The Hotel Yuan Lin Shanghai ( Yuanlin binguan ) is situated next to the serene and beautiful Shanghai Botanical Gardens, about 40 minutes drive to the Shanghai New International Expo Center in Pudong. The popular shopping district of Xu Jia Hui is only 10 minutes by taxi from the hotel. The hotel's main building features 183 guest rooms each elegantly furnished and fully equipped with international standard features such as mini-bar, IDD, air-conditioning, satellite TV and in-house movies. There are also 40 Canadian style villas providing facilities that will make guests feel at home. The restaurants provide a wide selection of western, Cantonese and other Asian dishes. Seminar, conference and banquet organisers are catered for through multi-purpose function rooms and a fully equipped business center staffed by a team of professionals. Audio-visual equipment is available. Other facilities include an indoor swimming pool, 2 outdoor tennis courts, karaoke, health canter, sauna, beauty salon, snooker, bowling alley and an indoor shooting range.