Shanghai: Where to stay (Airbnb at West Nanjing Road area)

If you are following me on my Instagram or Twitter account, you would know that I booked a last minute trip to Shanghai.

It has been months since I had a break. My job is not easy so there are times where I need short breaks just so I can recharge myself. Truth be told, Shanghai was not my first choice, I was thinking of hiding in Seoul but the flight prices were too crazy. I suddenly thought how much fun I had in Shanghai last year during halloween season so I decided to check the flight prices. Thankfully they were cheap (even cheaper than how much I bought them last year) , even if it was very last minute.

I can’t travel alone so I decided to bring my mom with me on this trip.

We were supposed to stay in a hotel but various sites told me that the place was a hotel while others told me it was a hostel. I cancelled my reservation and found a different place on airbnb.

This is where we booked: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/38104496

The host did not speak English, so it might be challenging for you to communicate with him.

Anyway, this is how our room looked like!

How to go to the closest station :

view when you go out, you will face left

which is part of Golden Eagle mall (photos of what’s inside the mall will be placed below)

you will see exit 1 of West Nanjing Road (line 2)

you can also ride line 12 or line 13 of West Nanjing Road but they’re a bit farther (especially line 13).

I mentioned that there was a mall beside the building where we stayed – Golden Eagle.

Here are the stores which you can expect there (the ground floor was the only one worth mentioning as the mall was like a ghost town)

We also explored around the area, especially near the Uniqlo area (where the closest subway exit was). We were able to find a good pizza and burger place.

if you stand outside the Uniqlo store and look to your left, this is what you will see

we felt like we wanted some pizza so we ate at Joe’s Pizza

there are also a lot of restaurants on the building beside Joe’s Pizza

DSCF5026 — mom got mushroom while I got classic white

DSCF5031 — pizza to face ratio? haha!! the pizza was big!

I haven’t been to NY so I guess this pizza place is from NY?

remember when I mentioned the mall beside Joe’s Pizza? if you go there and look across you

you will see a building filled with these restaurants

DSCF5329 — for our last dinner, we decided to try something that you can’t find in Manila

During our last day, we were also able to discover a small coffee shop with waay cheaper coffee as compared to Antoine Bakery but they didn’t serve any pastries.