Shanghai - French Concession (PDF Chapter)

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

The French Concession is Shànghǎi sunny side up; it’s the city at its coolest, hippest and most elegant. Shànghǎi’s erstwhile reputation as the ‘Paris of the East’ owes a big debt to this neighbourhood’s tree-lined avenues, 1920s mansions and French-influenced architecture.

• weave through a forest of shoppers’ elbows in the charming shíkùmén (stone-gate house) warren in Tiánzǐfáng
• maps
• shop for fashion and homewares in the boutiques along Xinle and Fumin Roads
• transport
• savour home-style Shanghainese cuisine in Jian Guo 328
• restaurants & bars

Coverage includes: Sights, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping and Sports & Activities.