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Massage Places
By Lainey | December 1, 2007
There are massage places everywhere in Shanghai. There are those run by locals in your side street, and there are those that cater to the foreign crowd and have branches in most major areas of Shanghai. I have only been to the ones that cater to the foreign crowd and here is my assessment:
Everlasting Spa
380 Shan Xi Nan Lu
Nan Jing Xi Rd, Metro Line 2 Nanjing Xi Lu Station
陕西南路380号
南京西路, 地铁2号线南京西路站
I am truly impressed by Everlasting Spa, especially the one at Nanjing Bei / Shanxi Nan Road. The one at Nanjing Bei Road is actually a restored house painted in white and accented by nice landscaping, trees and yellow light from outside. Inside are several rooms providing the complete range of spa services. Here you can get a foot spa, an exfoliating treatment, a facial treatment, an aromatic bath, and of course, a massage.
Great spa options at Everlasting Spa
The one I tried was the Chinese massage and let me tell you that it is the best massage in the world…If you like to get bruised and beaten up that is! Seriously though, although the Chinese massage is a bit rough, it is effective in that it releases all your muscle tension through repetitive hard strokes of high stress areas in your body like your back and neck. Don’t leave China without trying this massage, if you like hard massages that is!
To get here, take the Metro Line 2 Nanjing West Road Station and walk two blocks through Nanjing Bei Road. There is also one branch in XiangYang Road, but it is smaller and I have never tried it. Best to go to their flagship branch at Nanjing Bei Road. The staff speaks English so you will be not have a hard time.
Dragonfly Spa
206 Xinle Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China
(near the junction of Donghu/Fumin/Xinle Roads)
中国 上海 徐汇区新乐路２０６号
Reservations: (86 21) 5403-9982
Hours of Operation: 10 :00 am through 02:00 am, 7 days a week
Other branches can be found in their website
Dragonfly Spa is the most popular expat massage place, with the most number of branches across Shanghai. Here they also offer a complete set of spa services and their receptionists also speaks English.
However, on the one and only time that I went to a Dragonfly Spa (the one at XiangYang Road), I was not thoroughly impressed. The person who massaged me seemed like an amateur and was not consistent in her technique. I am sure that it must have just been the masseuse at that particular time and that there are other better masseuse who work for Dragonfly. Other than this, the place was clean and the ambiance was good. So still worth a try.
To get here, get off at the Metro Line 1 Shanxi Stop or take any one of the Huaihai buses to get off at the Shanxi stop. You can then walk northwards along Xiangyang Road and will eventually reach Dragonfly.
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