💡 I Went to a 24-Hour Shanghai Spa with Unlimited Caviar (And Lived to Tell the Tale)
My full Shanghai travel guide is here — imperial feasts, teddy bear coffee, and all the weird, wild, beautiful details.
Hey writers —
My full Shanghai, China travel guide is live!
While in Shanghai, I…
Dressed up like ancient Chinese royalty for an 8-course Gongyan Imperial Feast with dancers, musicians, and projection art that felt like stepping into a dream
Drank so much designer coffee — including one served with a plush teddy bear hug and another topped with cocoa art of a dog’s face
Spent a glorious day at a luxury 24-hour spa where the buffet included unlimited caviar and where we got traditional Chinese massages. ✨ And somehow, most of our spa day was still cheaper than brunch in LA.
Shanghai surprised me. It was hyper-modern in some ways, oddly analog in others. Vegetarian options were hard to come by, but the aesthetics? Impeccable. It’s a city that’s constantly performing for the future — and doing it in style.
BTW — if you missed last week’s Beijing Travel Guide, you might want to start there — I still recommend beginning your China trip with Beijing’s historical depth before heading to Shanghai’s sleek surface-level sparkle.
More adventures and cliffside barbecue recs and epic views coming soon from Chongqing next.
–Amy