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THIS MONTH: Shanghai

Blue Mountains, Australia

Where? The Hyatt on the Bund, in bustling Shanghai, where room 2603 offers river views within a few minutes walk of the epicenter of the Zhongshan Road commercial strip.

What? With the touch of a button, the motorized drapes part to reveal a wall of windows overlooking the Bund, where early rising locals are practicing tai chi and fan dancing as dawn breaks

Why? The hotel’s Yuan spa provides fitness options for those who prefer to hit the snooze button. There’s a 24-hour gym and a 100-foot pool, where attendants wait poolside with your slippers, robe and a towel.

The WOWfactor: The top three floors of the 33-storey building are occupied by Yue, the sensational entertainment complex featuring restaurants and a rooftop hot tub that’s transformed into a warming fire bowl in winter.

(Mary Gostelow is editor-in-chief of WOW.travel, the online magazine of kiwicollection.com. She is also a regular columnist for enRoute magazine.)

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