Take care of your belongings when on the metro or when people gather around street artists. Shanghai is crowded, over 23 million people call it home, and even though it's safe, petty crime is still very common.Below is a list of things to keep in mind to avoid any trouble during your stay: Mingle with the rich and famous while enjoying killer views. Have a drink at one of the many luxurious bars on the Bund.Stare at Shanghai's pride and joy: the promenade view.Go to the 'wedding market' at People Square on Saturdays.They're cheap and the Chinese know what they're doing. Wander around in the French concession.Get up early and walk through a park ' any park ' and see all the locals doing tai chi or exercise.Try their cheap, yet delicious fried dumplings. This is a very popular chain throughout Shanghai. Eat fried dumpling at Yang's Dumplings.Take the local ferry from either Puxi to Pudong or the other way around.All of us here Yudefang have all lived in SH for a few a years and experimented with all the different things there are to do. We have compiled a list of 'must do's' while in Shanghai. Avoid on the weekends when this place is cramped with bridal photo shoots. This entire town was modeled to look like the average small town in Europe: cobbled streets, European architecture and lots of green. Take line 9 all the way to the end and you'll find Shanghai's 'Little Brittan', complete with a cathedral.
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and locals dancing on any free spot they can find. It's a long stretched out Pedestrian Street riddled with neon lights, shopping, dining. It's usually packed ' with good reason: this is one of Shanghai's pride and joys.ĩ. Go to the promenade at night and be sandwiched between the jaw-dropping view of Pudong's skyline and the colonial European architecture behind you on the Puxi side. The long road is covered with boutique bars, nightclubs, and restaurants where celebrities are frequently sighted. This water town can be reached with the metro only 45 minutes from city center.Ĩ. Mostly European architecture can be found, but locals take up all the space on the big lawn in the center of the park.ħ. This small park has charm and loads of it.
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It's a big park in the heart of the city, but it sure is nice to stroll and look at the different styles of architecture, visit the free museum, and look at the different types of people that are strolling, picnicking, or practicing some sort sport on any patch of grass they can find.Ħ. Buddhist monks can be sighted at all times of the day.ĥ. No trip to China is complete without a visit to a Buddhist temple and these two are the best Shanghai has to offer. Go at night, when the entire place is lit and the old Shanghai vibe is present. This maze of shopping and eateries leads you to a square where the zigzag bridge and old garden are. It is custom to expect you to buy a drink, but not obligatory.ģ. Also known as the 'Bottle Opener', not a lot of people know there's a bar (part of the hotel: The Hyatt), where you can go to enjoy the view over the city, for free. Tianzefang transports you back to Paris in the 1920's with the matching atmosphere, fairy lights in the trees and the plethora of street cafes and music.Ģ.
Get lost in the maze of alleyways in this gem of the city. Below we've compiled a list of must see, must do, and what best to avoid in the city that never sleeps.
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