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Shanghai itinerary

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  1. 1

    The Bund - Shanghai's Colonial Waterfront and Best-Known View

    The Bund is a 1.5 km stretch of waterfront lined with 52 buildings raised between the 1880s and the 1930s, when Shanghai was divided into foreign concessions and this row held the banks, trading houses and consulates…

    Address
    1-33 Zhongshan East 1st Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200002
    Nearest transit
    East Nanjing Road station (Metro Lines 2 and 10), 5-min walk
  2. 2

    Yu Garden - A Ming Dynasty Garden Behind the Bazaar

    Yu Garden was begun in 1559 by Pan Yunduan, a Ming dynasty official, as a private retirement garden for his father, and took nearly 20 years to complete. It covers two hectares of pavilions, carp ponds, rockeries and…

    Address
    279 Yuyuan Old Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200010
    Nearest transit
    Yuyuan Garden station (Metro Lines 10 and 14), 5-min walk
  3. 3

    Shanghai Tower and Lujiazui - The View From 546 Metres

    Shanghai Tower rises 632 metres, making it the tallest building in China and the second tallest in the world. Its observation deck on floor 118 sits at 546 metres and is reached by a lift that covers the distance in…

    Address
    501 Yincheng Middle Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai 200120
    Nearest transit
    Lujiazui station (Metro Line 2), 5-min walk
  4. 4

    The Former French Concession - Plane Trees and 1930s Villas

    The Former French Concession was administered by France from 1849 until 1943, and the physical legacy is a district of low-rise villas, garden apartments and avenues lined with London plane trees that the French…

    Address
    155 Wukang Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200031
    Nearest transit
    Shanghai Library station (Metro Line 10), 8-min walk
  5. 5

    Shanghai Museum - The Best Collection of Chinese Antiquities in the Country

    The Shanghai Museum holds around 140,000 objects across bronzes, ceramics, calligraphy, painting, jade, coins, seals and furniture. The ancient bronze gallery is the strongest of its kind anywhere, running from the…

    Address
    201 Renmin Avenue, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200003
    Nearest transit
    People's Square station (Metro Lines 1, 2 and 8), 5-min walk
  6. 6

    Nanjing Road - China's Busiest Shopping Street

    Nanjing Road has been the main commercial street of Shanghai since the 1850s and now carries close to a million visitors a day at peak periods. The eastern section between People's Square and the Bund is pedestrianised…

    Address
    830 Nanjing East Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200001
    Nearest transit
    East Nanjing Road station (Metro Lines 2 and 10), direct exit
  7. 7

    Tianzifang and Xintiandi - Lane Houses Turned Into Galleries and Bars

    Tianzifang occupies a block of shikumen lane housing off Taikang Road, the stone-gate terraces that housed most of Shanghai's population in the early twentieth century. Artists began renting studios here in the late…

    Address
    210 Taikang Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200025
    Nearest transit
    Dapuqiao station (Metro Line 9), 3-min walk
  8. 8

    Jing'an Temple - A Gilded Buddhist Complex Ringed by Skyscrapers

    Jing'an Temple traces its founding to 247 AD, though it moved to this site in 1216 and the current buildings are a reconstruction completed in the 2000s after the temple served as a plastics factory during the Cultural…

    Address
    1686 Nanjing West Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai 200040
    Nearest transit
    Jing'an Temple station (Metro Lines 2, 7 and 14), exit 1, direct
  9. 9

    Zhujiajiao Water Town - Ming Canals at the End of Metro Line 17

    Zhujiajiao is a canal town of around 1,700 years standing, with 36 stone bridges and a grid of waterways lined by Ming and Qing dynasty houses. The five-arch Fangsheng Bridge from 1571 is the largest and the most…

    Address
    Xiangning Road, Zhujiajiao Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai 201713
    Nearest transit
    Zhujiajiao station (Metro Line 17), 15-min walk or short local bus
  10. 10

    The Huangpu River Ferry - The Cheapest Crossing in Shanghai

    Public ferries have crossed the Huangpu River since 1911 and still run as ordinary commuter transport rather than as a tourist service. The Jinling East Road to Dongchang Road crossing takes about eight minutes, costs…

    Address
    Jinling East Road Ferry Terminal, 127 Zhongshan East 2nd Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200010
    Nearest transit
    Yuyuan Garden station (Metro Line 10), 10-min walk

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