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Xijiao State Guest Hotel
Shanghai, China · Independent · Core Luxury
Since 1960 this has been Shanghai's garden for state guests: about 800,000 square meters of villas, old trees, and a lake at 1921 Hongqiao Road in Changning, closed to ordinary travelers until 1978. Queen Elizabeth II stayed here, and so did Barack Obama. The city has grown up to the gate. Inside the wall it is still parkland on Hongqiao Road, closer to the zoo than to a lobby tower.
- Opened 1960
- Neighborhood: Changning, Hongqiao Road
About Xijiao State Guest Hotel
- Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko stayed, and so did Vladimir Putin, in the years China Daily was still writing up the state guest book.
- Eight traditional Chinese gardens sit inside the grounds, which is why Shanghai still talks about the place as a secret garden.
- A 2009 China Daily writer found wild squirrels, black swans, and water lilies in the garden, which is the detail a tower hotel cannot match.
History
Xijiao State Guest Hotel, in Chinese the western-suburbs state guesthouse, was built in 1960 at 1921 Hongqiao Road, Changning, and used for foreign-affairs guests until it opened to the public in 1978. China Daily in 2012 put the grounds at about 800,000 square meters, with eight traditional gardens, and named Queen Elizabeth II and Barack Obama among the guests. A 2009 China Daily piece also names Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, and Vladimir Putin, and describes squirrels, black swans, and water lilies in the garden. Shanghai Donghu Group runs the house.
The setting
1921 Hongqiao Road, Changning District, on the western stretch of Hongqiao Road near the Shanghai Zoo and the Hongqiao business district. The door is on Hongqiao Road in Changning, near the zoo.
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