, quiet and clean. actually they're often cleaning something.
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Beehome International Youth Hostel
77 %

Beehome International Youth Hostel

NO.210 Lane 490 Dongchang Road (Map) - Hostel
LOcated in a fantastic location. The double room could be better, the bathroom smells really bad and there is no door between the bathroom and the room.
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Naza Hostel
77 %

Naza Hostel

No. 318 Baoding Rd (Map) - Hostel
It's got all your basic hostel needs: a cheap room (although I stayed during the Shanghai expo, which cost me 79 yuan per night.
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Blue Mountain HongQiao Youth Hostel
77 %

Blue Mountain HongQiao Youth Hostel

#108, HaMi Road (Map) - Hostel
i would intended to book shibo youth hostel,but booked hongqiao one by mistake,by all lucky,the servers in hongqiao hostel were very warmth, making up the pity,furthermore,the hongqiao one was also co
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Biktime hostel
76 %

Biktime hostel

NO.150 Xianggang Road (Map) - Hostel
Well, it was my first experience of hostel, and it has been recommended by a friend. Thy hostel is ok, but a bit expensive imo.
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Mingtown People's Square Youth Hostel
76 %

Mingtown People's Square Youth Hostel

No.35 Yong Shou Road Huangpu District (Map) - Hostel
Nice architecture, great location, good coffee! I love the pending lamps in the staircase! Only a laundry service was missing that is really hard to find in China! And I was missing a real muesli (tha
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Shijia Inn (By the Bund)
76 %

Shijia Inn (By the Bund)

No. 480 middle Sichuan Road (Map) - Hotel
The location was fantastic, however they wouldn't recognize the deposit we paid. I would suggest you don't pay any deposit. Staff were unhelpful and unfriendly.
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Koala International Youth Hostel
75 %

Koala International Youth Hostel

No. 1447, Xikang Road (Map) - Hostel
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Yazhou Hotel
75 %

Yazhou Hotel

No.7A East YanAn Rd under the Bund (Map) - Hostel
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City Home Apartment
75 %

City Home Apartment

Rm709, No.5 Building, Saintland Servic Apartment, JiangNing road, Jing An District (Map) - Hotel
We agreed that this was the worst of all accommodation we had in China.
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Captain Youth Hostel (Fuzhou Road. The Bund)
74 %

Captain Youth Hostel (Fuzhou Road. The Bund)

No. 37 Fuzhou Road (Map) - Hostel
Excellent location as walking distance to Bund, nanjing road east. Wifi only works in the ground floor only from morning 10 am to evening 9pm or 10 pm. Toilets and Bathrooms are not good.
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Ya Zhu Hotel
73 %

Ya Zhu Hotel

No. 288 Huanghe Road Huangpu District (Map) - Hotel
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