China - Shanghai (Chapter)

This is the Shanghai chapter from Lonely Planet’s China guidebook.

You can’t see the Great Wall from space, but you’d have a job missing Shanghai. One of the country’s largest and most vibrant cities, Shanghai somehow typifies modern China while being unlike anywhere else in the land.

• stroll down the promenade in the Bund or raise an evening glass to phosphorescent Pudong
• maps
• load up on Chinese culture’s greatest hits at the Shanghai Museum
• transport
• admire the curvature of the earth from atop the Shanghai Tower or the Shanghai World Financial Center
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Sights, Activities, Tours, Festivals & Events, Sleeping, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, Zhujiajiao.