Astor House Hotel(or Richard's Hotel,as it was known before) was established in 1846(during Qing Dynasty Daoguang period,26 years)by the Richard's family.It is the very first western hotel property all over China since Shanghai became a trading port.The hotel moved to where it is now on the north end of Baidu Bridge formerly "Weiersi Bridge",and renamed to Astor House Hotel in 1857(Qing Dynasty,Xianfeng period,7 years).To make it the most deluxe western hotel in the city and one of the best in China and in the Far East alike,the hotel was restored in 1907(Qing Dynasty,Guangxu period, 33years)to a neo-classic Baroque structure.Over the past 150 years,Astor House Hotel retains its glorious architectural essence, and helps to epitomize the historical nature of the city of Shanghai.In present time,Astor House Hotel has 116 various type of rooms, including deluxe rooms, standard rooms, 4-bed rooms and some big rooms. Our rooms are decorated in Barloke style ov Victoria times in 19th century,they are very spacious and bright with comfortable environment. Each room has big sanitary place and satellite TV,IDD/DDD, air conditioner and other modern equipments.