Astor House Hotel is a hotel in Shanghai, China.[1] It opened in 1911. The building has 6 floors. It stands about 2.2 km from the centre of Shanghai.[3]

Overview

The Astor House Hotel, known as the Pujiang Hotel (浦江饭店) in Chinese from 1959–2018, was described as once "one of the famous hotels of the world". Established in 1846 as Richards' Hotel and Restaurant (礼查饭店) on The Bund in Shanghai, it was located at 15 Huangpu Lu, Shanghai, near the confluence of the Huangpu River and the Suzhou Creek in the Hongkou District, near the northern end of the Waibaidu (Garden) Bridge, from 1858 on. The hotel closed on 1 January 2018, after being purchased by an undisclosed local business.

From “Astor House Hotel (Shanghai)” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]

History and building

The hotel opened in 1911. The building has 6 floors. [1]

Location

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Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 2.2 km from the centre of Shanghai. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA), about 13 km from the centre of Shanghai.[4]

It is one of 79 hotels in and around Shanghai recorded in Wikidata, 20 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Of the 14 with a recorded opening date, it is the earliest. See Hotels in Shanghai.

Other hotels within 1.5 km:

See also

References

  1. ^ Astor House Hotel (Q877527). Wikidata. CC0.
  2. ^ Astor House Hotel. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-08-07.
  3. ^ Shanghai (Q8686). Wikidata. CC0.
  4. ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
  5. ^ Hotels in Shanghai. Wikidata. CC0.

Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.

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