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About This Book
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Shanghai!
•Updated frequently, Fodor’s Shanghai provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s Shanghai features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Shanghai.
•Experience Shanghai like a local! Fodor’s Shanghai includes unique photo-features that impart the city’s culture, covering world-class shopping, the thriving art scene, easy side trips to China's water villages, and much more!
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Shanghai!
•Updated frequently, Fodor’s Shanghai provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s Shanghai features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Shanghai.
•Experience Shanghai like a local! Fodor’s Shanghai includes unique photo-features that impart the city’s culture, covering world-class shopping, the thriving art scene, easy side trips to China's water villages, and much more!
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Table of Contents
About This Book ............ 8
Chapter 1: Experience Shanghai ............ 9
Shanghai Planner ............ 10
Top Shanghai Attractions ............ 12
Great Itineraries ............ 14
Shanghai With Kids ............ 15
Sightseeing Tours ............ 16
When in Shanghai... ............ 17
Free Things To Do ............ 18
Get a Massage ............ 19
Golf ............ 20
Quirky Shanghai ............ 21
Shanghai Then & Now ............ 22
Holidays & Festivals ............ 24
On the Horizon ............ 25
Chapter 2: Neighborhoods ............ 35
Old City ............ 39
Xintiandi & the City Center ............ 44
The Bund & Nanjing Dong Lu ............ 50
Former French Concession ............ 56
Nanjing Xi Lu & Jing’an ............ 61
Pudong ............ 65
North Shanghai ............ 71
Xujiahui & South, Hongqiao & Gubei ............ 77
Chapter 3: Shopping ............ 89
Shopping Planner ............ 90
Old City ............ 92
Xintiandi & City Center ............ 92
Nanjing Dong Lu & the Bund ............ 93
Former French Concession ............ 99
Pudong ............ 103
North Shanghai ............ 104
Xujiahui & South Shanghai ............ 112
Hongqiao & Gubei ............ 112
Chapter 4: Arts & Nightlife ............ 115
Arts & Nightlife Planner ............ 116
The Arts ............ 117
Nightlife ............ 120
Chapter 5: Where to Eat ............ 131
Where to Eat Planner ............ 132
Old City ............ 134
Xintiandi & City Center ............ 135
Nanjing Dong Lu & the Bund ............ 139
Former French Concession ............ 147
Nanjing Xi Lu & Jing’an ............ 153
North Shanghai ............ 156
Pudong ............ 156
Hongqiao & Gubei ............ 159
Xujiahui & South Shanghai ............ 160
Chapter 6: Where to Stay ............ 163
Where to Stay Planner ............ 164
The Old City ............ 165
Xintiandi & City Center ............ 168
The Bund & Nanjing Dong Lu ............ 171
Former French Concession ............ 172
Nanjing Xi Lu & Jing’an ............ 179
Pudong ............ 181
North Shanghai ............ 183
Hongqiao & Gubei ............ 184
Chapter 7: Side Trips ............ 189
Side Trips Planner ............ 190
Zhejiang ............ 192
Fujian ............ 206
Understanding Shanghai ............ 227
Chinese Vocabulary ............ 228
Travel Smart Shanghai ............ 230
Getting Here & Around ............ 231
Essentials ............ 240
Index ............ 258
About Our Writers ............ 272
FEATURES
Experience shanghai
21st Century China ............ 26
Neighborhoods
The Age of Empires ............ 81
Shopping
Markets: A Guide to Buying Silk,
Pearls & Pottery ............ 105
Where to Eat
A Culinary Tour of China ............ 141
Side Trips
Spirituality in China ............ 208
Maps
China ............ 6—7
Shanghai ............ 36—37
Old City ............ 40
Xintiandi & the City Center ............ 46
The Bund & Nanjing Dong Lu ............ 52
Former French Concession ............ 58
Nanjing Xi Lu & Jing’An ............ 62
Pudong ............ 66
North Shanghai ............ 72
Xujiahui & South, Hongqiao & Gubei ............ 78
Shopping in Nanjing Lu, the Bund and City Center ............ 94—95
Shopping in the Former French Concession, Nanjing Xi Lu & Jing’an ............ 98
Where to Eat in Nanjing Lu, the Bund & City Center ............ 136—137
Where to Eat in the former French Concession, Nanjing Xi Lu and Jing’an ............ 150
Where to Eat in Pudong ............ 158
Where to Stay in Nanjing Lu, the Bund, & City Center ............ 166—167
Where to Stay in the Former French Concession, Nanjing Xi Lu & Jing’an ............ 177
Zhejiang ............ 193
Fujian ............ 206
Xiamen ............ 214
Gulangyu ............ 219
Chapter 1: Experience Shanghai ............ 9
Shanghai Planner ............ 10
Top Shanghai Attractions ............ 12
Great Itineraries ............ 14
Shanghai With Kids ............ 15
Sightseeing Tours ............ 16
When in Shanghai... ............ 17
Free Things To Do ............ 18
Get a Massage ............ 19
Golf ............ 20
Quirky Shanghai ............ 21
Shanghai Then & Now ............ 22
Holidays & Festivals ............ 24
On the Horizon ............ 25
Chapter 2: Neighborhoods ............ 35
Old City ............ 39
Xintiandi & the City Center ............ 44
The Bund & Nanjing Dong Lu ............ 50
Former French Concession ............ 56
Nanjing Xi Lu & Jing’an ............ 61
Pudong ............ 65
North Shanghai ............ 71
Xujiahui & South, Hongqiao & Gubei ............ 77
Chapter 3: Shopping ............ 89
Shopping Planner ............ 90
Old City ............ 92
Xintiandi & City Center ............ 92
Nanjing Dong Lu & the Bund ............ 93
Former French Concession ............ 99
Pudong ............ 103
North Shanghai ............ 104
Xujiahui & South Shanghai ............ 112
Hongqiao & Gubei ............ 112
Chapter 4: Arts & Nightlife ............ 115
Arts & Nightlife Planner ............ 116
The Arts ............ 117
Nightlife ............ 120
Chapter 5: Where to Eat ............ 131
Where to Eat Planner ............ 132
Old City ............ 134
Xintiandi & City Center ............ 135
Nanjing Dong Lu & the Bund ............ 139
Former French Concession ............ 147
Nanjing Xi Lu & Jing’an ............ 153
North Shanghai ............ 156
Pudong ............ 156
Hongqiao & Gubei ............ 159
Xujiahui & South Shanghai ............ 160
Chapter 6: Where to Stay ............ 163
Where to Stay Planner ............ 164
The Old City ............ 165
Xintiandi & City Center ............ 168
The Bund & Nanjing Dong Lu ............ 171
Former French Concession ............ 172
Nanjing Xi Lu & Jing’an ............ 179
Pudong ............ 181
North Shanghai ............ 183
Hongqiao & Gubei ............ 184
Chapter 7: Side Trips ............ 189
Side Trips Planner ............ 190
Zhejiang ............ 192
Fujian ............ 206
Understanding Shanghai ............ 227
Chinese Vocabulary ............ 228
Travel Smart Shanghai ............ 230
Getting Here & Around ............ 231
Essentials ............ 240
Index ............ 258
About Our Writers ............ 272
FEATURES
Experience shanghai
21st Century China ............ 26
Neighborhoods
The Age of Empires ............ 81
Shopping
Markets: A Guide to Buying Silk,
Pearls & Pottery ............ 105
Where to Eat
A Culinary Tour of China ............ 141
Side Trips
Spirituality in China ............ 208
Maps
China ............ 6—7
Shanghai ............ 36—37
Old City ............ 40
Xintiandi & the City Center ............ 46
The Bund & Nanjing Dong Lu ............ 52
Former French Concession ............ 58
Nanjing Xi Lu & Jing’An ............ 62
Pudong ............ 66
North Shanghai ............ 72
Xujiahui & South, Hongqiao & Gubei ............ 78
Shopping in Nanjing Lu, the Bund and City Center ............ 94—95
Shopping in the Former French Concession, Nanjing Xi Lu & Jing’an ............ 98
Where to Eat in Nanjing Lu, the Bund & City Center ............ 136—137
Where to Eat in the former French Concession, Nanjing Xi Lu and Jing’an ............ 150
Where to Eat in Pudong ............ 158
Where to Stay in Nanjing Lu, the Bund, & City Center ............ 166—167
Where to Stay in the Former French Concession, Nanjing Xi Lu & Jing’an ............ 177
Zhejiang ............ 193
Fujian ............ 206
Xiamen ............ 214
Gulangyu ............ 219
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