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Culture
Arts & Culture in Shanghai
All of Arts & CultureMuseums, the West Bund galleries, opera and the symphony: Shanghai Museum East, the Long Museum and Shanghai Symphony Hall.
The back storyThe back storyShanghai art, architecture & culture
Arts & CultureMuseumsShanghai Museum East and People’s Square
Arts & CultureGalleriesThe Long Museum and the West BundHistory
History & heritage
A walled county town on the Huangpu, the treaty port of 1842, the Bund and the shikumen lanes, a refuge for Jews in the 1930s and the towers of Pudong.
History & heritageA walled county town, the treaty port and the rise of Pudong: Shanghai’s heritageFrom a walled county town to a world city
The back storyThe Bund and LujiazuiThe Top of Shanghai Observatory’s lift reaches 546 metres, on the…
The back storyTwo Shanghai MuseumsThe two sites close on different days: People’s Square on Mondays,…Our advice
Old town early, Bund at dusk
Explore the old town and Yu Garden early in the morning, spend an afternoon in the plane-tree streets of the former French Concession, and walk the Bund at dusk as the lights come on across the river. History & heritage
Areas
Shanghai by neighbourhood
From the Bund to the West Bund, each area has its own guide: the grand hotels on the river, Pudong’s skyline, the plane trees of the French Concession and the Ming gardens of the Old City.
Neighbourhood guideThe BundGrand hotels and the river
Neighbourhood guideLujiazui & PudongThe skyline and Shanghai Tower
Neighbourhood guideThe Former French ConcessionPlane trees and Wukang Mansion
Neighbourhood guideXintiandiLane houses and dining
Neighbourhood guideJing’anWest Nanjing Road and ZhangyuanTwo skylines
Walk the Bund early in the morning, cross to Lujiazui for lunch, and come back for the lights at night.
Practical
Plan your trip
The practical things to know before you go: entry and money, the Maglev, Metro and trains, and the classic day on the Bund and in Yu Garden.
Before you goShanghai essentialsEntry, money and getting around
Getting aroundGetting aroundMaglev, Metro and trains
ItineraryThe Bund and Yu GardenThe classic dayDay trips
Beyond Shanghai
Gardens, a lake and a water town, by train or Metro: the classical gardens of Suzhou, West Lake at Hangzhou and Zhujiajiao.
Beyond ShanghaiSuzhouThe classical gardens
Beyond ShanghaiHangzhou & West LakeWest Lake’s causeways and pagodas
Beyond ShanghaiZhujiajiaoA water town by MetroIn depth
In depth: Shanghai, from the treaty port to Pudong
The Bund and its grand hotels, two skylines, the two Shanghai Museums and how to eat, from soup dumplings to three stars.
The BundChristmas in ShanghaiThe Bund, markets and the Spring Festival
In depth: foodShanghai CuisineSoup dumplings, red-braised pork and benbang cooking
In depth: nature & wildlifeWild ShanghaiSpoonbills, wetlands and green ShanghaiBy bullet train
Suzhou is about half an hour from Hongqiao and Hangzhou about an hour: bring your passport to buy tickets.