Shanghai Sights

Today beauty and charm coexist with kitsch and commercialism. From the colonial architecture of the Former French Concession to the forest of cranes and the neon-lit high-rises of Pudong, Shanghai is a city of paradox and change.

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Bank of China

  • Building/Architectural Site

British art deco and Chinese elements combine in this 1937 building, which was designed to be the tallest in the city. However, opium...

Cathay Theatre

  • Arts/Performance Venue

The art deco–style Cathay Cinema was one of the first movie theaters in Shanghai and, indeed, still shows a mix of Chinese and Western...

Century Park

  • Park/Playground

If you're staying in Pudong, this giant swath of green is a great place to take kids, as it has a variety of bicycles for hire, good...

Chen Xiangge Temple

  • Religious Building/Site/Shrine

If you find yourself passing by this tiny temple on your exploration of the Old City, you can make an offering to Buddha with the free...

China Art Museum

  • Museum/Gallery

Housed inside the China Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo (which had sites on both sides of the river in Pudong and Puxi), this...

City God Temple

  • Religious Building/Site/Shrine

At the southeast end of the Yu Gardens bazaar stands this Taoist temple, built during the early part of the Ming Dynasty and destroyed...

Double Rainbow Massage House

  • Spa–Sight

With instructions clearly spelled out in English, Double Rainbow Massage House provides an inexpensive introduction to traditional Chinese...

Dragonfly

  • Spa–Sight

This local spa chain has claimed the middle ground between expensive hotel spas and workmanlike blind-man massage parlors. Don the suede-soft...

Duolun Lu

  • Historic District/Site

Although this road has been heavily restored, its architecture and general ambience takes you back in time to the 1930s, when the 1-km...

Former HSBC Building

  • Financial Institution

When this beautiful neoclassical structure was built by the British in 1923, it was the second-largest bank building in the world. It...

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