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.
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