Guidebook for Shanghai
Sightseeing
Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street • A glowing forest of neon at night, this pedestrian strip remains one of the most famous and crowded streets in China.
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Nanjing Road Pedestrian St
Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street • A glowing forest of neon at night, this pedestrian strip remains one of the most famous and crowded streets in China.
Parks & Nature
Yuyuan Gardens • Superb Ming Dynasty Gardens design which took 18 years (1559-77) to be nurtured into existence... Later restored after two historical wars.
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279 Yu Yuan Lao JieYuyuan Gardens • Superb Ming Dynasty Gardens design which took 18 years (1559-77) to be nurtured into existence... Later restored after two historical wars.
Arts & Culture
Shanghai Museum • This must-see museum escorts you through the craft of millennia and the pages of Chinese history.
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Shanghai Museum
Shanghai Museum • This must-see museum escorts you through the craft of millennia and the pages of Chinese history.
Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall •
You will find an incredible model layout of the megalopolis-to-be, plus a dizzying Virtual World 3D wraparound tour. Balancing out the forward-looking exhibits are photos and maps of historic Shanghai.
Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall •
You will find an incredible model layout of the megalopolis-to-be, plus a dizzying Virtual World 3D wraparound tour. Balancing out the forward-looking exhibits are photos and maps of historic Shanghai.
Rockbund Art Museum • Focuses on contemporary Chinese art, with rotating exhibits year-round and no permanent collection. One of the city's top modern-art venues, the building's interior and exterior are both sublime.
Shanghai RockBund Art Museum
Rockbund Art Museum • Focuses on contemporary Chinese art, with rotating exhibits year-round and no permanent collection. One of the city's top modern-art venues, the building's interior and exterior are both sublime.
Shanghai's state-of-the-art concert venues hosts everything from Broadway musicals to symphonies, ballets, operas and performances by internationally acclaimed classical soloists. There are also traditional Chinese music performances here...
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Shanghai Grand Theater
300号 Ren Min Da DaoShanghai's state-of-the-art concert venues hosts everything from Broadway musicals to symphonies, ballets, operas and performances by internationally acclaimed classical soloists. There are also traditional Chinese music performances here...
Food Scene
Tock's / Canadian Restaurant / mains from CNY45 • The sole place in town serving Montreal-style smoked meat. The meat - spiced and cured Australian beef, slow-smoked locally, gorgeously tender. Canadian Moosehead lager and organic coffee is at hand for lubrication.
Tock's
221号 He Nan Zhong LuTock's / Canadian Restaurant / mains from CNY45 • The sole place in town serving Montreal-style smoked meat. The meat - spiced and cured Australian beef, slow-smoked locally, gorgeously tender. Canadian Moosehead lager and organic coffee is at hand for lubrication.
Yunnan Road Food Street / Chinese Food • Has great specialty restaurants and is the spot for an authentic meal after museum-hopping at People's Square. Look out for Shaanxi dumplings and noodles at No.15 and five-fragrance dim sum at Wu Fang Zhai. You can also get salted duck and steamed dumplings at Xiao Jin Ling, Mongolian hotpot and Yunnanese.
Yun Nan Nan Lu
Yun Nan Nan LuYunnan Road Food Street / Chinese Food • Has great specialty restaurants and is the spot for an authentic meal after museum-hopping at People's Square. Look out for Shaanxi dumplings and noodles at No.15 and five-fragrance dim sum at Wu Fang Zhai. You can also get salted duck and steamed dumplings at Xiao Jin Ling, Mongolian hotpot and Yunnanese.
Mercato / Italian Restaurant / mains from CNY68-228 • First-rate (and affordable) Italian cuisine with a stylishly relaxed Neri & Hu-designed setting of modern rusticity. The rigatoni and meatballs is a faultless pleasure while the pizzas provide a masterclass in taste and texture. Reserve especially for a window table.
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Mercato by Jean Georges
Mercato / Italian Restaurant / mains from CNY68-228 • First-rate (and affordable) Italian cuisine with a stylishly relaxed Neri & Hu-designed setting of modern rusticity. The rigatoni and meatballs is a faultless pleasure while the pizzas provide a masterclass in taste and texture. Reserve especially for a window table.
M on the Bund / European Restaurant / mains from CNY128-288 • Crispy suckling pig and a chicken tajine with saffrone are, after all, simply delicious just the way they are.
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M on the Bund
20号 Guang Dong LuM on the Bund / European Restaurant / mains from CNY128-288 • Crispy suckling pig and a chicken tajine with saffrone are, after all, simply delicious just the way they are.
Wagas / Cafe Shop / mains from CNY48-58 • On-the-spot caffeination, sandwiches, wraps, pasta and Asian sets.
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Wagas
Wagas / Cafe Shop / mains from CNY48-58 • On-the-spot caffeination, sandwiches, wraps, pasta and Asian sets.
Ajisen Ramen / Noodles Restaurant / noodles from CNY25-40 • Japanese-style noodle king Ajisen.
Ajisen Ramen
299 南京东路Ajisen Ramen / Noodles Restaurant / noodles from CNY25-40 • Japanese-style noodle king Ajisen.
Shopping
This seven-floor Singapore-owned mall is the most popular shopping destination by People's Sq. with everything from clothes to electronics and toys, as well as a big-time dining destination: food courts, restuarants and juice bars.
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Raffles City
This seven-floor Singapore-owned mall is the most popular shopping destination by People's Sq. with everything from clothes to electronics and toys, as well as a big-time dining destination: food courts, restuarants and juice bars.
Drinks & Nightlife
Exclusive penthhouse style club with knockout views and snazzy fusion food but not a lot of dance space. Dress to impress or you'll get thrown into the shark tank.
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318 Fu Zhou LuExclusive penthhouse style club with knockout views and snazzy fusion food but not a lot of dance space. Dress to impress or you'll get thrown into the shark tank.
For a taste of colonial-era Shanghai's elitist trappings, you'll do no better than the Long Bar. This was once the members-only Shanghai Club, whose most spectacular accoutrement was a 34m-long wooden bar. Foreign businessmen would sit here according to rank, comparing fortunes, with the taipans (foreign heads of business) closest to the view of the Bund.
The Long Bar at the Waldorf Astoria
2 Zhong Shan Dong Yi LuFor a taste of colonial-era Shanghai's elitist trappings, you'll do no better than the Long Bar. This was once the members-only Shanghai Club, whose most spectacular accoutrement was a 34m-long wooden bar. Foreign businessmen would sit here according to rank, comparing fortunes, with the taipans (foreign heads of business) closest to the view of the Bund.
Bar Rouge attracts a cashed-up party crowd who come for the fantastic views from the terrace and the all-night DJ parties, The lipstick-red decor is slick and the crowd is slicker, so ordinary mortals can sometimes struggle to get served on busy nights. Gets really busy specially on weekends, when they usually have a cover charge of around 100rmb (Pro tip: you can often use the password "Miss Rouge" to dodge the cover before midnight).
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Bar Rouge
18号 中山东一路Bar Rouge attracts a cashed-up party crowd who come for the fantastic views from the terrace and the all-night DJ parties, The lipstick-red decor is slick and the crowd is slicker, so ordinary mortals can sometimes struggle to get served on busy nights. Gets really busy specially on weekends, when they usually have a cover charge of around 100rmb (Pro tip: you can often use the password "Miss Rouge" to dodge the cover before midnight).
A classy restaurant and bar for music lovers with walls plastered in old photos of jazz legends. An in-house band (which changes regularly) delivers live music from 09:30PM (10:00PM on Friday and Saturday) to 01:00AM. Sunday night is a free-for-all jam.
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House Of Blues & Jazz
60 Fu Zhou LuA classy restaurant and bar for music lovers with walls plastered in old photos of jazz legends. An in-house band (which changes regularly) delivers live music from 09:30PM (10:00PM on Friday and Saturday) to 01:00AM. Sunday night is a free-for-all jam.