Shanghai tourist spots
Shanghai Botanical Garden
Shanghai Botanical Garden The garden is as large as 81.86 square kilometers, and is often regarded as the favorite garden among foreign visitors. It is a place for plant researching, sightseeing and production. It is an enchanting garden especially in summer. Enter it and walk in the green grass and forest. There are white doves [...]
Shanghai Xin Tian Di
Located in the center of Shanghai City south of Huaihai Zhong Lu, Shanghai Xin Tian Di has become an urban tourist attraction that holds the historical and cultural legacies of the city. Shanghai Xin Tian Di is a fashionable pedestrian street composed of Shikumen and modern architecture style. Shanghai Xin Tian Di is unique because [...]
Shanghai Jin Mao Tower
Being the third tallest building of the world and the tallest building in China, Jin Mao Tower is located in the center of Lujiazui Finance and Trade Districts in Pudong. Jin Mao Tower can be conveniently accessed from either Puxi (the area west of the Hungpu River) by taking the tunnel (travel time is about [...]
Shanghai Children's Palace:
Shanghai Children’s Palace: The Shanghai Children’s Palace provides after school education for gifted children. Children participate in a wide range of extracurricular activities such as music, dance, art, model making, science, technology and computer science. The palace hosts many art performances and science and technology contests which attracts thousands of youngsters. Located at No.64 of [...]
Shanghai Library
Shanghai Library Shanghai is a metropolitan city with well-developed business and industry, and it is also a city that holds the leading place in China‘s arts, sciences and education. The city has a relatively short history, but its first library dated back as early as 150 years ago. In 1847, shortly after Shanghai opened its [...]
Shanghai Longhua Temple (Xujiahui)
Longhua Temple (Xujiahui) The Longhua Temple (Longhua Si) is the oldest and largest temple in the Shanghai area. Although Longhua Temple was built during the Song Dynasty, the current Longhua Temple was established during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. The temple kept its original Song Dynasty Chan Buddhist appearance, however and in terms [...]
The Shanghai Oriental Pearl TV Tower
The Shanghai Oriental Pearl TV Tower Phone: 58791888 Open Time: 8:00-21:00 Traffic: Public buses 81,82,870,871, 872, Tunnel lines 3, 4, 5 and 6 Office Hours: 8:30-18:00 ( GMT+0800 ) Monday – Friday Shanghai Oriental Pearl TV Tower was completed on Oct. 1, 1994. It is 468 m high, being the highest in Asia and the [...]
Shanghai Grand Theater
Shanghai Grand Theater Location: 190. North Huangpo road Bus Routes: Bus17, 20, 23, 37, 46, 48, 49, 71, 108, 109, 112, 123, 505, 506, Open Hours: 8：30am－16：00pm Admission Fee: RMB: 5 Evaluation Shanghai Grand Theater looks like a glittering crystal palace for it combined artistic design with new technology, new craft and new material. Phone: [...]
Shanghai Ocean Aquarium (Shànghai Haiyáng Shuizú Guan)
Shanghai Ocean Aquarium (Shànghai Haiyáng Shuizú Guan) Hours Daily 9am-6pm (last ticket sold 5:30pm); July-Aug 9am-9pm (last ticket 8:30pm) Address Yínchéng Bei Lù 158 Location Pudong (east of Oriental Pearl TV Tower) Transportation Metro: Lùjiazui Phone 021/5877-9988 Web site www.aquarium.sh.cn Prices Admission ¥110 ($13) adults, ¥65 ($7.80) seniors over 70, ¥70 ($8.40) children [...]
Shanghai Yu Yuan Garden
Yuyuan Garden When the British arrived in 1843, Shanghai was a walled fishing settlement dating back to the 11th century. You can see what is left of that settlement today by visiting the old town. Modern Shanghai grew up around this bustling maze of alleys, and in the early 1900s tree-lined ring roads [...]
