In “Luxe Living in Shanghai for Less than 200RMB: Part I”, we covered pampering via food, drink, shopping, and nightlife.  In this installment, we’ll delve into health, hobbies, and more shopping!

Shanghai  Luxury #5: Massage

In most western countries, “getting a massage” conjures up images of upscale spas and pampering.  In China, the same phrase can evoke associations with pink lights and unsavory offerings of “full service”.  Seeking a luxurious yet distinctly Shanghainese experience, I arrived at Sugar and Spice on Jiaozhou Lu in Jing’an for a traditional Chinese massage.  The pleasant and demure service, soft music, and candles guiding me up the stairs promised a perfect way to relax after my high end “shopping” and libations the day before.  I wasn’t disappointed; the soothing atmosphere provided an excellent backdrop for the skilled masseuses to pressure-point away my aches.  I left wondering how anyone lives without regular massages.

Okay ladies as most of you know Shanghai is or can be the land of “Happy Endings” for men who choose to go out looking for this…  “Ni Hao, zhe ge anmo shang dian shi xiao jie de shang dian ma?”  A few simple words the single men of this city need to ask and off they go to a “happy” place, but what about the women?  Being the type of person who lives to please the members of the Shanghai Dolls I have done some research and found somewhere that offers this service!  Yes Shanghai has a happy ending massage for women too!

So the story goes (or so I have heard, cough, cough)…  There is a guy in Shanghai who is now offering this service to the women in the city who are looking for a bit more than their trusty rabbit has been offering.  You will get a two-hour massage and then at the end he will ask you to turn over and he works his magic fingers until you are screaming away with pleasure.

The whole process is very professional and not embarrassing as you may think.  After the massage when you may be feeling a little vulnerable, because you start to realize that you just let a stranger take you places you never imagined he will let you know that he is going off to get some towels to clean off the oil from the massage and give you five minutes to recompose yourself.  After he comes back he gives you a nice facial massage, wipes off the oil and finishes the session by even walking you to the cab!

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An oasis in the middle of a crazy city…  If you have been living in Shanghai for any length of time you will have come to realise that there are some things this city has to offer that other cities in the world pale in comparison with!  Everybody knows that when you live in Shanghai you should have a regular massage routine, “well how can you not, with the cheap prices and massage places on every corner of the city”!

I have found, what I think is, one of the best massage places in town!  It has it all: it is cheap, it is clean, they are great at what they do and it is open until 2am!  This place has the prices of a cheap seedy massage joint, but with none of the cheapness involved!

When you step into Yu Massage through their very discreet entry you will be greeted with a simple oriental rustic interior.  You will then be lead out to the 12 treatment rooms in the back of the property through a quaint garden.  Yu Massage offers popular treatments that cover you from head to toe and won’t break the budget.  Last time I went there I had an hour foot massage then an hour Chinese massage for 148rmb total.  They have oil massages, traditional Chinese massage, foot massage and many other options.

I found a facial place that is really good and definitely worth a visit! They do extraction (not many places in Shanghai do that) and they also can do things like Microdermabrasion. They have treatments for both men and women. This is a new spa and is a totally different concept to your normal Spa’s - the design is very modern and it has different functions like being able to listen to your own music while receiving a treatment, etc. They have very good deals on at the moment, because of being new. Their memberships also have another great benefit, which I haven’t found at any other places in Shanghai and that is that you can go in with one or two friends instead of having to pay for the whole thing yourself!

With a membership Connie said facials will range from 140 – 400rmb and massages start from 75rmb! Definitely not a bad deal for a western style Spa in Shanghai.