Ascott Raffles City Chongqing

The building hangs a glass bridge called The Crystal 250 meters above the Yangtze and Jialing rivers, making it the highest skybridge on the planet, which is a fairly audacious way to greet guests. Moshe Safdie, the architect behind Marina Bay Sands, designed the whole complex. Ascott's 201 serviced apartments sit in one of the towers, with full kitchens and river views on the upper floors, suited to longer stays in one of China's most dramatically vertical cities.