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Shanghai

topHotels


The Fairmont Peace Hotel Shanghai

20 Nanjing Road East
Shanghai, China 200002
Toll free: 1-866-940-4914
Tel: +86 21 6321 6888
Fax:  +86 21 6329 1888
Experience a new era of elegance and comfort in this newly renovated landmark hotel on the Bund. Luxurious rooms and suites, six restaurants, a Jazz Bar, health club, indoor pool and spa.


Four Seasons Shanghai

500 Weihai Road
Shanghai 200041 China
Tel: +86 (21) 6256-8888
Fax: +86 (21) 6256-5678
Lavish rooms and suites, a multilinqual staff, and 24-hour butler service for each guest, make this a great choice. Also has 4 restaurants, a jazz bar, health club, indoor pool and spa.


Grand Hyatt Hotel Shanghai

Jin Mao Tower
88 Century Boulevard
Pudong, Shanghai 200121
Tel: +86 (0)21 5049 1234
Fax: +86 (0)21 5049 1111
Five star hotel in the center of Pudong and Lufiazui business district. Enjoy stunning views, several restaurants, an indoor pool and spa offering Chinese medical massages.


The Peninsula Shanghai

No. 32 The Bund, 32 Zhongshan Dong Yi Road,
Shanghai 200002
Tel: +86 (0)21 2327 2888
Opened March 2010
This glamorous, Art Deco luxury hotel is the first new structure on the historic Bund since 1927. 235 well-equipped rooms and suites, rooftop terrace.


Pudong Shangri-La

33 Fu Cheng Road,
Pudong, Shanghai 200120
Tel: +86 (0) 21 6882 8888
With the addition of a 36-story “Grand Tower” in 2005, this five-star hotel now features 950 modern rooms, many with views of the Bund and Huangpu River. Two indoor pools, eleven restaurants.

topSights

Yu Gardens and Bazaar (Yu Yuang)

218 Anren Lu, Shanghai
Tel: +86 (0)21 6326 0830; +86 (0)21 6328 3251
Daily 8:30am-5pm
To get to the garden itself, you must wind your way through the bazaar.


Old City God Temple

Just inside Fangbang Zhong Lu entrance, Shanghai
Daily 8:30am-4:30pm


Jade Buddha Temple

170 Anyuan Lu, Shanghai
Tel: +86 (0)21 6266 3668
Daily 8:30am-4:30pm
Jade Buddha Temple, the most famous Buddhist temple in Shanghai, built to house two precious jade Buddhas, one sitting and own reclining. The Sitting Buddha portrays the moment of enlightenment, the Reclining Buddha shows his peaceful death.

Chenxiang Ge Buddhist Temple

Chenxiangge Lu 29,
Nanshi District, Shanghai (1 block W off Jiujiaochang Lu, the western boundary of the Bazaar) 
Tel: +86 (0)21 6328 7884
Daily 7am-4pm

The centerpiece is an altar with a golden statue of Buddha.

Baiyunguan Taoist Temple

Dajing Lu 239, Nanshi District (E of Renmin Lu, next to Dajing Ge), Shanghai
Tel:+86 (0)21 6328 7236
Daily 8am-4:30pm


Wen Miao (Confucius Temple)

Wenmiao Lu 215,
Nanshi District (N side of Wenmiao Lu, 1 block E of Zhonghua Lu), Shanghai 
Tel:+86 (0)21 6377 9101
Daily 8:30am-4:30pm


Shanghai Museum

201 Renmin Avenue
Shanghai 200003
Tel: +86 (0)21 6372 3500
Open daily 9am-5pm

This museum contains some of the best cultural relics of China’s history, from the Neolithic period to the Qing dynasty.


Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center

100 Renmin Avenue
Huangpu District, Shanghai
Tel:+86 (0)21 6372 2077
Mon-Thu 9am-5pm (last ticket 4pm); Fri-Sun 9am-6pm (last ticket 5pm)

One of the world's largest showcases of urban development. Vast scale model of urban Shanghai as it will look in 2020. Located NE of the Shanghai Museum.


Children’s Municipal Palace

64 Yan’an Xi Lu,
Shanghai
Mon-Fri 4:30-6pm; Sat-Sun 9am-4pm
Tel: +86 (0)21 6248 1850

After-school education for gifted children. Calligraphy lessons available.

topAlternate Excursions


Suzhou No. 1 Silk Factory

94 Nan Men Lu,
Suzhou
Tel: +86 (0)15 6561 3733
Daily 9am-6pm

Offers a glimpse of Chinese production and an opportunity to buy some wonderful silk.

topDay Trip

Located in a suburb of Shanghai city, Zhujiajiao is a well-known, charming canal town with a history of more than 1700 years and features many unique old bridges.


Zhujiajiao

12 mi W of Shanghai on lower Yangtze
Travel time about 1 hr. 36 distinctive bridges connect Old Town.
Tickets are needed to visit Old Town.
Tel: +86 (0)512 6721 1655

topRestaurants


M on the Bund

7/F, No. 5 The Bund (corner of Guangdong Lu)
Shanghai 200002
Tel: +86 (0)21 6350 9988
No lunch Mon
Reservations essential

Sens & Bund
Mediterranean cuisine

6F, Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu 18,
Huangpu District, Shanghai
Tel: +86 (0)21 6323 9898
Upstairs is one of Shanghai’s hippest nightspots, Bar Rouge


Yongfoo Elite
Shanghai/Cantonese cuisine

No. 200 Yongfu Road, Shanghai
Tel: +86 (0)21 5466 2727
Abalone a specialty

Tou Ming Si Kao

Unit 2, No. 11 Beili,
Xintiandi Square, Lane 181,
Taicang Lu, Shanghai
Tel: +86 (0)21 6326 2227
Email: service@tmsk.com
Daily 1:30pm-1:30am Dinner Theater Performances Tue-Sat from 9 pm
Reservations recommended


Lu Bo Lang

Yuyuan Lu 115/131, Shanghai (there are two branches)
Tel: +86 (0)21 6328 0602
Reservations essential Next to the Bridge of Nine Turnings in the Yu Garden area of the Old City. Good dim sum.


Huxinting Teahouse
tea and snacks

Yuyuan Lu 257,
Nanshi District
Daily 8:30am-10pm
Until 5pm you can experience a full Chinese tea ceremony
Tel: +86 (0)21 6373 6950
In the center of the Yuyuan Garden and Bazaar area

topShopping

Dongtai Lu

Dongtai Road at Xizang Nan Road
Nanshi District (Old Town), Shanghai
Antique and flea market

Fuyu Antique Market

Fangbang Zhong Lu
457 at Henan Bei Lu
Nanshi District (Old Town), Shanghai
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm; Sat-Sun 5am-5pm
Antique and flea market

Nanjing Lu Pedestrian Mall

From the Bund up to People's Park, Huangpu District
China’s top shopping street. Takes 20-30 mins to walk the street without stopping.

Friendship Store

Jinling Dong Lu 68,
Huangpu District, Shanghai
Tel: +86 (0)21 6337 3555
Daily 9:30am-9:30pm

Department store.


Suzhou Cobblers Boutique
Suzhou Slippers

No. 17 Fuzhou Road, Rm. 101
Huangpu District, Shanghai
Tel: +86 (0)21 6321 7078

Bao JiaLong Craft Silk Exhibition Shanghai

No. 190  DaGu Road, Shanghai
Tel: +86 (0)21 6359 2848
Near People's Square

Wonderful exhibition hall. Has silk demonstration area and stages fashion shows. Adjacent shop sells bed linens and duvets.

Sunny Silk

No. 190 DaGu Road, Shanghai
Tel: +86 (02)1 635 9284
Email: sunnysilk@sunnysilk.com
Near People’s Square

Wonderful silk bed linens and duvets. Our boys picked out their own!


The Bund

The Treaty of Nanjing in 1842 gave areas of Shanghai to the French, British (the Bund) and Americans. Later the British and American settlements combined into the International Settlement. The Bund reflects this era of international involvement. It is a beautiful promenade of Edwardian and Art Deco buildings along the Huangpu River.

Shopping

Shiatzy Chen
Bund No. 9 ZhongShan Road
+86 (0)21 6321 9155
Flagship store, designer men’s and women’s clothes

Three on the Bund
Bund No.3 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu (Entrance on Guangdong Lu)
Daily 10am-10pm +86 (0)21 6323 3355
Renovated 7-story neoclassical building on the Bund. High-fashion clothing stores, an art gallery, a spa, restaurants and bars.

Nanjing Lu Pedestrian Mall
Street runs from the Bund up to the People’s Park. Enjoyable 20–30 minute walk.


The French Concession

It is a great area to explore, from the old European buildings in shady avenues to the cafes and restaurants and shopping area in Huaihu Road. You will find fashionable boutiques selling everything from designer handbags to beautiful silks.

Shopping

Rouge Baiser Elise
299-2 Fuxing Xi Road, Shanghai
Tel: +86 (0)21 6431 8019
Linens, bedding, tablecloths

Shanghaitique
200 Taicang Road No. 409, Shanghai
Vintage 30s objects

Shanghai Trio
Lane 181, Taicang Road, Xintiandi N. Block, Unit 5, No. 1, Shanghai
Tel: +86 (0)21 6355 2974
Chinese clothing with a French flair

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