Shanghai Hotel Accommodations Close to Expo Gate 2

People who would like to visit Expo 2010 always ask questions regarding Shanghai hotel accommodations. Based on my personal experience, I could only tell something about the hotels in where we stayed recently. Please refer to my previous blogs dated July 18 and July 27, 2010. We had been to Shanghai a number of times. For the hotels in where we stayed years ago, I would not mention them because the information might be out of date. In my impression, it is not difficult to get a room reservation. Hotel accommodations seem to be sufficiently supplied during the Expo period in Shanghai. Room charges are reasonable. Hotel accommodations in China are generally inexpensive when comparing to those in many other countries.

We greatly enjoyed our visits to the Expo 2010. When we were passing through Gate 2 of the Expo site, we spotted a few hotels/ motels nearby. They are located opposite to or by the side of Gate 2, South Xizang Road, in Puxi. Please refer to the following photographs of the mentioned hotels. They are estimated to be within 5 to 15 minutes walk from Expo Gate 2 as well as the South Xizang Road Metro Station. It is convenient as of Expo visits. However, I know nothing about the qualities of these hotels.

I believe that there should be more hotels located in the area close to Expo Gate 2, but we didn't see them. If people would like to stay in a hotel within a walking distance to the Expo site, these hotels may be of good choices. Puxi is an old residential area at the west side of the Huangpu River in Shanghai. The gates at the Expo Puxi Section apparently are comparatively close to the residential area than those at the Pudong Section. Pudong is a newly developed area with better city planning. Roads are large and wide. Therefore, the distance between the Expo Pudong Gates and residential areas could be far apart. It may take a long time for travelers to walk from their hotels to the gates, even though the hotels may claim that they are close to the Expo gates. 

We spotted a small hotel outside Expo Gate 2

There is a hotel behind the gate

This is the hotel of the previous photo. The name of the hotel could now be identified.

This is another hotel opposite to Expo Gate 2

The hotel is estimated to be within 15 minutes away from Expo Gate 2

The hotel is estimated to be within 15 minutes away from Expo Gate 2

Note: These hotels may have other branches using the same names located at different sites of Shanghai.