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Shanghai of the 1930s, Carved by a Hungarian Architect

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5 stops · Half-day

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An architecture pilgrimage linking the 1930s Art Deco masterpieces designed by Laszlo Hudec across downtown. From the Park Hotel, then Asia's tallest, to the Grand Cinema and Hudec's own former residence.

Half-day5 stopsEst. budget 15,000 KRW

Itinerary

  1. 1

    Park Hotel国际饭店 (Park Hotel)

    Architecture · 30 min stay

    Completed in 1934, Hudec's signature work and Asia's tallest building for about 30 years. A black-granite vertical-line Art Deco skyscraper. The lobby and butterfly pastry too.

    10:00

  2. Walk 5 min
    2

    Grand Cinema大光明电影院 (Grand Cinema)

    Architecture · 30 min stay

    The 'Far East's finest' movie palace designed by Hudec in 1933. The essence of Art Deco with a curved canopy and glass tower. It still lives on as a working cinema.

    10:45

  3. Taxi 18 min
    3

    Hudec Memorial Hall邬达克纪念馆 (Hudec Memorial Hall)

    Museum · 40 min stay

    A memorial restoring the English country-house-style villa where Hudec himself lived. His Shanghai works are gathered in one place. A buff's home base.

    13:00

  4. Taxi 12 min
    4

    Wukang Mansion (Normandie)武康大楼 (Normandie Apartments)

    Architecture · 30 min stay

    A 1924 flatiron French-style apartment at the Hengshan-Wukang junction. Designed by Hudec, it's the most photographed building in Shanghai. Photo spot across the street.

    15:00

  5. Taxi 14 min
    5

    Fairmont Peace Hotel和平饭店 (Fairmont Peace Hotel)

    Architecture · 35 min stay

    Not a Hudec work, but the peak of Bund Art Deco, the former Sassoon Building. The green pyramid roof and jazz bar seal a 1930s Shanghai night. Wrap up with the Bund night view.

    17:00 해질녘

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